This day in History - January 6

432 Historic Events for January 6
1997 Death Vince Williams, actor (Hamp-Guiding Light), dies of cancer at 39
1997 Event "It's a Slippery Slope," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
1997 Death Litz Pisk, movement teacher, dies at 87
1998 Event Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach
1998 Event Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1999 Death French Jazz piano virtuoso Michel Petrucciani dies in New York following a brief respiratory illness at age 36
2002 Event Daniel Bedingfield returns to No.1 on the UK singles chart for the second time with ‘Gotta Get Thru This’