Today's
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6: Epiphany (Three Kings' Day,
Theophany, Little Christmas):-- Epiphany (from Koine Greek:
"Revelation") is a Christian feast day that celebrates
the revelation (theophany) of God incarnate as Jesus Christ, .
commemorating in Western Christianity principally (but not solely)
the visit of the Three Magi, tradtionally the magician kings
Melchior (Persian, bearing gold), Caspar (Indian, bearing
frankincense), and Balthasar (Black African, bearing myrrh), to
the Christ Child, and thus Jesus Christ's physical manifestation
to the Gentiles; it is also the first day of Epiphanytide, the
liturgical season of many christian denominations of varying
lengths of time as defined by those denominations, most often
Candlemas, which commemorates the presentation of Jesus at the
Temple. Eastern Christians observe Epiphany differently, as a
commemoration of the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, seen as
his manifestation to the world as the Son of God. The spot marked
by Al-Maghtas in Jordan, adjacent to Qasr al-Yahud in the West
Bank, is considered to be the original site of the baptism of
Jesus and the ministry of John the Baptist. The word Epiphany is
from Koine Greek "epiphaneia", meaning "revelation",
with the literal translation of "manifestation" or
"appearance". The traditional date for the feast is
January 6; however, since 1970, the celebration is held in some
countries on the Sunday after January 1. Those Eastern Churches
which are still following the Julian calendar observe the feast on
what, according to the internationally used Gregorian calendar, is
January 19, because of the current 13-day difference between the
Julian and Gregorian calendars. In many Western Christian
Churches, the eve of the feast is celebrated as Twelfth Night
(Epiphany Eve). The Monday after Epiphany is known as Plough
Monday. Popular Epiphany customs include Epiphany singing,
chalking the door, having one's house blessed, consuming Three
Kings Cake, winter swimming, as well as attending church services.
It is customary for Christians in many localities to remove their
Christmas decorations on Epiphany Eve (Twelfth Night), although
those in other Christian countries historically remove them on
Candlemas, the conclusion of Epiphanytide. According to the first
tradition, those who fail to remember to remove their Christmas
decorations on Epiphany Eve must leave them untouched until
Candlemas, the second opportunity to remove them; failure to
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6: National Take Down The
Christmas Tree Day: -- After the bustle and excitement of the
Christmas season, today brings the traditional end to the season
-- it's the last of the 12 days of Christmas, and it reminds us
that the oliday season is over, and ti'stime take down our trees,
ornaments and Christmas decoratoins, and usher in Epiphany Day,
the first day of Epiphanytide. Christmas trees have been around
since the 1500s, some say even earlier, and have become an
integral part of the Christmas festivities. Just like the
celebrations, the time you choose to take down your Christmas tree
is completely at your discretion. Many people take theirs down
right after the opening of gifts on Boxing Day, and others leave
it up until New Year's Day, or even for a while after. However, if
you're one of those people who simply can't seem to get around the
depressing chore, National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day may
present you with the perfect opportunity. Founded by the 'Queen of
Holidays', Jace Shoemaker-Galloway, the day is celebrated annually
on January 6. This day is vital in Christmas history, as it marks
the 12th and last day of Christmas, and is the day Epiphany takes
place. Epiphany is a feast day, celebrating the revelation of God
as Jesus Christ. In Western Christianity, the feast commemorates
Jesus' physical manifestation to the Gentiles by the visit of the
Magi to the Christ Child. Eastern Christians, on the other hand,
commemorate the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, marking his
manifestation to the world as the Son of God. The earliest
reference to Epiphany as a Christian feast was in 361 A.D.
National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day was created to add some
excitement to the usually difficult process of letting go of the
festive Christmas season. So take down your trees and join in with
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6: National Bean Day (Dry Bean
Day): -- The perfect excuse to cook a favorite comfort food.
Wondering why National Bean Day is held on January 6? That's the
same day as the famous Czech geneticist and botanist (b. c. 1822)
died in 1884. Mendel used bean plants and pea plants to develop
theories on genetics in plants. So the formation of National Bean
Day has more to do with scientific development than how good bean
recipes taste. But don't let that deter you from enjoying eating
beans on this holiday - even jelly beans, they count too on this
all-purpose celebration of the bean! Beans are the staple food in
many cultures because it is packed with the nourishment of
proteins and complex carbohydrates. The word 'beans' is an
umbrella term used for seeds of certain plant families. There are
more than 40,000 varieties of legumes found across the world that
are recognized as beans. Many traditional bean recipes are enjoyed
across the globe. For Indians, it is 'rajma,' which is comfort
food served hot with rice. For Americans, it is 'chili,' a mix of
spicy and tangy perfect for a weeknight. Likewise, for the Brits,
it's "beans on toast", a go-to breakfast often enjoyed
with scrambled eggs and sausages. Is anybody else drooling? Beans,
especially peas, were used by the "Father of Genetics"
to study the concept of genes and heredity. This famous biologist
and mathematician was Gregory Mendel and his death anniversary,
who made remarkable revelations about hybridization during his
study which formed the basis of many future discoveries in the
field. His discoveries give us more reason to proudly enjoy some
beans for lunch today and then go for a walk in the park because
it's better to release the warm air out in the open. There are
many references to beans in our culture such as the children's
story, "Jack and the Beanstalk," and the catchy nursery
rhyme that goes, "Beans, Beans, the musical fruit. The more
you eat, the more you_." Well, you know the rest. But, so far
coffee beans have been the most coveted bean. It was not only the
Oompa Loompas from Charlie and Chocolate Factory that traded in
cacao beans. In the Aztec era, cacao beans were used as money
where 15 beans can buy you a rabbit. Beans were known to be
gathered by people in the foothills of the Himalayas before being
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6: Apple Tree Day: -- Honors the
great tradition of growing and cultivating apples across North
America. Introduced to the region by colonists in the 17th
century, apple farming has been leading the fruit production
industry in the U.S. for a century. From cider to pies, the apple
is a greatly versatile fruit with tremendous health benefits and a
mouthwatering taste. Although they don't need any extra marketing,
apples still deserve this annual recognition for being the
quintessential American fruit, found in our homes throughout the
year. So mull that cider and fill your homes with that sweet aroma
as we come together to celebrate this great holiday. Apple Tree
Day originally celebrated a two-century-old apple tree but as time
passed and the day gained prominence outside of its region of
origin, the holiday transformed into a celebration of apple
cultivation and the fruit's benefits. Apple trees are rendered
with great significance in our culture. Ancient mythology regards
an apple tree as a sacred symbol of good health and prospective
happiness. Apples are mentioned in the Celtic holy texts as the
'Fruit of God'. Celtic mythology also highlights the healing
properties of apples and the sense of wholeness they bring to the
body. Similarly, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, shared a deep
association with an apple tree, calling it the 'Tree of Love'.
Americans, of course, cannot be separated from the need to bake an
apple pie to mark a happy occasion. Apples are a great commercial
export for the country as well, generating millions of dollars in
revenue every year. Having easy access to/an excess of nature's
candy is a privilege not everyone can enjoy but thankfully,
American orchards will produce apples abundantly for centuries to
come. The 21st-century depiction of apples has been somewhat
tumultuous. From the fad diet culture to clamoring to eat one
apple a day and nothing else, let's come together on January 6 to
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January 6: World Day Of War Orphans: --
Highlights the array of challenges these orphans face. Globally,
millions of children are orphaned due to war, and they are
subjected to a life of hardship, and emotional and physical
neglect. This day was created by the French organization, SOS
Enfants en Detresses to raise awareness about their suffering and
to better their future. Losing a parent is very difficult, but
losing a parent due to war is even worse. UNICEF defines an orphan
as any child under the age of 18 who has lost one or both parents
to any cause of death. In the wars that took place during the last
few centuries, roughly half of the victims were civilians - a
number that gradually increased until 2001. As of 2015, "there
were nearly 140 million orphans globally, including 61 million in
Asia, 52 million in Africa, 10 million in Latin America and the
Caribbean, and 7.3 million in Eastern Europe and Central Asia,"
according to UNICEF. Children who have lost their parents in
untimely, harsh incidents like war are forced to stay with a
surviving family member or they enter into the foster care system
and face poor conditions like malnutrition and disease. The
emotional and mental stress they endure is unimaginable. Orphan
numbers are lower in developed countries but are much higher in
places that have been subjected to wars and epidemics. Some
children, however, lose their parents by getting separated from
them during the chaos of war. World Day of War Orphans was created
by SOS Enfants en Detresse, a French organization that works to
bring a sense of normalcy to the lives of children affected
indirectly by wars and conflict. It is held on January 6 annually,
and every year, awareness programmes take place to give people a
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6: National Technology Day: --
Recognizes how technology changes the world and looks to the
future of technology. Each year, from the wheel to smartphones,
the day honors technological achievements that impact our daily
lives. Imagine the world without technology. In our daily lives,
we can't take a step without coming into contact with a form of
it. Yet, the world is abuzz with technology! Outside of the
healthcare sector, tech jobs are among the strongest and
fastest-growing divisions. And let's face it, technology is at the
center of most jobs these days. Some of the may places we
encounter technology include Agriculture; Healthcare; Education;
Entertainment; Foodservice; Security. One area of the tech world
that continues to advance and affect our lives is apps (short for
applications). Another area where technology thrives is in the
area of communications. We use various tools to communicate with
people, and we use these tools a lot! Consider all the ways we
convey a message in today's world: Telephone - Since the first
"hello" traveled across a wire, telephones have kept us
connected; Email - Email is still relevant today. Beyond the spam,
businesses rely on email to communicate with their employees and
patrons. In addition, emails keep us connected to loved ones who
don't quite love the latest technologies; Video - Video meetings
have revolutionized how we stay connected. We keep in touch with
family, attend school, speak to our doctors, and conduct business,
all from a distance; Text - Whether it's a quick, short message,
or a long conversation, text messages easily keep us connected;
Letter - Yes. People still write letters. Whether typed or written
with old-fashioned technology like pen and paper, the letter still
gets a message across; Website - This technology produces a
variety of messages. It's a vehicle for ideas, news, and business;
and, for all its problems, even Social media - Many different
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6: United States Capitol Attack
Memorial Day: -- January 6, 2021: The January 6 United States
Capitol Attack occurs when a despicable mob, led by the even more
despicable then-U.S. president Donald Trump, engage in treasonous
insurrection by violently attacking the United States Capitol
Building in Washington, D.C., two months after Trump's
multiply-validated defeat in the 2020 presidential election which
Trump knew he was falsely claiming was "stolen". They
sought to keep Trump in power by preventing a joint session of
Congress from counting the Electoral College votes to formalize
the victory of President-elect Joe Biden through the use of
violence and hooliganism. The attack was ultimately unsuccessful
in preventing the election results from being certified due to its
utter incompetence, childish leadership and total lack of both
organization and discipline. According to the House select
committee that investigated the incident, the attack was the
culmination of a seven-part plan by Trump to overturn the
election. Within 36 hours of the event, five people had died: one
was shot by Capitol Police, another died of a drug overdose, and
three died of natural causes, including a police officer. Many
people were injured, including 174 police officers. Four officers
who responded to the attack died by suicide within seven months.
