The English Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial for treason and other high crimes
The trial of Charles I took place in January 1649, marking the first time a reigning monarch was tried and executed by his own subjects.
A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on January 6 throughout history.
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The trial of Charles I took place in January 1649, marking the first time a reigning monarch was tried and executed by his own subjects.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter.
Geophysicist and meteorologist Alfred Wegener presents his controversial theory of continental drift in a lecture to the Geological Association at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech during his State of the Union address, outlining freedom of speech and worship and freedom from want and fear [1] [2]
A gravity assist, gravity assist maneuver, swing-by, or generally a gravitational slingshot in orbital mechanics, is a type of spaceflight flyby which makes use of the relative movement (e.g.
Astronomers at the University of California witness the first observation of the birth of a galaxy
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington, D.C., during Congress’s certification of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s victory, resulting in five deaths and prompting the evacuation of lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence
Wheel of Fortune (often known simply as Wheel) is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin. The show has aired continuously since January 6, 1975.
Village People's "Y.M.C.A." becomes their only UK #1 single; at its peak, it sells over 150,000 copies per day
First recorded boxing match is organized by Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, between his butler and his butcher
Future 1st US President George Washington (26) weds widow Martha Dandridge Custis (27) at her home, the White House Plantation in Kent County, Virginia, until his death in 1799 [1]
Author Harriet Beecher (24) weds educator Calvin Ellis Stowe (33) in Cincinnati, Ohio
German theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (23) weds Serbian physicist and mathematician Mileva Marić (27); divorce in 1919
Australian-American actress Nicole Kidman (58) divorces second husband, Australian country music singer-songwriter Keith Urban (58), after 19 years of marriage
Alfred, King of Wessex, is surprised by a nighttime attack in Chippenham, by the Great Viking Army led by Guthrum the Dane. Alfred escapes into the Somerset marshes.
Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans
Ferrand, Count of Flanders, freed from the Louvre after being held prisoner for 12 years by the French
Elizabeth of Hungary (Hungarian: Erzsébet, Serbian: Јелисавета/Jelisaveta; c. 1255 – c.
French King Jean II introduces Order of the Star
Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy
San Marco convent designed by architect Michelozzo, with an altarpiece by Fra Angelico is consecrated in the presence of Pope Eugene IV in Florence
Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus was the last reigning Byzantine emperor from 23 January 1449 until his death in battle at the fall of Constantinople on 29 May 1453.
Archduke (feminine: archduchess; German: Erzherzog, feminine form: Erzherzogin) was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of...
La Isabela in Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic was the first stable Spanish settlement and town in the Americas established in late December 1493 to early January 1494.
Jews are expelled from Graz in Styria, Austria
Northern Hasburg Netherlands counties of Artois and Hainault and city Dowaai sign pro-Spanish and pro-Roman Catholic Union of Arras (Unie van Atrecht)
The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP; Latin: Congregatio pro Gentium Evangelizatione) was a congregation of the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church in Rome, responsible for...
Virginia orders half of its tobacco crop destroyed to support plunging prices and avoid an economic catastrophe, the first colony to order the destruction of crops
The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London
Joseph I, later Holy Roman Emperor and son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans and King in Germany
The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings
Bonnie Prince Charlies' Jacobite army draws close to Glasgow
Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom
The Battle of Jersey took place on 6 January 1781 during the American War of Independence when French forces unsuccessfully invaded the British-ruled island of Jersey to remove the threat it posed to...
Turkey and Russia sign a treaty in Constantinople
Indianapolis ( IN-dee-ə-NAP-ə-lis), colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County.
New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)
Two-day storm off the Irish and English coasts is immortalized as the "Big Wind"
4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before reaching India
Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn
Florida participated in the American Civil War as a member of the Confederate States of America. It had been admitted to the United States as a slave state in 1845.
Inauguration of the Musikverein concert hall in Vienna, Austria; designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen for the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, built on land provided by Emperor Franz Joseph I
Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia"
Seattle ( see-AT-əl) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
The Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) was an early amateur Canadian football league comprising teams in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake
Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured
Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam
Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor.
