• Jan 06 2005

    4 Years ago

    Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers.


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  • Jan 06 2005

    4 Years ago

    First World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace begins in Brussels, Belgium.


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  • Jan 06 2004

    5 Years ago

    Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate is declared the official anthem of Karnataka.


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  • Jan 06 2004

    5 Years ago

    Costas Simitis announces his resignation as president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement in Greece.


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  • Jan 06 1995

    14 Years ago

    A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.


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  • Jan 06 1980

    29 Years ago

    The beginning of the first GPS epoch.


  • Jan 06 1978

    31 Years ago

    The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.


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  • Jan 06 1974

    35 Years ago

    In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.


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  • Jan 06 1967

    42 Years ago

    United States Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.


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  • Jan 06 1950

    59 Years ago

    The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.


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  • Jan 06 1942

    67 Years ago

    Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.


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  • Jan 06 1941

    68 Years ago

    President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms in the State of the Union Address.


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  • Jan 06 1940

    69 Years ago

    Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germany in the city of Poznan, Warthegau.


  • Jan 06 1936

    73 Years ago

    The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act was unconstitutional in the case United States v. Butler et al.


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  • Jan 06 1931

    78 Years ago

    Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.


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  • Jan 06 1930

    79 Years ago

    The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City).


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  • Jan 06 1929

    80 Years ago

    King Alexander I of Yugoslavia suspends Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes's constitution (the so-called January 6th Dictatorship, ''Šestojanuarska diktatura'').


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  • Jan 06 1929

    80 Years ago

    Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin a her work amongst India's poorest and diseased people.


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  • Jan 06 1912

    97 Years ago

    New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.


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  • Jan 06 1907

    102 Years ago

    Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome.


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