6th January: Today In History

Today is January,  the 6th day of 2016. There are 351 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight In History;


Birthdays:
  1745Jaques Montgolfier, Built first practical hot air balloon
  1913Loretta Young, American film actress
  1934Sylvia Syms, British actress
  1943Treey Venables, England football manager
  1957Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor
  1959Kathy Sledge, Of 'Sister Sledge'
  1959Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer

Events:
  1540King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleeves
  1838Samuel Morse gave the first demonstration of the electric telegraph
  1928The river Thames flooded, causing damage to Tate Art Gallery basement paintings
  1945The Battle of the Bulge, in the Ardennes, began
  1981The scottish novelist A.J Cronin died
  1991Christmas was celebrated in the USSR for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution
  1994Prime Minister John Major relaunched his 'Back to Basics' campaign

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