6TH
JANUARY
EPIPHANY.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST JOHN de RIBERA; ST ERMINOLD; ST
WILTRUDIS; ST GUARINUS." |
| 6TH |
1540 |
"KING HENRY VIII," MARRIED HIS FOURTH WIFE,
"ANNE OF CLEVES." |
| 6TH |
1681 |
FIRST RECORDED BOXING MATCH; THE DUKE
OF ALBEMARLE’S BUTLER v’s HIS BUTCHER. |
| 6TH |
1759 |
"GEORGE WASHINGTON" MARRIES "MARTHA DANDRIDGE
CURTIS." |
| 6TH |
1822 |
FIRST CHURCH SERVICE IS HELD IN THE
UNFINISHED ST JAME’S CHURCH, SYDNEY. |
| 6TH |
1838 |
"SAMUEL MORSE" DEMONSTRATES HIS INVENTION THE
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY. |
| 6TH |
1872 |
THE PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE, SYDNEY,
BURNS DOWN FOR THE SECOND TIME. |
| 6TH |
1881 |
16 LIVES ARE LOST WHEN A CYCLONE HITS THE PEARLING FLEET IN
NORTH-WESTERN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. |
| 6TH |
1912 |
NEW MEXICO BECOMES 47TH STATE OF
AMERICA. |
| 6TH |
1928 |
4 PEOPLE DROWN & PAINTINGS STORED IN THE ‘TATE
GALLERY’ BASEMENT ARE SEVERELY DAMAGED WHEN THE RIVER THAMES FLOODS. |
| 6TH |
1930 |
DON BRADMAN WAS 452 NOT OUT SCORED IN
415 MINUTES AGAINST QUEENSLAND AT THE SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND. |
| 6TH |
1942 |
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS PACIFIC CLIPPER ARRIVES IN NEW YORK
AFTER MAKING THE FIRST ROUND-THE-WORLD TRIP BY A COMMERCIAL PLANE. |
| 6TH |
1945 |
FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT, "GEORGE
BUSH" MARRIES "BARBARA PIERCE" IN RYE, NEW YORK. |
| 6TH |
1945 |
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, OR ARDENNES OFFENSIVE ENDS, WITH
130,000 GERMAN & 77,000 ALLIED CASUALTIES. |
| 6TH |
1958 |
"GIBSON" PATENTS THE FLYING V
GUITAR. |
| 6TH |
1964 |
"ROLLING STONES" FIRST TOUR AS HEADLINE ACT WITH
THE "RONETTES". |
| 6TH |
1975 |
"TASMAN BRIDGE" IN TASMANIA
WAS BOUGHT DOWN AS THE 10,000 TON "LAKE ILLAWARRA" COLLIDED WITH TWO
BRIDGE PYLONS RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF 12 LIVES. |
| 6TH |
1977 |
EMI SACK THE "SEX PISTOLS" BECAUSE OF THEIR
OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOUR. |
| 6TH |
1984 |
LAST DAY OF TEST CRICKET FOR
"CHAPPELL, MARSH, & LILLEE." |
| 6TH |
1994 |
ICE SKATER "TONYA HARDING’S" BODYGUARD,
ATTACKS ICESKATER, "NANCY KERRIGAN." |
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