432 Historic Events for January 6
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin)
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer
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| 1880 |
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Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57)
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| 1883 |
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Ontario Rugby Football Union forms
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| 1883 |
Birth |
Khalil Gibran, Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings)
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| 1884 |
Death |
Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Ital/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75
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| 1884 |
Death |
Gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61
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| 1885 |
Death |
Peter C Asbjírnsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist (Yale professor)
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's)
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Ludwig Berger, writer
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| 1893 |
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Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
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| 1896 |
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Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Freerk Siemon Wolters, notary/resistance fighter
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Abram N Pritzker, US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine)
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| 1896 |
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1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)
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| 1897 |
Birth |
P‚ter Veres, literary/Hungarian minister of defense
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39)
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| 1898 |
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1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory)
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| 1900 |
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Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso," premieres in Paris
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| 1900 |
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Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse)
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