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Historical Events on January 6

1017
Cnut the Great is crowned King of England.
1066
Harold Godwinson (or Harold II) is crowned King of England.
1205
Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.
1322
Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia.
1355
Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.
1449
Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras.
1492
The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada, completing the Reconquista.
1540
King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
1579
The Union of Arras is signed.
1661
English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England.
1690
Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
1721
The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
1781
In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
1809
Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.
1838
Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
1839
The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
1870
The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
1893
The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
1900
Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
1907
Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
1912
New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
1912
German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
1929
King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
1929
Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
1930
The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
1931
Thomas Edison signs his last patent application.
1941
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
1946
The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
1947
Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
1950
The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
1951
Korean War: An estimated 200-1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered in what becomes the Ganghwa massacre.
1960
National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
1960
The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
1967
Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
1974
In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1978
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.
1989
Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.
1992
President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
1993
Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
1995
A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
2001
Congress certifies George W. Bush winner of 2000 elections.
2005
American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.
2005
A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
2012
Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus.
2017
5 people are killed and 6 others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.

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