January 6
1412 - According to tradition, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy, France.
1540 - King Henry VIII of England married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1759 - George Washington married Martha Custis.
1838 - Samuel Morse gave the first public demonstration of his telegraph in Morristown, New Jersey.
1912 - New Mexico became the 47th state.
1919 - Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, died in Oyster Bay, New York at age 60.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of “Four Freedoms”: Freedom of speech and expression; the freedom of people to worship God in their own way; freedom from want; freedom from fear.
1945 - George H.W. Bush married Barbara Pierce in Rye, New York.
1974 - Year-round daylight saving time began in the United States on a trial basis as a fuel-saving measure in response to the OPEC oil embargo.
1982 - Truck driver William G. Bonin was convicted in Los Angeles of 10 of the “Freeway Killer” slayings of young men and boys. (Bonin was later convicted of four other killings; he was executed in 1996.)
1987 - University of California astronomers first witnessed the birth of a galaxy that contained 1 billion stars.
2001 - With the vanquished Vice President Al Gore presiding, Congress certified Republican George W. Bush the winner of the close and bitterly-contested 2000 presidential election.
2005 - Former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested 41 years after three civil rights workers were slain in Mississippi. (Killen was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 60 years in prison.)
2012 - The Obama administration expanded the FBI’s more than eight-decades-old definition of rape to count men as victims for the first time and to drop the requirement that victims physically resisted their attackers.
2017 - Congress certified Donald Trump’s presidential victory over the objections of a handful of House Democrats, with Vice President Joe Biden pronouncing, “It is over.”
2020 - Former White House national security adviser John Bolton said he was “prepared to testify” if subpoenaed by the Senate in its impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. (The Senate voted against calling witnesses.)
2021 - Supporters of President Donald Trump, fueled by his false claims of a stolen election, assaulted police and smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol in Washington to interrupt the certification of Democrat Joe Biden's victory, forcing lawmakers into hiding; most of the rioters had come from a nearby Trump rally where Trump urged them to "fight like hell." A Trump supporter, Ashli Babbitt, was shot and killed by a police officer as she tried to breach a barricaded doorway inside the Capitol; Congress reconvened hours later to finish certifying the election results.
2021 - As final votes were counted in the preceding day’s Senate runoffs in Georgia, Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock emerged as the winners over Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, giving Democrats 50 seats in the Senate, which along with Vice President Kamala Harris serving as the tie-breaking vote, effectively gave Democrats control of the institution.
Birthdays
26 - Courtney Eaton (actress)
28 - Catriona Gray (model)
28 - Jameis Winston (football player)
36 - Alex Turner (singer)
36 - Irina Shayk (model)
37 - Keyshia Ka'oir (model)
38 - Hilaria Thomas Baldwin (actress)
38 - Eric Trump (son of President Donald Trump)
38 - Diona Reasonover (actress)
38 - Kate McKinnon (actress/comedian)
40 - Tiffany Pollard (reality star)
40 - Gilbert Arenas (basketball player)
40 - Eddie Redmayne (actor)
43 - Cristela Alonzo (actress)
46 - Danny Pintauro (actor)
52 - Julie Chen (TV host)
53 - Norman Reedus (actor)
63 - Kathy Sledge (singer)
64 - Scott Bryce (actor)
65 - Nancy Lopez (golfer)
67 - Rowan Atkinson (actor/comedian)
69 - Jett Williams (singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 6
1942 - The National Collegiate Football Rules Committee abolished the Y formation.
1951 - The Indianapolis Olympians beat the Rochester Royals 75-73 in a game that took an NBA record six overtimes.
1976 - Ted Turner purchased the Atlanta Braves for $12 million.
1994 - Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the leg by an assailant at Detroit’s Cobo Arena; four men, including the ex-husband of Kerrigan’s rival, Tonya Harding, went to prison for their roles in the attack. (Harding pleaded guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution, but denied any advance knowledge about the assault.)
1995 - Atlanta Hawks coach Lenny Wilkens passes the legendary Red Auerbach to become the NBA's all-time winningest coach with 939 career victories.
1998 - Barry Switzer resigned as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
1998 - Don Sutton is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1999 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) and its players agreed to a tentative labor agreement to end a six-month lockout which shortened the season by 50 games.
2002 - Emmitt Smith (Dallas Cowboys) became the first running back in the NFL to run gain 1,000 yards in 11 consecutive seasons.
2010 - NBA commissioner David Stern indefinitely suspended Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas without pay. Arenas has admitted to bringing guns into the Verizon Center locker room and was under investigation by local and federal authorities.
2013 - The NHL reaches an agreement to end a 113 day lockout.
2014 - #1 Florida State defeated #2 Auburn 34-31 in the final BCS National Championship Game.
2015 - Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2018 - Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota scores a touchdown off own pass in 22-21 victory over Kansas City Chiefs, second NFL quarterback to ever do so.