As of July 7, 2022, monetary damages caused by attackers exceed
2.7M, and Donald Trump has the utter lack of character to take
responsibility for anything he has done regarding this attack, as
has been his habit in virtually every crime and malfeasance he has
been responsible for. Called to action by Trump, thousands of his
supporters gathered in Washington, D.C., on January 5 and 6 to
support his baseless claim that the 2020 election had been "stolen
by emboldened radical-left Democrats" and to demand that Vice
President Mike Pence and Congress break his oath to uphold the
constitution and reject Biden's victory. Starting at noon on
January 6, at a disgracefully named "Save America" rally
at President's Park South (known as the Ellipse), Trump gave a
rabble rousing speech in which he again repeated knowingly false
claims of election irregularities, saying "If you don't fight
like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore."
Thousands of attendees, some armed, all deluded, ambled to the
Capitol, with hundreds reprehensibly breaching police perimeters
as Congress was beginning the electoral vote count. Among the
rioters were leaders of the wretched Proud Boys and Oath Keepers
militia groups, who treasonously conspired to use violence to
interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. More than 2,000
rioters entered the building, many of whom vandalized and looted
parts of the building, including the offices of then House speaker
Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress. Rioters also assaulted
Capitol Police officers and reporters, and hunted down lawmakers
in order to kidnap, harm or kill them. A gallows was erected west
of the Capitol, and some rioters chanted "Hang Mike Pence"
after he rightously rejected false claims by Trump and others that
the vice president could overturn the election results. With
building security breached, Capitol Police evacuated and locked
down both chambers of Congress and several buildings in the
Capitol Complex. Rioters occupied the empty Senate chamber while
federal law enforcement officers defended the evacuated House
floor. Pipe bombs were found at both the Democratic National
Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters, and
Molotov cocktails were discovered in a vehicle near the Capitol.
Trump refused to send the National Guard to quell the mob, as was
his contitutional duty to do, which in effect weaponized the
National Guard conversely by enabling the insurrection to continue
by the lack of National Guard protection. Later that afternoon, in
a most relectantly issued Twitter video after the incompetence of
the insurrection caused it to fail, Trump reasserted that the
election was "fraudulent", and told his supporters to
"go home in peace". The Capitol was clear of rioters by
mid-evening, and the counting of the electoral votes resumed and
was completed in the early morning hours of January 7. Pence
declared President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala
Harris victorious. Pressured by his cabinet, the threat of
removal, and many resignations, Trump later committed to an
orderly transition of power in a televised statement. A week after
the attack, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for
incitement of insurrection, making him the only U.S. president to
have been impeached twice. In February, after Trump had left
office, the Senate voted 57-43 in favor of conviction, resulting
in his acquittal. Republicans in the Senate blocked a bill to
create a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the
attack, so the House instead approved a select committee with
seven Democrats and two Republicans to investigate. The committee
held nine televised public hearings on the attack in 2022, voted
to subpoena Trump, and ultimately, recommended to the Department
of Justice (DOJ) that he be prosecuted. On August 1, 2023,
following a special counsel investigation, Trump was indicted on
four charges. More than 1,200 persons have been charged with
federal crimes arising from the attack. As of December 2023, 728
defendants had pleaded guilty, while another 166 defendants had
been convicted at trial; a total of 745 defendants have been
sentenced. A significant number of participants in the attack were
linked to far-right extremist groups or conspiratorial movements,
including the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and Three Percenters.
Numerous plotters were convicted of seditious conspiracy,
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6, 1066: The English Monarchy
(The Monarchy Of The Kingdom Of England): Coronations: --
Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day,
the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new and last
Anglo-Saxon king of England; Harold is crowned the same day,
sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the
Norman conquest of England. Harold Godwinson (c.?1022_- October
14, 1066), also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon
English king. Harold reigned from January 6 1066 until his death
at the Battle of Hastings, fighting the Norman invaders led by
William the Conqueror during the Norman conquest of England. His
death marked the end of Anglo-Saxon rule over England. Harold
Godwinson was a member of a prominent Anglo-Saxon family with ties
to Cnut the Great. He became a powerful earl after the death of
his father, Godwin, Earl of Wessex. After his brother-in-law, King
Edward the Confessor, died without an heir on January 5 1066, the
Witenagemot convened and chose Harold to succeed him; he was
probably the first English monarch to be crowned in Westminster
Abbey. In late September, he successfully repelled an invasion by
rival claimant Harald Hardrada of Norway in York before marching
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6, 1412: #BOTD: #HBD!
(Traditional; Epiphany Holiday): Joan Of Arc, French martyr, a
patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation
for her role in the Siege Of Orleans and her insistence on the
coronation of Charles VII Of France during the Hundred Years' War,
military leader who declared herself to be under divine guidance
who transcended gender roles and gained recognition as a savior of
France (d. May 30, 1431) is #born to a propertied peasant family
at Domremy in northeast France. Her birthday is sometimes given
as, and celebrated on, January 6, based on a letter by Perceval de
Boulainvilliers, a councillor of French King Charles VII, stating
that Joan was born on the feast day of Epiphany, but his letter is
filled with literary tropes that make it questionable as a
statement of fact. There is no other evidence of her being born on
Epiphany. There is no standard spelling of Joan Of Arc's before
the sixteenth century; her name was written in a variety of ways.
Her last name was usually written as "Darc" without an
apostrophe, but there are variants such as "Tarc",
"Dart" or "Day". Her father's name was written
as "Tart" at her trial. She was called "Jeanne d'Ay
de Domremy" in Charles VII's 1429 letter granting her a coat
of arms. Joan may never have heard herself called "Jeanne
d'Arc". The first written record of her being called by this
name is in 1455, 24 years after her death. She was not taught to
read and write in her childhood, and so dictated her letters. She
may have later learned to sign her name, as some of her letters
are signed, and she may even have learned to read. Joan referred
to herself in the letters as "Jeanne la Pucelle" (Joan
the Maiden) or as "la Pucelle" (the Maiden), emphasizing
her virginity, and she signed "Jehanne". In the
sixteenth century, she became known as the "Maid Of Orleans".
In 1428, she requested to be taken to Charles, later testifying
that she was guided by visions from the archangel Michael, Saint
Margaret, and Saint Catherine to help him save France from English
domination. Convinced of her devotion and purity, Charles sent
Joan, who was about seventeen years old, to the Siege Of Orleans
as part of a relief army. She arrived at the city in April 1429,
wielding her banner and bringing hope to the demoralized French
army. Nine days after her arrival, the English abandoned the
siege. Joan encouraged the French to aggressively pursue the
English during the Loire Campaign, which culminated in another
decisive victory at Patay, opening the way for the French army to
advance on Reims unopposed, where Charles was crowned as the King
Of France with Joan at his side. These victories boosted French
morale, paving the way for their final triumph in the Hundred
Years' War several decades later. After Charles's coronation, Joan
participated in the unsuccessful siege of Paris in September 1429
and the failed siege of La Charite in November. Her role in these
defeats reduced the court's faith in her. In early 1430, Joan
organized a company of volunteers to relieve Compiegne, which had
been besieged by the Burgundians, who were French allies of the
English. She was captured by Burgundian troops on May 23. After
trying unsuccessfully to escape, she was handed to the English in
November. She was put on trial by Bishop Pierre Cauchon on
accusations of heresy, which included blaspheming by wearing men's
clothes, acting upon visions that were demonic, and refusing to
submit her words and deeds to the judgment of the church. She was
declared guilty, and died in Rouen, Normandy, then under English
rule, executed by burning at the stake by an English-dominated
tribunal on the charge, of all things, of cross-dressing. A
monument in Rouen is inscribed with the words of Andre Malraux: "O
Jeanne, without sepulchre, without portrait, you know that the
tomb of heroes is the heart of the living." Another monument
to her stands in north side of Notre Dame Cathedral Of Paris. Joan
Of Arc was born to a propertied peasant family at Domremy in
northeast France. Nicknamed "The Maid Of Orleans", she
is considered a heroine of France for her role during the
Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War and was canonized as a
Roman Catholic saint. She was forced by her interrogators to sign
an abjuration (a solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation
by or upon an oath) of the charge of heresy, which created a
problem. Heresy was a capital crime only for a repeat offense, so
in order to justify her execution, a repeat offense of
"cross-dressing" was arranged by the court, according to
the eyewitnesses. According to the later descriptions of some of
the tribunal members, she had previously been wearing male (i.e.
military) clothing in prison because it gave her the ability to
fasten her hosen, boots and tunic together into one piece, which
deterred rape by making it difficult to pull her hosen off. She
was evidently afraid to give up this outfit even temporarily
because it was likely to be confiscated by the judge and she would
thereby be left without protection. A woman's dress offered no
such protection. A few days after her abjuration, when she was
forced to wear a dress, she told a tribunal member that "a
great English lord had entered her prison and tried to take her by
force.". She resumed male attire either as a defense against
molestation or, in the testimony of Jean Massieu, because her
dress had been taken by the guards and she was left with nothing
else to wear. Her resumption of male military clothing was labeled
a relapse into heresy for cross-dressing, although this would
later be disputed by the inquisitor who presided over the appeals
court that examined the case after the war. Medieval Catholic
doctrine held that cross-dressing should be evaluated based on
context, as stated in the Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas,
which says that necessity would be a permissible reason for
cross-dressing.This would include the use of clothing as
protection against rape if the clothing would offer protection. In
terms of doctrine, she had been justified in disguising herself as
a pageboy during her journey through enemy territory, and she was
justified in wearing armor during battle and protective clothing
in camp and then in prison. The Chronique de la Pucelle states
that it deterred molestation while she was camped in the field.
