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January 6, 1998 Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach January 6, 1998 Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame January 6, 1997 "It's a Slippery Slope," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City January 6, 1996 Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44) January 6, 1995 Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939) January 6, 1994 "Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 37 performances January 6, 1994 Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88 January 6, 1994 Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard January 6, 1994 Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44) January 6, 1994 Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool (26.44) January 6, 1993 Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones January 6, 1993 Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a January 6, 1993 Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews January 6, 1992 New York Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul January 6, 1992 Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle," premieres in LA January 6, 1992 Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs. Australia at the SCG January 6, 1992 Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his 1st Test innings January 6, 1991 "Gypsy" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 477 performances January 6, 1991 "Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV January 6, 1991 Jorge Serrano Elias elected president of Guatemala January 6, 1991 Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec) January 6, 1990 New York Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (18-25-26-32-42-44) January 6, 1987 100th U.S. Congress convenes January 6, 1987 Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy January 6, 1986 British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns January 6, 1986 Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg January 6, 1986 Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland January 6, 1986 STS 61-C scrubbed at T-31sec because of liquid oxygen valve problem January 6, 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission January 6, 1984 Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh and Lillee January 6, 1981 50th hat trick in Islander history - John Tonelli scored 5 goals January 6, 1980 "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 105 performances January 6, 1980 Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India January 6, 1980 Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat January 6, 1978 1st postage stamp copyrighted by U.S. (Carl Sandburg stamp) January 6, 1978 US hand over St. Stephan crown to Hungary January 6, 1977 EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols January 6, 1976 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC January 6, 1976 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million January 6, 1975 "AM America," premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host January 6, 1975 "Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-TV January 6, 1974 "CBS Mystery Theater," premieres on radio January 6, 1974 England begins 3 day work week during mine strike January 6, 1973 "Schoolhouse Rock," premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock January 6, 1972 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn January 6, 1972 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley January 6, 1972 Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from U.S.S.R. January 6, 1971 Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones January 6, 1971 Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate January 6, 1969 Supremes release "I'm Livin' In Shame" January 6, 1969 WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting January 6, 1968 Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 8 weeks January 6, 1968 Dr. N E Shumway performs 1st U.S. adult cardiac transplant operation January 6, 1968 Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by U.S. for soft-landing on Moon January 6, 1967 "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV January 6, 1967 KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting January 6, 1967 2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140 January 6, 1965 Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling January 6, 1964 Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City A's to Louisville January 6, 1964 Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes) January 6, 1963 "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC January 6, 1963 "Oliver!" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 774 performances January 6, 1958 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings January 6, 1958 Gibson patents Flying V Guitar January 6, 1958 WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting January 6, 1957 Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show January 6, 1957 Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow Russia January 6, 1956 KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting January 6, 1956 Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group January 6, 1953 WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting January 6, 1951 "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 100 performances January 6, 1951 Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes January 6, 1950 "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 3 performances January 6, 1950 Britain recognizes Communist government of China January 6, 1947 Ray Lindwall smashes 100 vs. England in MCG Test January 6, 1946 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum January 6, 1945 Future president George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye NY January 6, 1942 1st around world flight (Pan Am "Pacific Clipper") January 6, 1942 Bob Feller, enlists in Navy and reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia January 6, 1941 FDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want and from fear) January 6, 1938 Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx January 6, 1937 Bradman scores 270 Aust vs. England at the MCG, incl 110 singles January 6, 1936 Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario) January 6, 1930 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed January 6, 1930 Bradman scores 452* for NSW against Qld, 377 mins, 49 fours January 6, 1929 Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia January 6, 1928 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene) January 6, 1927 U.S. Marines sent to Nicaragua January 6, 1926 Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland January 6, 1925 Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile and 14:44.6 5,000m January 6, 1924 Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet "Les Biches," premieres in Monte Carlo January 6, 1922 Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments January 6, 1914 Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded January 6, 1912 New Mexico becomes 47th state January 6, 1907 Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome) January 6, 1906 Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs," premieres in Paris January 6, 1903 Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam January 6, 1900 Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured January 6, 1900 Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso," premieres in Paris January 6, 1898 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake January 6, 1896 1st U.S. women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden January 6, 1896 Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony January 6, 1893 Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast January 6, 1883 Ontario Rugby Football Union forms January 6, 1880 Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm January 6, 1873 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia" January 6, 1873 U.S. Congress begins investigating Credit Mobilier scandal January 6, 1861 Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola January 6, 1861 New York City mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N and S January 6, 1857 Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn January 6, 1842 4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India January 6, 1839 2 day storm off Irish and English coast immortalized as "Big Wind" January 6, 1838 Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph January 6, 1832 New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston) January 6, 1784 Turkey and Russia sign treaty in Constantinople January 6, 1781 Battle of Jersey (Island in UK) January 6, 1773 Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom January 6, 1759 George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis January 6, 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow January 6, 1690 Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king January 6, 1681 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher) January 6, 1663 Great earthquake in New England January 6, 1639 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed January 6, 1622 Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide January 6, 1579 Artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras January 6, 1540 King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves January 6, 1535 City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro January 6, 1497 Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria) January 6, 1496 Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi January 6, 1453 Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria January 6, 1352 French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star January 6, 1227 Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre January 6, 1099 Henry V crowned German king January 6, 1066 King Harald of England crowned |