1412 - According to tradition, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy, France.
1540 - King Henry VIII of England married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1759 - George Washington married Martha Custis.
1838 - Samuel Morse gave the first public demonstration of his telegraph in Morristown, New Jersey.
1912 - New Mexico became the 47th state.
1919 - Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, died in Oyster Bay, New York at age 60.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of “Four Freedoms”: Freedom of speech and expression; the freedom of people to worship God in their own way; freedom from want; freedom from fear.
1945 - George H.W. Bush married Barbara Pierce in Rye, New York.
1974 - Year-round daylight saving time began in the United States on a trial basis as a fuel-saving measure in response to the OPEC oil embargo.
1982 - Truck driver William G. Bonin was convicted in Los Angeles of 10 of the “Freeway Killer” slayings of young men and boys. (Bonin was later convicted of four other killings; he was executed in 1996.)
1987 - University of California astronomers first witnessed the birth of a galaxy that contained 1 billion stars.
2001 - With the vanquished Vice President Al Gore presiding, Congress certified Republican George W. Bush the winner of the close and bitterly-contested 2000 presidential election.
2005 - Former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested 41 years after three civil rights workers were slain in Mississippi. (Killen was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 60 years in prison.)
2012 - The Obama administration expanded the FBI’s more than eight-decades-old definition of rape to count men as victims for the first time and to drop the requirement that victims physically resisted their attackers.
2017 - Congress certified Donald Trump’s presidential victory over the objections of a handful of House Democrats, with Vice President Joe Biden pronouncing, “It is over.”
2020 - Former White House national security adviser John Bolton said he was “prepared to testify” if subpoenaed by the Senate in its impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. (The Senate voted against calling witnesses.)
2021 - Supporters of President Donald Trump, fueled by his false claims of a stolen election, assaulted police and smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol in Washington to interrupt the certification of Democrat Joe Biden's victory, forcing lawmakers into hiding; most of the rioters had come from a nearby Trump rally where Trump urged them to "fight like hell." A Trump supporter, Ashli Babbitt, was shot and killed by a police officer as she tried to breach a barricaded doorway inside the Capitol; Congress reconvened hours later to finish certifying the election results.
2021 - As final votes were counted in the preceding day’s Senate runoffs in Georgia, Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock emerged as the winners over Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, giving Democrats 50 seats in the Senate, which along with Vice President Kamala Harris serving as the tie-breaking vote, effectively gave Democrats control of the institution.
Birthdays
26 - Courtney Eaton (actress)
28 - Catriona Gray (model)
28 - Jameis Winston (football player)
36 - Alex Turner (singer)
36 - Irina Shayk (model)
37 - Keyshia Ka'oir (model)
38 - Hilaria Thomas Baldwin (actress)
38 - Eric Trump (son of President Donald Trump)
38 - Diona Reasonover (actress)
38 - Kate McKinnon (actress/comedian)
40 - Tiffany Pollard (reality star)
40 - Gilbert Arenas (basketball player)
40 - Eddie Redmayne (actor)
43 - Cristela Alonzo (actress)
46 - Danny Pintauro (actor)
52 - Julie Chen (TV host)
53 - Norman Reedus (actor)
63 - Kathy Sledge (singer)
64 - Scott Bryce (actor)
65 - Nancy Lopez (golfer)
67 - Rowan Atkinson (actor/comedian)
69 - Jett Williams (singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 6
1942 - The National Collegiate Football Rules Committee abolished the Y formation.
1951 - The Indianapolis Olympians beat the Rochester Royals 75-73 in a game that took an NBA record six overtimes.
1976 - Ted Turner purchased the Atlanta Braves for $12 million.
1994 - Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the leg by an assailant at Detroit’s Cobo Arena; four men, including the ex-husband of Kerrigan’s rival, Tonya Harding, went to prison for their roles in the attack. (Harding pleaded guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution, but denied any advance knowledge about the assault.)
1995 - Atlanta Hawks coach Lenny Wilkens passes the legendary Red Auerbach to become the NBA's all-time winningest coach with 939 career victories.
1998 - Barry Switzer resigned as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
1998 - Don Sutton is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1999 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) and its players agreed to a tentative labor agreement to end a six-month lockout which shortened the season by 50 games.
2002 - Emmitt Smith (Dallas Cowboys) became the first running back in the NFL to run gain 1,000 yards in 11 consecutive seasons.
2010 - NBA commissioner David Stern indefinitely suspended Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas without pay. Arenas has admitted to bringing guns into the Verizon Center locker room and was under investigation by local and federal authorities.
2013 - The NHL reaches an agreement to end a 113 day lockout.
2014 - #1 Florida State defeated #2 Auburn 34-31 in the final BCS National Championship Game.
2015 - Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2018 - Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota scores a touchdown off own pass in 22-21 victory over Kansas City Chiefs, second NFL quarterback to ever do so.