When her soldiers' clothing wasn't needed while on campaign, she
was said to have gone back to wearing a dress.[89] Clergy who
later testified at the posthumous appellate trial affirmed that
she continued to wear male clothing in prison to deter molestation
and rape. Joan referred the court to the Poitiers inquiry when
questioned on the matter. The Poitiers record no longer survives,
but circumstances indicate the Poitiers clerics had approved her
practice. She also kept her hair cut short through her military
campaigns and while in prison. Her supporters, such as the
theologian Jean Gerson, defended her hairstyle for practical
reasons, as did Inquisitor Brehal later during the appellate
trial. Nonetheless, at the trial in 1431 she was condemned and
sentenced to die. Boyd described Joan's trial as so "unfair"
that the trial transcripts were later used as evidence for
canonizing her in the 20th century. Eyewitnesses described the
scene of the execution by burning on May 30, 1431. Tied to a tall
pillar at the Vieux-Marche in Rouen, she asked two of the clergy,
Fr. Martin Ladvenu and Fr. Isambart de la Pierre, to hold a
crucifix before her. An English soldier also constructed a small
cross that she put in the front of her dress. After she died, the
English raked back the coals to expose her charred body so that no
one could claim she had escaped alive. They then burned the body
twice more, to reduce it to ashes and prevent any collection of
relics, and cast her remains into the Seine River. The
executioner, Geoffroy Therage, later stated that he "greatly
feared to be damned." In 1456, an inquisitorial court
reinvestigated Joan's trial and overturned the verdict, declaring
that it was tainted by deceit and procedural errors. Joan has been
revered as a martyr, and viewed as an obedient daughter of the
Roman Catholic Church, an early feminist, and a symbol of freedom
and independence. After the French Revolution, she became a
national symbol of France. In 1920, Joan of Arc was canonized by
the Roman Catholic Church and, two years later, was declared one
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6, 1492: The History Of Spain:
The Reconquista (Spanish: "Reconquest") (The Reconquest
Of Al-Andalus): The Granada War: -- The ten-year-long Granada War,
and the 780-year-long reconquest of Muslim Spain by Christian
forces known as The Reconquista, at last comes to an end when the
Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain enter the city
of Granada at the conclusion of the Granada War. Muhammad XII of
Granada, known in Europe as Boabdil, Sultan of the last Moorish
stronghold in Spain, the Emirate of Granada (todays Province of
Granada), surrendered its capital city of Granada four days prior,
on January 2, 1492. Christopher Columbus appears to have been
present then; as he wrote of the surrender: "After your
Highnesses ended the war of the Moors who reigned in Europe, and
finished the war of the great city of Granada, where this present
year 1492 on the January 2nd I saw the royal banners of Your
Highnesses planted by force of arms on the towers of the
Alhambra." The Granada War (Spanish: Guerra de Granada) was a
series of military campaigns between 1482 and 1491, during the
reign of the Catholic Monarchs Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand
II Of Aragon, against the Nasrid dynasty's Emirate of Granada. It
ended with the defeat of Granada and its annexation by Castile,
ending all Islamic rule on the Iberian peninsula. The Reconquista
(Spanish and Portuguese for "reconquest") was a period
in the history of the Iberian Peninsula of about 780 years between
the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711, the expansion of the
Christian kingdoms throughout Hispania, and the fall of the Nasrid
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6, 1811: #BOTD: #HBD! Charles
Sumner, American statesman, United States Senator from
Massachusetts, academic lawyer, orator, anti-slavery activist,
Radical Republican, famous and honored for his having suffered
being beaten nearly to death with a cane on the Senate floor by
rabid pro slavery congressman Preston Brooks after Sumner
delivered his famed anti-slavery speech, "The Crime Against
Kansas" (d. March 11, 1874) is #born on Irving Street in
Boston, Massachusetts to Charles Pinckney Sumner, a
Harvard-educated lawyer, abolitionist, and early proponent of
racial integration of schools, who shocked 19th-century Boston by
opposing anti-miscegenation laws, and Relief Jacob, a seamstress
before marrying Charles. Sumner was the leader of the anti-slavery
forces in the state and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the
U.S. Senate during the American Civil War. During Reconstruction,
he fought to minimize the power of the ex-Confederates and
guarantee equal rights to the freedmen. He fell into a dispute
with President Ulysses Grant, a fellow Republican, over the
control of Santo Domingo, leading to the stripping of his power in
the Senate and his subsequent effort to defeat Grant's
re-election. Sumner changed his political party several times as
anti-slavery coalitions rose and fell in the 1830s and 1840s
before coalescing in the 1850s as a member of the Republican
Party, the affiliation with which he became best known. He devoted
his enormous energies to the destruction of what Republicans
called the Slave Power, that is, to the ending of the influence
over the federal government of Southern slave owners who sought to
continue slavery and to expand it into the territories. On May 22,
1856, South Carolina Democratic congressman Preston Brooks beat
Sumner nearly to death with a cane on the Senate floor after
Sumner delivered an anti-slavery speech, "The Crime Against
Kansas." In the speech, Sumner characterized the attacker's
first cousin once removed, South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler,
as a "Don Quixote" who had chosen "the harlot,
slavery" as his mistress. The widely reported episode left
Sumner severely injured and both men famous. It was several years
before he could return to the Senate; Massachusetts not only
refused to replace him, it even re-elected him, leaving his empty
desk in the Senate as a reminder of the incident. The episode
contributed significantly to the polarization of the country
leading up to the Civil War, with the event symbolizing the
increasingly vitriolic and violent socio-political atmosphere of
the time. During the war, he was a leader of the Radical
Republican faction that criticized President Lincoln for being too
moderate on the South. Sumner specialized in foreign affairs and
worked closely with Lincoln to ensure that the British and the
French refrained from intervening on the side of the Confederacy
during the Civil War. As the chief Radical leader in the Senate
during Reconstruction, Sumner fought hard to provide equal civil
and voting rights for the freedmen on the grounds that "consent
of the governed" was a basic principle of American
republicanism, and to block ex-Confederates from power so they
would not reverse the gains derived from the Union's victory in
the Civil War. Sumner, teaming with House leader Thaddeus Stevens,
battled Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plans and sought to impose
a Radical Republican program on the South. Although Sumner
forcefully advocated the annexation of Alaska in the Senate, he
was against the annexation of the Dominican Republic, then known
by the name of its capital, Santo Domingo. After leading senators
to defeat President Ulysses S. Grant's Santo Domingo Treaty in
1870, Sumner broke with Grant and denounced him in such terms that
reconciliation was impossible. In 1871, President Grant and his
Secretary Of State Hamilton Fish retaliated; through Grant's
supporters in the Senate, Sumner was deposed as head of the
Foreign Relations Committee. Sumner had become convinced that
Grant was a corrupt despot and that the success of Reconstruction
policies called for new national leadership. Sumner bitterly
opposed Grant's re-election by supporting the Liberal Republican
candidate Horace Greeley in 1872 and lost his power inside the
Republican Party. Less than two years later, he died in office.
Sumner was controversial in his time; even the 1960 Pulitzer
Prize-winning biography of Sumner by David Herbert Donald
described him as an arrogant egoist. Sumner was known for being an
ineffective political leader in contrast to his more pragmatic
colleague Henry Wilson. Ultimately, Sumner has been remembered
positively, with biographer Donald noting his extensive
contributions to anti-racism during the Reconstruction era. Many
places are named for him. Charles Sumner died of a heart attack at
his home in Washington, D.C., aged 63, after serving nearly 23
years in the Senate. He lay in state at the United States Capitol
rotunda, the second senator (Henry Clay being the first, in 1852)
and fourth person so honored. At his March 16 burial in Mount
Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the pallbearers
included Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, and John Greenleaf Whittier. In the aftermath,
Mississippi Senator Lucius Lamar's positive eulogy for Sumner was
controversial enough considering his Southern heritage that the
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6, 1832: #BOTD: #HBD! Gustave
Dore, French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist,
caricaturist and sculptor who worked primarily with wood engraving
(d. January 23, 1883) is #born Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Dore
in Strasbourg, Eastern France. By age five, Dore was a prodigy
troublemaker, playing pranks that were mature beyond his years.
Seven years later, he began carving in cement. At the age of
fifteen he began his career working as a caricaturist for the
French paper Le Journal pour rire. In the late 1840s and early
1850s he made several text comics (comics where the stories are
told in captions below the images and without the use of speech
balloons). Dore subsequently went on to win commissions to depict
scenes from books by Cervantes, Rabelais, Balzac, Milton and
Dante. In 1853, Dore was asked to illustrate the works of Lord
Byron. Dore' later work included illustrations for new editions of
Coleridge' Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Milton' Paradise Lost,
Tennyson' Idylls of the King, The Works of Thomas Hood, and The
Divine Comedy. Dore' work also appeared in the weekly newspaper
The Illustrated London News. Having illustrated a number of
written works by Romantic writers, Konrad Farner named his
biography about him "Gustave Dore The Industrial Romantic"
(Gustave Dore Der Industrialisierte Romantiker). Gustave Dore died
in Paris, France following a short illness, aged 51. He is buried
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6, 1878: #BOTD: #HBD! Carl
Sandburg, Swedish-American poet, writer, historian, biographer,
journalist and editor, a major figure in contemporary literature,
recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for
his biography of Abraham Lincoln (d. July 22, 1967) is #born Carl
August Sandberg to Clara Mathilda (nee Anderson) and August
Sandberg, both of Swedish ancestry. He adopted the nickname
"Charles" or "Charlie" in elementary school at
about the same time he and his two oldest siblings changed the
spelling of their last name to from "Sandberg" to
"Sandburg". During his lifetime, Sandburg enjoyed great
popularity as a poet, and his writings were widely revered,
especially for volumes of his collected verse including Chicago
Poems (1916), Cornhuskers (1918), and Smoke and Steel (1920). Carl
Sandburg, Swedish died of natural causes in Flat Rock, North
Carolina, aged 89. His body was cremated, and the ashes are
interred under "Remembrance Rock", the 5-foot granite
boulder in the backyard of Sandburg's Galesburg, Illinois
birthplace and boyhood home, a three-room cottage located at 313
East Third Street; a rock whose name was the source for the title
of Sandburg's only novel, "Remembrance Rock"; his wife
and two daughters would also be interred there. are also buried
there, upon the rock is chiseled "Remembrance Rock", and
the sign plate affixed to the front of the foundation stone it
sits upon reads contains the quote from the novel "...FOR IT
COULD BE A PLACE TO COME AND REMEMBER". At news of his death
President Lyndon B. Johnson stated that "Carl Sandburg was
more than the Voice Of America, more than the poet of its strength
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6, 1880: #BOTD: #HBD! Tom Mix,
American film actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter
(d. October 12, 1940) is #born Thomas Hezikiah Mix in Mix Run,
Pennsylvania. He was the star of many early Western movies between
1909 and 1935, appearing in 291 films, all but nine of which were
silent movies. He was Hollywood's first Western star and helped
define the genre as it emerged in the early days of the cinema.
The radio series Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters was popular
throughout most of the 1930s through the early 1950s, well after
Mix's death. Mix never appeared on these broadcasts (his voice,
damaged by a bullet to the throat and repeated broken noses, was
not fit for radio) and was instead played by radio actors: Artells
Dickson (early 1930s), Jack Holden (from 1937), Russell Thorsen
(early 1940s) and Joe "Curley" Bradley (from 1944). On
October 12, 1940, Tom Mix died of a broken neck when an aluminum
suitcase containing money, traveler's checks, and jewels, situated
behind his head on the package shelf of his 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton
automobile, hurtled forward and struck him when he came upon
construction barriers at a bridge washed away by a flash flood. On
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6, 1893: United States National
Register of Historic Places (NRHP): The Cathedral Church Of Saint
Peter And Saint Paul In The City And Diocese Of Washington,
Washington National Cathedral, National Cathedral): -- The U.S.
