Event:
China places new controls on text messages sent on mobile phones containing references to democracy, human rights and corruption
More Notable Events on January 6:
1994 Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard
1987 100th U.S. Congress convenes
1987 Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy
1957 Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
1912 New Mexico becomes 47th state
