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| About January 6th is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (360 in leap years). January 6th is Phi day. Births 1799 - Jedediah Smith, hunter, trapper, explored the Rocky Mountains 1883 - Khalil Gibran, actor, poet, author (The Prophet) 1954 - Anthony Minghella, director, playwright, screenwriter (The English Patient) 1955 - Rowan Atkinson, actor (Mr. Bean) 1960 - Howie Long, Hall of Fame defensive end, actor Deaths 1919 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. President 2009 - Cheryl Holdridge, actress (Mickey Mouse Club) Events 1759 - George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis. 1838 - Samuel Morse successfully demonstrates the electrical telegraph near Morristown, New Jersey. 1853 - The University of Florida is founded. 1912 - New Mexico becomes the 47th state of the United States. 1952 - The comic strip "Peanuts" makes its debut in Sunday papers across the United States. 1994 - Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed in the knee in a plot hatched by rival Tonya Harding. 2001 - The United States Congress certifies George W. Bush as the winner of the 2000 presidential election. |
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