Congress' charter for The Washington National Cathedral,
officially the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in
the City and Diocese of Washington, is signed by President
Benjamin Harrison. Its cornerstone laid on September 29, 1907 in
the presence of Freemason President Theodore Roosevelt, and the
construction was completed when the final "finial" (a
spire atop building structures) was placed in the presence of
Freemason President George H. W. Bush 1990. The Cathedral Church
of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of
Washington, commonly known as Washington National Cathedral, is an
American cathedral of the Episcopal Church. The cathedral is
located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The
structure is of Neo-Gothic design closely modeled on English
Gothic style of the late fourteenth century. It is the
second-largest church building in the United States, and the
third-tallest building in Washington, D.C. The cathedral is the
seat of both the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Michael
Bruce Curry, and the bishop of the Diocese of Washington, Mariann
Edgar Budde. Over 270,000 people visit the structure annually. The
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, under the first seven
Bishops of Washington, erected the cathedral under a charter
passed by the United States Congress on January 6, 1893.
Construction began on September 29, 1907, when the foundation
stone was laid in the presence of President Theodore Roosevelt and
a crowd of more than 20,000, and ended 83 years later when the
"final finial" was placed in the presence of President
George H. W. Bush in 1990. Decorative and restorative work,
particularly of damage from the 2011 Virginia earthquake, is
ongoing as of 2022. The Foundation is the legal entity of which
all institutions on the Cathedral Close are a part; its corporate
staff provides services for the institutions to help enable their
missions, conducts work of the Foundation itself that is not done
by the other entities, and serves as staff for the board of
trustees. The cathedral stands at Massachusetts and Wisconsin
Avenues in the northwest quadrant of Washington. It is an
associate member of the recently organized inter-denominational
Washington Theological Consortium. It is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. In 2007, it was ranked third on the
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6, 1931: The History Of
Technology: -- Thomas Edison signs his 1,098th and last patent
application, US 1908830 A, "Holder for article to be
electroplated". It was filed on January 9, 1931. It was
referenced in future patents that rely upon his source patent as
recently as September 19, 2006, in Patent US 20070007110 A1, "Belt
conveyor apparatus" by Paul Kaufman. Thomas Edision was one
of America's most prolific inventors. Amongst the 1,098 patents he
received covering his many inventions included his first, the 1869
patent, US 90646, "Electrographic vote recorder". Born
in Milan, Ohio, Thomas Alva Edison has been described as America's
greatest inventor. He developed many devices that greatly
influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the
motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric
light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was
one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass
production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention,
and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the
first industrial research laboratory. Edison was a prolific
inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as many
patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. More
significant than the number of Edison's patents was the widespread
impact of his inventions: electric light and power utilities,
sound recording, and motion pictures all established major new
industries worldwide. Edison's inventions contributed to mass
communication and, in particular, telecommunications. These
included a stock ticker, a mechanical vote recorder, a battery for
an electric car, electrical power, recorded music and motion
pictures. His advanced work in these fields was an outgrowth of
his early career as a telegraph operator. Edison developed a
system of electric-power generation and distribution to homes,
businesses, and factories - a crucial development in the modern
industrialized world. He is well known for his quote, "Genius
is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration.".
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6, 1941: Naval History: The
History Of The United States Navy: The New United States Navy (The
New Navy, The United States Navy 1885-Present): Keel Layings:
Battleships: The USS Missouri (BB-63): -- USS Missiouri, an
Iowa-class battleship that was the last battleship built by the
United States Navy and the last battleship the United States
commissioned, future site of the signing of the Japanese
Instrument of Surrender, has its keel is laid down at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard in Slipway 1, where she was launched three years later
on January 29, 1944 before a crowd of 20,000 to 30,000 spectators.
At the launching ceremony, the ship was christened by Margaret
Truman, the ship sponsor and daughter of Harry S. Truman, then one
of the senators from the ship's namesake state; Truman himself
gave a speech at the ceremony. She was commissioned on June 11,
1944 with Captain William Callaghan serving as her first
commander. The ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during
World War II, where she participated in the Battles of Iwo Jima
and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands. Her quarterdeck
was the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan at the end of
World War II. After World War II, Missouri served in various
diplomatic, show of force and training missions. In 1950, the ship
ran aground during high tide in Chesapeake Bay and after great
effort was re-floated several weeks later. She later fought in the
Korean War during two tours between 1950 and 1953. Missouri was
the first American battleship to arrive in Korean waters and
served as the flagship for several admirals. The battleship took
part in numerous shore bombardment operations and also served in a
screening role for aircraft carriers. Missouri was decommissioned
in 1955 and transferred to the reserve fleet (also known as the
"Mothball Fleet"). Missouri was reactivated and
modernized in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan of The Reagan
Administration. Cruise missile and anti-ship missile launchers
were added along with updated electronics. The ship served in the
Persian Gulf escorting oil tankers during threats from Iran, often
while keeping her fire-control systems trained on land-based
Iranian missile launchers. She served in Operation Desert Storm in
1991 including providing fire support. Missouri was again
decommissioned in 1992, but remained on the Naval Vessel Register
until her name was struck in 1995. In 1998, she was donated to the
USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum ship at
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6, 1946: #BOTD: #HBD! Syd
Barrett, English singer, songwriter, and musician who co-founded
the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965 (d. July 7, 2006) is #born Roger
Keith Barrett in Cambridge to a middle-class family living at 60
Glisson Road. Barrett was the original frontman and primary
songwriter of the band, becoming known for his whimsical style of
psychedelia, English-accented singing, and stream-of-consciousness
writing style. As a guitarist, he was influential for his
free-form playing and for employing effects such as dissonance,
distortion, echo and feedback. Originally trained as a painter,
Barrett was musically active for less than ten years. With Pink
Floyd, he recorded four singles, their debut album The Piper at
the Gates of Dawn (1967), portions of their second album A
Saucerful of Secrets (1968), and several unreleased songs. In
April 1968, Barrett was ousted from the band amid speculation of
mental illness and his excessive use of psychedelic drugs. He
began a brief solo career in 1969 with the single "Octopus"
and followed with the albums The Madcap Laughs (1970) and Barrett
(1970), recorded with the aid of several members of Pink Floyd. In
1972, Barrett left the music industry, retired from public life
and strictly guarded his privacy until his death. He continued
painting and dedicated himself to gardening. Pink Floyd recorded
several tributes and homages to him, including the 1975 song suite
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and the 1979 rock opera The
Wall. In 1988, EMI released an album of unreleased tracks and
outtakes, Opel, with Barrett's approval. In 1996, Barrett was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink
Floyd. Syd Barrett died of pancreatic cancer in Cambridge,
England, aged_60. He was cremated at a funeral held at Cambridge
Crematorium on July 18, 2006; no Pink Floyd members attended. In a
statement, Wright said: "The band are very naturally upset
and sad to hear of Syd Barrett's death. Syd was the guiding light
of the early band lineup and leaves a legacy which continues to
inspire." Gilmour said: "Do find time to play some of
Syd's songs and to remember him as the madcap genius who made us
all smile with his wonderfully eccentric songs about bikes,
gnomes, and scarecrows. His career was painfully short, yet he
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6, 2005: The American Civil
Rights Movement: Anti-Black Racism In The United States: Racial
Segregation: Black Suffrage (Black Political Franchise, Black
Franchise, Black Right To Vote, Black Active Suffrage): Civil
Rights Protests: Civil Rights Protests In The United States: The
Murders Of Chaney, Goodman, And Schwerner (Freedom Summer Murders,
Mississippi Burning Murders): -- Ku Klux Klan organizer Edgar Ray
Killen, who planned and directed the murders of James Chaney,
Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights
activists participating in the Freedom Summer of 1964, is indicted
for their murders over 40 years after the crime. He was found
guilty in state court of three counts of manslaughter on June 21,
2005, the forty-first anniversary of the crime, and sentenced to
60 years in prison. He appealed the verdict, but the sentence was
upheld on April 12, 2007, by the Supreme Court of Mississippi. He
died in prison on January 11, 2018, six days before his 93rd
birthday. The murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, also
known as the Freedom Summer Murders, the Mississippi civil rights
workers' murders or the Mississippi Burning murders, occured when
civil rights workers, two white and one black, were abducted and
murdered in Neshoba County, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and
Michael Schwerner, after they left Meridian, Mississippi, at 9
a.m. to investigate a church burning. They were expected back by 4
p.m. When they failed to return, a search was begun. Their
murdered bodies were discovered on August 4. The victims were
James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi, and Andrew Goodman and
Michael Schwerner from New York City. All three were associated
with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) and its member
organization, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). They had
been working with the Freedom Summer campaign by attempting to
register African Americans in Mississippi to vote. This
registration effort was a part of contesting over 70 years of laws
and practices that supported a systematic policy, begun by several
states in 1890, of disenfranchisement of potential black voters.
The three men had traveled from Meridian to the community of
Longdale to talk with congregation members at a black church that
had been burned. The trio was thereafter arrested by Neshoba
County Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price following a traffic stop outside
Philadelphia, Mississippi for speeding, escorted to the local
jail, and held for a number of hours. As the three left town in
their car, they were followed by law enforcement and others.
Before leaving Neshoba County, the car was pulled over and all
three were abducted, driven to another location, and shot at close
range. The three men's bodies were then transported to an earthen
dam where they were buried. The disappearance of the three men was
initially investigated as a missing persons case. The civil rights
workers' burnt-out car was found near a swamp three days after
their disappearance. An extensive search of the area was conducted
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), local and state
authorities, and four hundred United States Navy sailors. The
three men's bodies were only discovered two months later thanks to
a tip-off. During the investigation it emerged that members of the
local White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County
Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia Police Department were
involved in the incident. The murder of the activists sparked
national outrage and an extensive federal investigation, filed as
Mississippi Burning (MIBURN), which later became the title of a
1988 film loosely based on the events. In 1967, after the state
government refused to prosecute, the United States federal
government charged eighteen individuals with civil rights
violations. Seven were convicted and received relatively minor
sentences for their actions. Outrage over the activists'
disappearances helped gain passage of the Civil Rights Act Of
1964. On the 41st anniversary of the murders, on June 21, 2005,
Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been acquitted for the
murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, was
convicted of manslaughter as a result of the case having been
reopened in 2004 by the state of Mississippi for his part in the
crimes. He was given a 60-year sentence. On June 20, 2016, federal
and state authorities officially closed the case and dispensed
with the possibility of further prosecution. Killen died in prison
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Today, January 6, 2026
January 6: National Take A Poet To Lunch
Day: - The best time to show your support and appreciation for
their work. Take them out for a great meal, on you. Poetry has
been around since before Christ, and this creative, rhythmic form
of literature has become the foundation for things we now enjoy,
such as modern music. National Take a Poet to Lunch Day is a day
dedicated to appreciating poetry by taking a poet you know out to
lunch. We cannot accurately track the history of this day, so
instead, we will give you a brief history of the art form itself.