Attempting to end hostilities in the Balkans, the London Peace Conference breaks down because Turkey refuses to cede the city of Adrianople, and the Aegean island of Crete
Merrill Lynch & Co., formally Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, was a publicly traded American investment bank that existed independently from 1914 until January 2009 before being...
The Iraqi Army is formed
-13] Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments
Francis Poulenc's ballet "Les Biches", choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska, and danced by the Ballets Russe, premieres in Monte Carlo
Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile & 14:44.6 5,000m
Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland
US marines return to Nicaragua
Alexander I Karađorđević (Serbo-Croatian: Александар I Карађорђевић, romanized: Aleksandar I Karađorđević, pronounced [aleksǎːndar př̩viː karadʑǒːrdʑevitɕ]; 16 December [O.S.
Barbara Hanley becomes Canada's 1st woman mayor in Webbwood, Ontario
Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the city of Poznań, Warthegau.
Robert William Andrew Feller (November 3, 1918 – December 15, 2010), nicknamed "the Heater from Van Meter", "Bullet Bob", and "Rapid Robert", was an American baseball player who was a pitcher for 18...
An airline is a company that provides a regular service of air transportation for passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services.
Britain recognizes Communist government of China
Ganghwa massacre: Hundreds of South Korean communist sympathisers are slaughtered
Dutch passenger ships Willem Ruys and Oranje collide in the Red Sea near Port Sudan, seriously damaging both vessels without injuring the 1,750 passengers
Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group
BOAC Britannia flies from London to New York in a record 7 hours and 57 minutes
"Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC
Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move KC A's to Louisville
Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling
Dr Norman E. Shumway performs 1st US adult cardiac transplant operation
Australian boxer Johnny Famechon retains his WBC featherweight title with a 14th-round knockout of Fighting Harada in Tokyo; re-match of questionable 15-round decision in 1969 in his first title defense
Berkeley chemists announce the first synthetic growth hormones
Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky was a Soviet and Russian human rights activist and writer.
Schoolhouse Rock! is an American interstitial programming series of animated musical educational short films (and later, music videos) which aired during the Saturday morning children's programming...
This is an episode list for the 1976 season of the radio drama series CBS Radio Mystery Theater. The series premiered on CBS on January 6, 1974, and ended on December 31, 1982.
AM America was a morning news program produced by ABC in an attempt to compete with the highly rated Today on NBC.
The time period in China from the founding of the People's Republic in 1949 until Mao's death in 1976 is commonly known as Maoist China and Red China.
Charter 77, a document criticising the Czech government's human rights abuses, is published in Prague
First US postage stamp is copyrighted, the Carl Sandburg stamp
Shapour Bakhtiar government established by the Shah in Iran, will preside until unrest in the country subsides
50th hat trick in Islander history-John Tonelli scored 5 goals
Challenger moves to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida) for mating of STS 41 B mission
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, is a British politician. Having begun his career as a property developer, he became one of the founders of the publishing house Haymarket Media Group in...
th US Congress convenes
NY Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)
"Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV
NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir range from mass killings, enforced disappearances, torture, rape and sexual abuse to political repression and suppression of freedom of speech.
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for over six decades, they are one of the most popular, influential, and enduring bands of the rock era.
Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record 3803.88
Record £42 million ($65.2 million) British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44)
Barry Layne Switzer is an American former college and professional football coach.
The 1998–99 NBA lockout was the third lockout of four in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The flu outbreak in Britain puts pressure on NHS
"If You're Not the One" is a song by New Zealand-British singer Daniel Bedingfield. It was released on 25 November 2002 as the third single from his debut studio album, Gotta Get Thru This (2002).
Costas Simitis announces his resignation as president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement in Greece
Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers
The Gaza War, also known as the First Gaza War, Operation Cast Lead, or the Gaza Massacre, and referred to as the Battle of al-Furqan by Hamas, was a three-week armed conflict between Gaza Strip...
A suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus, Syria, killing 26 people and wounding 63
Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional football coach, pundit, sports broadcaster, and former player.
Between 2004 and 2018, the United States government attacked thousands of targets in northwest Pakistan using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) operated by the United States Air Force under the...
