4 Years ago
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Jan 06 2005
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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.
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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.
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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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