Epic poems were some of the first to ever be written. They are
lengthy narrative poems, which discuss the extraordinary doings of
people in a time beyond living memory. They mostly involved gods
or other superhuman forces, and gave shape to the mortal universe.
This allowed their descendants to understand themselves as a
people or nation. Some scholars believe that the art of poetry may
predate literacy, with the oldest surviving epic poem, "The
Epic of Gilgamesh", dating back to as far as 3000 B.C. It was
originally written in cuneiform script on clay tablets. A thousand
years after that, in 2000 B.C, the first love poem, "Istanbul"
was written on a tablet. Other forms of poetry developed directly
from folk songs, with the earliest entries in the oldest
collection of Chinese poetry, "The Shijing", being
lyrics initially. It was compiled by the philosopher Confucius and
is considered to be one of the official Confucian classics. The
study of the aesthetics of poetry, poetics, came to be when
ancient thinkers found it difficult to determine what made poetry
distinctive as a form, and what distinguished good poetry from bad
poetry. Aristotle's "Poetics", described three genres of
poetry - the epic, the comic, and the tragic. It developed rules
to distinguish the highest-quality poetry in each genre. Later,
aestheticians identified three major genres - epic poetry, lyric
poetry, and dramatic poetry. Comedy and tragedy became sub-genres
of dramatic poetry.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1941: The European Civil War:
World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of
World War II): The State Of The Union Address (SOTU): State Of The
Union Addresses: The 1941 State Of The Union Address (The Four
Freedoms): -- President Franklin Roosevelt delivers on a Monday
evening his Four Freedoms Speech, officially known as the 1941
State Of The Union Address, asking Congress for support for the
lend-lease program aiding Allies fighting the Axis powers. The
Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President
Franklin D. Roosevelt that he proposed as four fundamental
freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to
enjoy: 1) Freedom of speech; 2) Freedom of worship; 3) Freedom
from want; and 4) Freedom from fear. Roosevelt defined those four
freedoms as essential and worth fighting to defend: freedom of
speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from
fear. The speech promoted Roosevelt' plan to become the "arsenal
of democracy" and support the Allies (mainly the British)
with much-needed supplies. Roosevelt delivered his speech 11
months before the surprise Japanese attack on U.S. forces in Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii that caused the United States to declare war on
Japan, December 8, 1941. The State of the Union speech before
Congress was largely about the national security of the United
States and the threat to other democracies from world war that was
being waged across the continents in the eastern hemisphere. In
the speech, he made a break with the long-held tradition of United
States non-interventionism. He outlined the U.S. role in helping
allies already engaged in warfare. In that context, he summarized
the values of democracy behind the bipartisan consensus on
international involvement that existed at the time. A famous quote
from the speech prefaces those values: "As men do not live by
bread alone, they do not fight by armaments alone." In the
second half of the speech, he lists the benefits of democracy,
which include economic opportunity, employment, social security,
and the promise of "adequate health care". The first two
freedoms, of speech and religion, are protected by the First
Amendment in the United States Constitution. His inclusion of the
latter two freedoms went beyond the traditional Constitutional
values protected by the U.S. Bill Of Rights. Roosevelt endorsed a
broader human right to economic security and anticipated what
would become known decades later as the "human security"
paradigm in social science and economic development. He also
included the "freedom from fear" against national
aggression and took it to the new United Nations he was setting
up.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1919: #DOTD: #RIP: Theodore
Roosevelt, often referred to as Teddy Roosevelt or his initials T.
R., American colonel, statesman, politician, conservationist,
naturalist, historian, writer, Freemason and Nobel Peace Prize
recipient, 26th President of the United States from September 14,
1901 to March 3, 1909 (b. October 27, 1858) #dies between 4:00 and
4:15 in the morning at the age of 60 in his sleep at Sagamore
Hill, after a blood clot had detached from a vein and traveled to
his lungs. During the night of January 5, 1919, Roosevelt suffered
breathing problems. After receiving treatment from his physician,
Dr. George W. Faller, he felt better and went to bed. Roosevelt's
last words were "Please put out that light, James" to
his family servant James E. Amos. Upon receiving word of his
death, his son Archibald telegraphed his siblings: "The old
lion is dead." Woodrow Wilson's vice president, Thomas R.
Marshall, said that "Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping,
for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight."
Following a private farewell service in the North Room at Sagamore
Hill, a simple funeral was held at Christ Episcopal Church in
Oyster Bay.Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, Charles Evans
Hughes, Warren G. Harding, Henry Cabot Lodge, and William Howard
Taft were among the mourners. The snow-covered procession route to
Youngs Memorial Cemetery was lined with spectators and a squad of
mounted policemen who had ridden from New York City. Roosevelt was
buried on a hillside overlooking Oyster Bay. Born Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. in New York City, he served, prior to his becoming
president, as 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900 and the
25th vice president of the United States from March to September
1901. Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and
became a driving force for the anti-trust policy while supporting
Progressive Era policies in the early 20th century. He succeeded
to the presidency following the assassination of President William
McKinley. His face is depicted on Mount Rushmore alongside George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. He is best
remembered for stating, "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Roosevelt was a sickly child with debilitating asthma, but he
overcame his health problems by embracing a strenuous lifestyle,
as well as growing out of his asthma naturally in his young adult
years. He integrated his exuberant personality, a vast range of
interests and world-famous achievements into a "cowboy"
persona defined by robust masculinity. He was home-schooled and
began a lifelong naturalist avocation before attending Harvard
College. His book The Naval War Of 1812 (1882) established his
reputation as a learned historian and as a popular writer. Upon
entering politics, he became the leader of the reform faction of
Republicans in New York's state legislature. His wife and his
mother both died in rapid succession, and he began to frequent a
cattle ranch in the Dakotas. He served as Assistant Secretary of
the Navy under President William McKinley, but he resigned from
that post to lead the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American
War, returning a war hero. He was elected governor of New York in
1898. After Vice President Garret Hobart died in 1899, the New
York state party leadership convinced McKinley to accept Roosevelt
as his running mate in the 1900 election. Roosevelt campaigned
vigorously, and the McKinley-Roosevelt ticket won a landslide
victory based on a platform of peace, prosperity, and
conservation. Roosevelt took office as vice president in March
1901 and assumed the presidency at age 42 after McKinley was
assassinated the following September. He remains the youngest
person to become President of the United States. Roosevelt was a
leader of the progressive movement, and he championed his "Square
Deal" domestic policies, promising the average citizen
fairness, breaking of trusts, regulation of railroads, and pure
food and drugs. He made conservation a top priority and
established many new national parks, forests, and monuments
intended to preserve the nation's natural resources. In foreign
policy, he focused on Central America where he began construction
of the Panama Canal. He expanded the Navy and sent the Great White
Fleet on a world tour to project the United States' naval power
around the globe. His successful efforts to broker the end of the
Russo-Japanese War won him the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize. He avoided
controversial tariff and money issues. Roosevelt was elected to a
full term in 1904 and continued to promote progressive policies,
many of which were passed in Congress. He groomed his close friend
William Howard Taft to successfully succeed him in the 1908
presidential election. Roosevelt grew frustrated with Taft's brand
of conservatism and belatedly tried to win the 1912 Republican
nomination for president. He failed, walked out, and founded the
so-called "Bull Moose" Party which called for
wide-ranging progressive reforms. He ran in the 1912 election and
the split allowed the Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson to win the
election. Following the defeat, Roosevelt led a two-year
expedition to the Amazon basin where he nearly died of tropical
disease. During World War I, he criticized Wilson for keeping the
country out of the war with Germany, and his offer to lead
volunteers to France was rejected. He considered running for
president again in 1920, but his health continued to deteriorate
and he died in 1919. He is generally ranked in polls of historians
and political scientists as one of the five best presidents.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1920: #BOTD: Sun Myung Moon,
Korean religious leader, known for his specious claims of being a
"messiah", founder of the Unification Church (members of
which church, called Unificationists and derisively as "Moonies",
consider him and his wife Hak Ja Han to be their "True
Parents"), known for his business ventures and support for
"conservative" (actually far right) political causes (d.
September 3, 2012) is #born Yong Myung Moon in modern-day North
P'yong'an Province, North Korea, at a time when Korea was under
Japanese rule. He is widely known for his mass "Blessing"
or mass wedding ceremonies, and as the author of the Unification
Church's dogma The Divine Principle. He was an anti-communist and
an advocate for Korean reunification. Businesses he founded
included News World Communications, an international news media
corporation known for its American subsidiary The Washington
Times, and Tongil Group, a South Korean business group (chaebol),
all of which are extensions of the policy and dogma of Moon and
his subsidiary organizations. When Sun Myung Moon was a child, his
family converted to Christianity. In 1947, he was convicted by the
North Korean government of spying for South Korea and given a
five-year sentence to the Hungnam labour camp. Moon and the other
prisoners were freed by United Nations and United States troops in
1950 during the Korean War. In 1954, he founded the Holy Spirit
Association for the Unification of World Christianity in Seoul,
South Korea. In 1971, he moved to the United States and became
well known after giving a series of over-the-top public speeches
on his beliefs. In the 1982 case United States v. Sun Myung Moon,
he was found guilty of willfully filing false federal income tax
returns and sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. Moon was
criticized for making high demands of his followers. He was also
criticized for his claiming and attemting to initiate
relationships with political and religious figures, including US
presidents Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush,
Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, North Korean president Kim
Il-Sung, and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1853: #DOTD: #RIP: Two months
after his election, and three months prior to United States
President-elect Franklin Pierce's inauguration, he and his family
are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts.
Pierce's last surviving son, 11-year-old son Benjamin, is killed
in the crash. Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 - October 8,
1869) and his family had been traveling from Boston by train when
their car derailed and rolled down an embankment near Andover,
Massachusetts. Both Franklin and Jane Pierce survived, but in the
wreckage found their son Benjamin crushed to death, his body
nearly decapitated. Pierce was not able to hide the gruesome sight
from his wife. They both suffered severe depression afterward,
which likely affected Pierce's performance as president. Jane
Pierce wondered if the train accident was divine punishment for
her husband's pursuit and acceptance of high office. When Franklin
Pierce departed New Hampshire for the inauguration, Jane Pierce
chose not to accompany him. She wrote a lengthy letter of apology
to "Benny" for her failings as a mother. She avoided
social functions for much of her first two years as First Lady,
making her public debut in that role to great sympathy at the
annual public reception held at the White House on New Year's Day,
1855. Pierce, at the time the youngest American president, was a
popular and outgoing president, but his family life as a whole was
difficult. His wife Jane suffered from illness and depression for
much of her life, and all three of their children all died young.
