432 Historic Events for January 6
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Leah Chase, master chef, in the creole tradition
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Earl Scruggs, NC, bluegrass musician (and Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett)
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| 1924 |
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Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet "Les Biches," premieres in Monte Carlo
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| 1925 |
Birth |
John Z DeLorean, former automaker (DeLorean)
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| 1925 |
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Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile and 14:44.6 5,000m
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| 1926 |
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Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland
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| 1927 |
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US marines sent to Nicaragua
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| 1928 |
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Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene)
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| 1928 |
Death |
Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Wilbert Harrison, R and B singer (Kansas City)
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| 1929 |
Death |
Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72
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| 1929 |
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Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia
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| 1930 |
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1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed
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| 1930 |
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Bradman scores 452* for NSW against Qld, 377 mins, 49 fours
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Vic Tayback, Bkln NY, actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper)
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Denis Pitts, journalist
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Graeme Hole, cricketer (Australian batsman of the fifties)
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Gerard van Muiden, Dutch MP (CDA)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Sacha Distel, French singer
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Capucine, [Germaine Lefebvre], Toulon France, actress (Pink Panther)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Bobby Lord, Sanford Fla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Ian Meckiff, cricketer (Austr quick 57-63, "threw"? his career away)
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| 1935 |
Death |
George P Baker, US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Paul Wilson, US RandB-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
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