A heavy drinker for much of his life, Pierce died in 1869 of
cirrhosis of the liver.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1993: #DOTD: #RIP: Dizzy
Gillespie, African American jazz singer, songwriter, composer,
band leader and trumpet player (b. October 21, 1917) #dies at his
longtime residence in Englewood, New Jersey of pancreatic cancer
at the age of 75. He is buried in Flushing Cemetery, Queens, New
York City. Mike Longo delivered a eulogy at his funeral. Born John
Birks Gillespie in Cheraw, South Carolina, he became a major
figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. Gillespie was
a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuoso style
of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic complexity
previously unheard in jazz. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles,
his scat singing, his bent horn, puffed cheeks and his
light-hearted personality were essential in popularizing bebop. In
the 1940s Gillespie, with Charlie Parker, both brought about the
birth and development of bebop and modern jazz. He taught and
influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters Miles Davis,
Jon Faddis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee
Morgan, Chuck Mangione and balladeer Johnny Hartman.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 2022: #DOTD: #RIP: Sir Sidney
Poitier, KBE, Bahamian-American actor, film director and author
(b. February 20, 1927) #dies at his home in Beverly Hills,
California at the age of 94 of cardiopulmonary failure, with
Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer listed as underlying
causes. His remains were cremated, and the ashes given to his
widow Joanna Shimkus. Upon Poitier's death, many people released
statements honoring him, including President Joe Biden, who wrote
in part: "With unflinching grandeur and poise - his singular
warmth, depth, and stature on-screen - Sidney helped open the
hearts of millions and changed the way America saw itself."
Former president Barack Obama paid tribute to Poitier, calling him
"a singular talent who epitomized dignity and grace".
Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton also released
statements. Many people in the entertainment industry also paid
tribute to Poitier, including Martin Scorsese who wrote, "For
years, the spotlight was on Sidney Poitier. He had a vocal
precision and physical power and grace that at moments seemed
almost supernatural." Harry Belafonte, Morgan Freeman, Viola
Davis, Whoopi Goldberg, Lupita Nyong'o, Halle Berry, Ava DuVernay,
Oprah Winfrey, Octavia Spencer, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo
Esposito, Quincy Jones, Michael Eisner, Ron Howard and others also
paid tribute Broadway paid tribute when its theaters dimmed their
lights on January 19, 2022, at 7:45 pm ET. The Ebertfest film
festival announced it would be dedicating its 2022 event to the
memory of Poitier and Gilbert Gottfried. Born in Miami, Florida,
Poitier was also the first black actor to win the Golden Globe
Award for Best Actor, for his role in the same film, Lilies Of The
Field, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. The
significance of these achievements was bolstered in 1967, when he
starred in three successful films, all of which dealt with issues
involving race and race relations: To Sir, with Love; In the Heat
of the Night; and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, making him the top
box-office star of that year. In 1999, the American Film Institute
named Poitier among the Greatest Male Stars of classic Hollywood
cinema, ranking 22nd on the list of 25. Poitier has directed a
number of films, including Uptown Saturday Night, Let's Do It
Again, and A Piece of the Action, with Bill Cosby; Stir Crazy,
starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder; and Ghost Dad, also with
Cosby. In 2002, thirty-eight years after receiving the Best Actor
Award, Poitier was chosen by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts
And Sciences to receive an Academy Honorary Award, in recognition
of his "remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a
human being". Poitier was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in
1974. From 1997 to 2007, he served as the Bahamian Ambassador to
Japan. On August 12, 2009, Poitier was awarded the Presidential
Medal Of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor, by
President Barack Obama. In 2016, he was awarded the BAFTA
Fellowship for outstanding lifetime achievement in film.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 2006: #DOTD: #RIP: Lou Rawls,
African American singer, songwriter, record producer, composer and
actor (b. December 1, 1933) #dies of lung cancer that metastasized
to his brain. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood
Hills). He was born Louis Allen Rawls in Chicago and raised by his
grandmother in the Ida B. Wells projects on the city's South Side.
He began singing in the Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church choir
at the age of seven and later sang with local groups through which
he met Sam Cooke, who was nearly three years older, and Curtis
Mayfield. His musical genres were Gospel Music, R &B, Soul
Music, Jazz and Blues. Rawls released more than 60 albums, sold
more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles,
most notably his song "You'll Never Find Another Love like
Mine".
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1822: #BOTD: #HBD! Heinrich
Schliemann, German-Italian pioneer archaeologist, businessman and
author, advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the
works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlik, now
presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites of
Mycenae and Tiryns, whose work provided proof that Homer's Iliad
reflects historical events (d. December 26, 1890) is #born Johann
Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann in Neubukow,
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Confederation. Schliemann's
excavation of nine levels of archaeological remains, the first
ever attempted, has since been criticized as a destructive method,
causing damage to significant historical artifacts, including the
level that is believed to be the historical Troy. Heinrich
Schliemann dies of cholesteatoma (a Keratin cyst in or about the
middle ear) in a Naples, Kingdom Of Italy hotel room after he had
collapsed into a coma on Christmas Day. His corpse was transported
by friends to the First Cemetery in Athens, Greece. He is interred
in a mausoleum shaped like a temple erected in ancient Greek
style, designed by Ernst Ziller in the form of an amphiprostyle
temple on top of a tall base. The frieze circling the outside of
the mausoleum shows Schliemann conducting the excavations at
Mycenae and other sites.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1885: #BOTD: #HBD! Dr.
Reginald S. Le May, English diplomat, author and explorer, known
for his service in and writings on Southeast Asian culture and
especially Thai art (d. January 22, 1972) is #born in Kent,
England. He attended Framlingham College 1898-1902, where he won
the school's Modern Languages prize. He then to Kings College,
London. He worked as a confidential clerk to the British
Consulate-General in Zurich, later as an assistant master at
Framlingham. In Sept 1906 he came eleventh in the examination for
student interpretership in HBM's Far East Consular Service
(serving China, Japan, Siam). Le May joined the British Legation
in Bangkok in February 1908, and served as Vice-Consul in Chiang
Mai from March 1913, then transferred to similar post in Lampang.
He served in the British Consular Service in Siam from 1908 to
1922, and from 1922 to 1933 be was Economic Adviser to the Thai
Government. For twenty- five years he lived and worked in Siam, as
well as during his long and fruitful retirement. Dr. Le May's
publications, from 1920 to 1954, varied from specialised
monographs to more general popular works. Starting in 1920, with
the assistance of two other members of the Siam Philatelic
Society, Le May published The Standard Catalogue of Thai Stamps.
In 1925, his own collection of Thai stamps was prepared for the
National Exhibition of 1926. When this was cancelled owing to the
death of King Rama VI of Siam, the collection was presented to the
National Museum and Library, where it can still be seen today. In
1926, Le May's first book on Siam appeared, titled An Asian
Arcady, (An Account of Northern Siam), a description of his
5-month, 700-mile long journey from Chiang Mai-Lampang through
Phrae and Nan- Lampang, dedicated to H.R.H. Prince Purac Hatra,
and published by Heffer and Sons of Cambridge. In 1930 Noel
Douglas of London published Le May's Siamese Tales, Old and New. A
second edition was later published by Probsthain of London. In
1932, the Siam Society published Le May's The Coinage of Siam,
long a standard work on the subject, which was reprinted by the
Society in 1961. In 1934, LeMay retired from Thai Government
service and went up as a research student to Pembroke College,
Cambridge. He spent the following three years writing his magnum
opus on Buddhist Art in Siam, which gained for him the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy, and was published by the Cambridge
University Press. It has since been reprinted twice by Tuttle of
Vermont and Tokyo, and is still on sale. Finally, to crown his
work, in 1954, Allen &Unwin published The Culture of
South-East Asia, which has had three editions in England, a
special one for India, and another edition in the German language.
Reginald Le May's affection for Thailand and the Thai people was
great; to the last days of his life, he called Siam "the
country of my adoption." Reginald S. Le May died in Thailand
at the age of 87. His burial details are not publicly disclosed.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1912: Great Discoveries: Great
Discoveries Of Geophysics: Continental Drift: -- German
geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of
continental drift. Continental drift is the hypothesis that the
Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each
other, thus appearing to have "drifted" across the ocean
bed.The speculation that continents might have 'drifted' was first
put forward by Abraham Ortelius in 1596. The concept was
independently and more fully developed by Alfred Wegener in 1912,
but his hypothesis was rejected by many for lack of any motive
mechanism. Arthur Holmes later proposed mantle convection for that
mechanism. The idea of continental drift has since been subsumed
by the theory of plate tectonics, which explains that the
continents move by riding on plates of the Earth's lithosphere,
the rigid, outermost shell of the Earth or any terrestrial-type
planet (a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or
metals) or natural satellite. On Earth, it is composed of the
crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves elastically
on time scales of thousands of years or greater. The crust and
upper mantle are distinguished on the basis of chemistry and
mineralogy. Alfred Lothar Wegener (1880 - 1930), German polar
researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist, was primarily known
during his lifetime for his achievements in meteorology and as a
pioneer of polar research; however, he is most remembered today as
the originator of continental drift hypothesis by suggesting in
1912 that the continents are slowly drifting around the Earth
(German: Kontinentalverschiebung). His hypothesis was
controversial and widely rejected by mainstream geology until the
1950s, when numerous discoveries such as palaeomagnetism provided
strong support for continental drift, and thereby a substantial
basis for today's model of plate tectonics. Wegener was involved
in several expeditions to Greenland to study polar air circulation
before the existence of the jet stream was accepted. Expedition
participants made many meteorological observations and were the
first to overwinter on the inland Greenland ice sheet and the
first to bore ice cores on a moving Arctic glacier.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1946: The Aftermath Of World
War II: The Cold War: The Cold War In Asia: North Vietnam: (The
Democratic Republic Of Vietnam, DRV): The 1946 North Vietnamese
Legislative Election: -- The first general election ever in
Vietnam is held in areas controlled by North Vietnam under the
terms of the 1946 Constitution Of The Socialist Republic of
Vietnam (modern Vietnam). The 1946 Constitution provided for
freedom of speech, the press, and assembly. The document remained
in effect in Viet Minh-controlled areas throughout the First
Indochina War and in North Vietnam following partition in 1954,
until it was replaced with a new constitution in 1959. The North
Vietnamese Legislative Election Of 1946 resulted in a victory for
the Communist-led League for the Independence of Vietnam (better
known as Viet Minh), which won 182 of the 302 seats, although the
distribution of seats had been decided before the elections. The
ballot was not secret, and ballot papers were filled out in the
presence of aides who were "to help comrades who had
difficulty in making out their ballots.". By December 19 of
that year, the First Indochina War, generally known as the
Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in
Vietnam, began in French Indochina, which was largely comprised of
what is today Vietnam, on December 19, 1946, and lasted until
August 1, 1954 when the French were defeated by the Viet Minh. The
Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in
Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the
American War, evolved out of this conflict, and lasted from
November 1, 1955 to the fall of Saigon on Apri 30, 1975.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1951: The Aftermath Of World
War II: The Cold War: The Korean Conflict: The Korean War:
Massacres Of The Korean War: The Ganghwa Massacre: -- An estimated
200-1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered by
South Korean forces, South Korean Police forces and pro-South
Korean militiamen upon unarmed civilians in the Ganghwa county of
the Incheon metropolitan city in South Korea between January 6 and
January 9, 1951. The victims were collaborators with the Korean
People' Army during North Korean rule. Before this massacre, 140
people were executed in Ganghwa in what is known as the Bodo
League massacre in 1950. In 2003, a history book describing the
massacre was published by the Ganghwa Culture Center. On February
26, 2006, the National Archives of Korea admitted an August 30,
1951 official document in which then Attorney General Jo Jinman
reported to then-Prime Minister Chang Myon about the massacre. On
July 17, 2008, the South Korean governmental Truth and
Reconciliation Commission acknowledged the civilian massacre.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1929: #BOTD: Babrak Karmal,
Afghan politician who was installed as President of Afghanistan by
the Soviet Union when they intervened in 1979 (d. December 3,
1996) is #born Sultan Hussein in Kamari, Kabul Province, Kingdom
of Afghanistan, the son of Muhammad Hussein Hashem, a Major
General in the Afghan Army and former governor of the province of
Paktia, and was the second of five siblings. Educated at Kabul
University, became one of the leading members of the People's
Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) when it was formed, having
been introduced to Marxism by Mir Akbar Khyber during his
imprisonment for activities deemed too radical by the government.
He eventually became the leader of the Parcham faction when the
PDPA split in 1967, with their ideological nemesis being the Khalq
faction. Under Karmal's leadership, the Parchamite PDPA
participated in Mohammad Daoud Khan's rise to power in 1973, and
his subsequent regime. While relations were good at the beginning,
Daoud began a major purge of leftist influence in the mid-1970s.
This in turn led to the reformation of the PDPA in 1977, and
Karmal played a major role in the 1978 Saur Revolution when the
PDPA took power, though in later years he denounced it. Karmal was
appointed Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, synonymous
with vice head of state, in the communist government. The
Parchamite faction found itself under significant pressure by the
Khalqists soon after taking power. In June 1978, a PDPA Central
Committee meeting voted in favor of giving the Khalqist faction
exclusive control over PDPA policy. This decision was followed by
a failed Parchamite coup, after which Hafizullah Amin, a Khalqist,
initiated a purge against the Parchamites. Karmal survived this
purge but was exiled to Prague and eventually dismissed from his
post. Instead of returning to Kabul, he feared for his life and
lived with his family in the forests protected by the Czechoslovak
secret police StB. The Afghan secret police KHAD had allegedly
sent members to Czechoslovakia to assassinate Karmal. In late 1979
he was brought to Moscow by the KGB and eventually, in December
1979, the Soviet Union intervened in Afghanistan (with the consent
of Amin's government) to stabilize the country. The Soviet troops
staged a coup and assassinated Amin. On December 27, 1979,
Hafizullah Amin, Afghan People's Democratic Party General
Secretary and 2nd President of Afghanistan, was assassinated by
the Soviets as part of Operation Storm-333 (Russian: Shtorm-333),
a covert operation in which Soviet special forces stormed the
Tajbeg Palace in Afghanistan with the deliberate intent of
assassining Amin. There are various accounts of how Amin died, and
the exact details have never been confirmed, but it is believed he
was killed either by a deliberate attack or died by a "random
burst of fire", having ruled for slightly longer than three
months. Tajbeg Palace was guarded by Afghan National Army. In the
ensuing battle, Afghan armed forces suffered major losses. 30
Afghan palace guards and over 300 army guards were killed while
150 were captured. Amin's 11-year-old son died from shrapnel
wounds. A total of 1,700 Afghan soldiers surrendered to Soviet
troops and were taken as prisoners. The Soviets installed Babrak
Karmal as Amin's successor. Several other government buildings
were seized during the operation, including the Ministry of
Interior building, the Internal Security (KHAD) building, and the
General Staff building (Darul Aman Palace). Alpha Group veterans
call this operation one of the most successful in the group's
history. Declassified Russian documents show that the Soviet
leadership believed that Hafizullah Amin had secret contacts with
the US embassy and was probably a US agent. However, this
assumption was later proven to be false. Amin was born in Paghman
and educated at Kabul University, after which he started his
career as a teacher. After a few years in that occupation, he went
to the United States to study. He would visit the United States a
second time before moving permanently to Afghanistan, and starting
his career in radical politics. He ran as a candidate in the 1965
parliamentary election but failed to secure a seat. Amin was the
only Khalqist elected to parliament in the 1969 parliamentary
election, thus increasing his standing within the party. He was
one of the leading organizers of the Saur Revolution which
overthrew the government of Mohammad Daoud Khan. In 1979 he named
himself as president, prime minister, and chairman of the Khalq
wing. He has been described as "ruthless" and a "radical
Marxist". Amin's short-lived presidency was marked by
controversies from beginning to end. He came to power by disposing
of his predecessor Nur Muhammad Taraki and later ordering his
death. Amin made attempts to win support from those who revolted
against the communist regime which had begun under Taraki, but his
government was unable to solve this problem. Many Afghans held
Amin responsible for the regime's harshest measures, such as
ordering thousands of executions. Thousands of people disappeared
without trace during his time in office. The Soviet Union, which
was dissatisfied with Amin, intervened in Afghanistan while
invoking the Twenty-Year Treaty of Friendship between Afghanistan
and the Soviet Union. Karmal remained in office until 1981, when
he was succeeded by Sultan Ali Keshtmand. Throughout his term,
Karmal worked to establish a support base for the PDPA by
introducing several reforms. Among these were the "Fundamental
Principles of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan",
introducing a general amnesty for those people imprisoned during
Nur Mohammad Taraki's and Amin's rule. He also replaced the red
Khalqist flag with a more traditional one. These policies failed
to increase the PDPA's legitimacy in the eyes of the Afghan people
and the mujahideen rebels. Karmal had always been highly critical
of his Khalqist predecessors Nur Muhammad Taraki and Amin's
ultra-left radicalism. These policy failures, and the stalemate
that ensued after the Soviet intervention, led the Soviet
leadership to become highly critical of Karmal's leadership. Under
Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union deposed Karmal in 1986 and
replaced him with Mohammad Najibullah. Following his loss of
power, he was again exiled, this time to Moscow. It was Anahita
Ratebzad who persuaded Najibullah to allow Babrak Karmal to return
to Afghanistan in 1991, where Karmal became an associate of Abdul
Rashid Dostum and possibly helped remove the Najibullah government
from power in 1992. He eventually left Afghanistan again for
Moscow. Not long after, in 1996, Karmal died from liver cancer.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1903: #BOTD: #HBD! Francis L.
Sullivan, English film and stage actor (d. November 19, 1956) is
#born Francis Loftus Sullivan in Wandsworth, London, England. He
attended Stonyhurst, the Jesuit public school in Lancashire,
England, whose alumni include Charles Laughton and Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle. A heavily built man with a striking double-chin and a
deep voice, Sullivan made his acting debut at the Old Vic at age
18 in Shakespeare's Richard III. He had considerable theatrical
experience before he appeared in his first film in 1932, The
Missing Rembrandt, as a German villain opposite Arthur Wontner as
Sherlock Holmes. Among his film roles are General von Graum in
Pimpernel Smith (1941), Mr Bumble in Oliver Twist (1948) and Phil
Nosseross in the film noir Night and the City (1950). Sullivan
also played the part of the lawyer Jaggers in two versions of
Charles Dickens's Great Expectations - in 1934 and 1946. He
appeared in a fourth Dickens film, the 1935 Universal Pictures
version of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, in which he played
Crisparkle. He was featured in The Citadel (1938), starring Robert
Donat, and a decade later he played the role of Pierre Cauchon in
the technicolor version of Joan of Arc (1948), starring Ingrid
Bergman. In 1938 he starred in a revival of the Stokes brothers'
play Oscar Wilde at London's Arts Theatre. He played the
Attorney-General prosecuting the case defended by Robert Donat as
barrister Sir Robert Morton, in the first film version of The
Winslow Boy (1948). Sullivan also acted in light comedies,
including My Favorite Spy (1951), starring Bob Hope and Hedy
Lamarr, in which he played an enemy agent, and the comedy Fiddlers
Three (1944), portraying Nero. He also played the role of Pothinus
in the film version of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra
(1945). The film was directed by Gabriel Pascal, and was the last
film personally supervised by Shaw himself. Sullivan reprised the
role in a stage revival of the play. On television, Sullivan
starred in "The Man Who Would Be King", the 17 October
1950, episode of Suspense. Sullivan, who eventually became a
naturalised US citizen, won a Tony Award in 1955 for the Agatha
Christie play Witness for the Prosecution. Earlier, he had played
Hercule Poirot at London's Embassy Theatre in the Christie play
Black Coffee (1930). In 1935, Sullivan married stage designer
Frances Joan Perkins in Westminster in London. In 1939 they were
living at 'Hatch Hill' on Kingsley Green at Fernhurst in West
Sussex. They remained married until his death. Francis L. Sullivan
died of a heart attack in New York City, aged 53 (some sources
claim he died from an unspecified "lung ailment"). He is
buried at Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens County, New York
City.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1949: #DOTD: #RIP: Victor
Fleming, American film director, producer, and cinematographer,
most popular films for his 1939 films Gone with the Wind, for
which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, and The Wizard of
Oz, both of which are listed in the top 10 of the American Film
Institute's 2007 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list (b. February
23, 1883) #dies en route to a hospital in Cottonwood, Arizona
after suffering a heart attack on January 6, 1949. His death
occurred on Joan of Arc's traditional birthdate shortly after
completing his film Joan of Arc (1948) with Ingrid Bergman, one of
the few films that he did not make for MGM. Despite mixed reviews,
Fleming's film version of the life of Joan received seven Oscar
nominations, winning two. He was born Victor Lonzo Fleming at the
Banbury Ranch near what is now La Canada Flintridge, California.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1968: Aesthetics: Performing
Arts: Premieres: Television Premieres: United States Television
Premieres: Music Television: -- Happening '68, a rock-and-roll
variety show produced by Dick Clark Productions which aired on the
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network, makes its debut on
ABC TV. Happening '68 was co-hosted by Mark Lindsay and Paul
Revere of Paul Revere And The Raiders, and their band made
frequent appearances. Variously known throughout its two-year run
as Happening '68, Happening, Happening '69 and It's Happening, the
show followed American Bandstand on Saturday afternoons. Happening
'68 was popular enough that ABC added a weekday spin-off. It's
Happening ran on Mondays through Fridays from July 15, 1968
through October 25, 1968.When 1968 ended, Happening '68 became
just Happening, which was canceled in October 1969. There were
guest performers lip-synching their latest releases, band contests
with celebrity judges and other bits to attract teenage audiences.
Prizes were given to all contestants, and the grand prize for each
winning band was a record contract with ABC Records.
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 2016: #DOTD: #RIP: Pat
Harrington, Jr., American voice, stage, and television actor, best
known for his role as building superintendent "Schneider"
on the CBS sitcom One Day At A Time (b. August 13, 1929) #dies in
Los Angeles, California at age 86 on his One Day At A Time co-star
Bonnie Franklin's birthday, though she predeceased him in 2013.
His remains were cremated, and the ashes were given to his widow
Sally Cleaver. In his final yeas, Harrington suffered from
Alzheimer's disease, and fell in early November 2015. He suffered
a small brain hemorrhage and spent three weeks in a hospital and
nursing home and died two months later. Pat Harrington was born
Daniel Patrick Harrington Jr. in Manhattan. Known as Pat
Harrington Jr. or simply Pat Harrington, he became famous in the
1950s as a member of Steve Allen's television comedy troupe, the
"Men on the Street" (which also included Don Knotts,
Bill Dana, Tom Poston and Louis Nye). He made many appearances as
the comedic Italian immigrant "Guido Panzini" on The
Jack Paar Show in the mid-1950s, and later recorded the comedy
album as "Pat Harrington Jr. As Guido Panzini with Bill
Dana". In the 1959-60 season, he played the recurring role of
Pat Hannigan in eleven episodes of Danny Thomas's CBS-TV sitcom,
The Danny Thomas Show. In the 1964-1965 television season, he
guest-starred on numerous programs, including ABC's sitcom The
Bing Crosby Show. In a 1965 episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
("The Bow-Wow Affair"), Harrington reprised his role as
"Guido Panzini" (who he also played in the February 8,
1966 episode of McHale's Navy and in the May 2, 1983 episode of
One Day at a Time). He also guest-starred on two episodes of The
Munsters. In 1967, he appeared in the Elvis Presley film Easy
Come, Easy Go. He also parodied Get Smart in an episode of F
Troop, in which he played secret agent "B Wise".
Harrington was well known for his role as affable building
superintendent "Dwayne Schneider" on the 1975-1984
television sitcom One Day at a Time. He won both an Emmy Award and
a Golden Globe Award for his work on this series. He reprised his
role as Schneider in a series of commercials in the late 1980s for
Trak Auto Parts after the show ended. He appeared in an episode of
The King of Queens in 2006. In 2012, he also appeared as a guest
star on Hot In Cleveland. In his final yeas, Harrington suffered
from Alzheimer's disease, and fell in early November 2015. He
suffered a small brain hemorrhage and spent three weeks in a
hospital and nursing home. He died two months later in Los
Angeles, California, aged 86 on his One Day At A Time co-star
Bonnie Franklin's birthday, though she predeceased him in 2013.
His remains were cremated, and the ashes were given to his widow
Sally Cleaver.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1993: #DOTD: #RIP: Rudolf
Nureyev, Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer, regarded by
some as the greatest male ballet dancer of his generation (b.
March 17, 1938) #dies of AIDS complications at age 54 in
Levallois-Perret, France. His funeral was held in the marble foyer
of the Paris Garnier Opera House. Many paid tribute to his
brilliance as a dancer. One such tribute came from Oleg Vinogradov
of the Mariinsky Ballet, stating: "What Nureyev did in the
west, he could never have done here." Nureyev's grave, at the
Russian cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois near Paris, features
a tomb draped in a mosaic of an Oriental carpet. Nureyev was an
avid collector of beautiful carpets and antique textiles. As his
coffin was lowered into the ground, music from the last act of
Giselle was played and his ballet shoes were cast into the grave
along with white lilies. Nureyev was born Rudolf Khametovich
Nureyev on a Trans-Siberian train near Irkutsk, Siberia, Soviet
Union, to a Tatar family. He began his early career with the
company that in the Soviet era was called the Kirov Ballet (now
called by its original name, the Mariinsky Ballet) in Leningrad.
He went on to dance with The Royal Ballet in London and from 1983
to 1989 served as director of the Paris Opera Ballet. Nureyev was
also a choreographer serving as the chief choreographer of the
Paris Opera Ballet. He produced his own interpretations of
numerous classical works, including Swan Lake, Giselle and La
Bayadere. On June 16, 1961, Rudolf Nureyev defected from the
Soviet Union at Le Bourget Airport in Paris while touring with the
Kirov Ballet, with the help of French police and a Parisian
socialite friend, Clara Saint, who had been engaged to Vincent
Malraux, the son of the French Minister of Culture, Andre Malraux.
Nureyev escaped his KGB minders and asked for asylum. The Kirov's
artistic director Konstantin Sergeyev, with whom Nureyev had
growing tensions, and the KGB tried to dissuade him, but he chose
to stay in Paris. Nureyev was seen to have broken the rules about
mingling with foreigners and allegedly frequented gay bars in
Paris, which alarmed the Kirov's management and the KGB agents
observing him. When the KGB wanted to send him back to the Soviet
Union, he defected. This was the first defection of a Soviet
artist during the Cold War, and it created an international
sensation.
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1540: The English Monarchy
(The Monarchy Of The Kingdom Of England): Royal Weddings: -- King
Henry VIII Of England marries Anne Of Cleves at the royal Palace
of Placentia in Greenwich, London, by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.
Anne Of Cleves, Queen Of England from January 6 to July 9, 1540 as
the fourth wife of King Henry VIII (b. c. 1515 - July 16, 1557)
was born Anna Von Kleve in Dusseldorf, Duchy of Berg, Holy Roman
Empire (modern Germany) into the royal House Of La Marck. She was
Queen Of England from January 6 to July 9, 1540 as the fourth wife
of King Henry VIII. Most historians believe that Henry's
misgivings about the marriage were blamed on Anne's alleged
unsatisfactory appearance and her failure to inspire him to
consummate the marriage. He felt that he had been misled after his
advisors had praised Anne's beauty: "She is nothing so fair
as she hath been reported", he complained. Henry's chief
minister Thomas Cromwell received some blame for the Holbein
portrait painting of Anne, which Henry believed had not been an
accurate representation of her, and for some of the exaggerated
reports of her beauty. When the king finally met Anne, he was
reportedly shocked by her plain appearance. As the marriage was
never consummated, she was not crowned queen consort. Following
the annulment, she was given a generous settlement by the King. As
former queen, she received a generous settlement, including
Richmond Palace, and Hever Castle, home of Henry's former in-laws,
the Boleyns. Anne of Cleves House, in Lewes, East Sussex, is just
one of many properties she owned, though she never lived there.
Henry and Anne became good friends - she was an honorary member of
the king's family and was referred to as "the King's Beloved
Sister". She was invited to court often and, out of gratitude
for her not contesting the annulment, Henry decreed that she would
be given precedence over all women in England save his own wife
and daughters. Anne lived to see the coronation of Queen Mary I,
outliving the rest of Henry' wives, and Henry himself. Anne Of
Cleves died at Chelsea Old Manor, the main manor of the medieval
parish now roughly commensurate with the district of Chelsea,
London, aged 41 or 42. The most likely cause of her death was
cancer. She was buried in Westminster Abbey on August 3, in a tomb
on the opposite side of Edward the Confessor's shrine and slightly
above eye level for a person of average height. Anne's epitaph
reads "ANNE OF CLEVES | QUEEN OF ENGLAND | BORN 1515 * DIED
1557". She was the last of Henry VIII's wives to die.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1936: #BOTD: #HBD! Lynne
Taylor, singer and beauty of the American progressive folk-singing
trio The Rooftop Singers in the early 1960s, best known for the
hit "Walk Right In" (d. April 21, 1979) is #born. The
group was composed of Erik Darling and Bill Svanoe (vocals,
guitar) with former jazz singer Lynne Taylor (vocals). Darling put
the group together in June 1962, specifically to record an updated
and uptempo version of a 1929 Gus Cannon folk blues song, "Walk
Right In". The trio recorded the song for Vanguard Records,
with updated lyrics and an arrangement featuring paired 12-string
acoustic guitars. The record became the most successful single in
Vanguard's history. In the U.S., the song was #1 for two weeks on
the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1963. It spent five weeks
atop the Easy Listening chart, which would later become known as
the Adult Contemporary chart. In addition, "Walk Right In"
reached both the R & B chart (peaking at #4) as well as the
country music chart (peaking at #23). The song reached #1 in
Australia on the Kent Music Report in 1963, and it made the UK
Singles Chart, peaking at #10. The recording sold over one million
copies, gaining gold disc status. The album that contained this
song was also called Walk Right In, and was nominated for a Grammy
Award in the Best Folk Recording category. The group was more
influenced by ragtime, blues, and songster material than
contemporaneous folk groups such as The Weavers, which Darling
belonged to until just before he formed the Rooftop Singers. They
were also less overtly political. The group played at the Newport
Folk Festival in 1963. Vanguard released several further singles,
the most successful being "Tom Cat" (#20, May 1963).
Yielding to pressure from her husband, Taylor left the trio
shortly after Vanguard released the group's second album, Good
Time!. Darling and Svanoe then recruited Mindy Stuart to replace
her. This line-up recorded one final album, Rainy River. Patricia
Street replaced Stuart shortly before the Rooftop Singers formally
disbanded in 1967. Darling and Street continued working as a duo
into the early 1970s, recording the album The Possible Dream for
Vanguard. Lynne Taylor was born on January 6, 1936. According to
her family, she died on April 21, 1979 at age 43 from a
self-inflicted gun shot wound. Her burial details are not publicly
disclosed. Erik Darling died on August 3, 2008, aged 74, in Chapel
Hill, North Carolina, from Burkitt's lymphoma.
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Today, January 6, 2026January 6, 1913: #BOTD: #HBD! Loretta
Young, American actress who had a long and varied career in film
from 1917 as a baby to 1953 (d. August 12, 2000) is #born Gretchen
Young in Salt Lake City, Utah. She won the Academy Award for Best
Actress for her role in the film The Farmer's Daughter (1947), and
received her second Academy Award nomination for her role in Come
to the Stable (1949). Young moved to the relatively new medium of
television, where she had a dramatic anthology series, The Loretta
Young Show, from 1953 to 1961. It earned three Emmy Awards, and
was re-run successfully on daytime TV and later in syndication. In
the 1980s, Young returned to the small screen and won a Golden
Globe for her role in Christmas Eve in 1986. Loretta Young died of
ovarian cancer at the home of her maternal half-sister, Georgiana
Young (the wife of actor Ricardo Montalban) in Los Angeles,
California, aged 87. She is interred in the family plot in Holy
Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Her ashes were buried
in the grave of her mother, Gladys Belzer.
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