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" breaks North American box office record, passing the $760.5M taken by "Avatar"
Jon Gruden returns to the NFL as Oakland Raiders head coach after nearly a decade of broadcasting (ESPN Monday Night Football 2009-17)
Malaysian king Sultan Muhammad V abdicates after two years of rule in historic first
Crawford Steel executives Sid Spiegel and Gary Stern via holding company S & S Sportsco purchase the Montreal Alouettes from the Canadian Football League
The 2021 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was a general election held on 19 December 2021 for the 7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Tennis world No. 1 Novak Đoković's visa into Australia cancelled after uproar over his COVID-19 vaccination exemption
New Study discovers ancient Roman concrete is stronger than modern concrete because of the use of a hot mixing technique, with quicklime that self-healed any cracks over time [1]
Israeli army claims it has destroyed Hamas's command centre in northern Gaza and killed more than 8,000 militants [1]
Buddhist monks enter South Carolina during their 2,300 mile peace walk from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C.
Richard II is born
Joan of Arc, French folk heroine and saint, known for french folk heroine and saint, was born on 1412-01-06.
John Smith, English soldier, explorer and writer, known for english soldier, explorer and writer, was born on 1580-01-06.
Heinrich Schliemann, German businessman and archaeologist, known for german businessman and archaeologist, was born on 1822-01-06.
Danny Thomas, American actor and comedian, known for american actor and comedian, was born on 1912-01-06.
Loretta Young, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1913-01-06. Loretta Young was an American actress.
Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer and writer, known for japanese video game designer and writer, was born on 1954-01-06.
Rowan Atkinson, English actor and comedian, known for english actor and comedian, was born on 1955-01-06. Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is an English actor, comedian and writer.
Eddie Redmayne, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1982-01-06. Edward John David Redmayne OBE is an English actor.
Syd Barrett, English musician, known for english musician, was born on 1946-01-06.
Michael Houser is born
Ban Johnson is born
Early Wynn athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1920-01-06. Early Wynn Jr.
Cary Middlecoff, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1921-01-06.
Darlene Hard, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1936-01-06.
Nancy Lopez is born
Kapil Dev, Indian athlete, known for indian former cricket team captain, was born on 1959-01-06. Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj is an Indian former cricket team captain.
Haym Salomon, American polish-born american merchant, known for polish-born american merchant, died on 1785-01-06.
Gregor Mendel, Austrian friar and scientist, known for austrian friar and scientist, died on 1884-01-06.
Theodore Roosevelt dies
Victor Fleming, American film director, cinematographer, and producer, known for american film director, cinematographer, and producer, died on 1949-01-06.
Sidney Poitier, American bahamian-american actor, filmmaker, diplomat, known for bahamian-american actor, filmmaker, diplomat, died on 2022-01-06.
Alfred, King of Wessex, is surprised by a nighttime attack in Chippenham, by the Great Viking Army led by Guthrum the Dane. Alfred escapes into the Somerset marshes.
Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans
Ferrand, Count of Flanders, freed from the Louvre after being held prisoner for 12 years by the French
Elizabeth of Hungary (Hungarian: Erzsébet, Serbian: Јелисавета/Jelisaveta; c. 1255 – c.
French King Jean II introduces Order of the Star
Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy
Richard II is born
Joan of Arc, French folk heroine and saint, known for french folk heroine and saint, was born on 1412-01-06.
San Marco convent designed by architect Michelozzo, with an altarpiece by Fra Angelico is consecrated in the presence of Pope Eugene IV in Florence
Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus was the last reigning Byzantine emperor from 23 January 1449 until his death in battle at the fall of Constantinople on 29 May 1453.
Archduke (feminine: archduchess; German: Erzherzog, feminine form: Erzherzogin) was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of...
La Isabela in Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic was the first stable Spanish settlement and town in the Americas established in late December 1493 to early January 1494.
Jews are expelled from Graz in Styria, Austria
Northern Hasburg Netherlands counties of Artois and Hainault and city Dowaai sign pro-Spanish and pro-Roman Catholic Union of Arras (Unie van Atrecht)
John Smith, English soldier, explorer and writer, known for english soldier, explorer and writer, was born on 1580-01-06.
The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP; Latin: Congregatio pro Gentium Evangelizatione) was a congregation of the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church in Rome, responsible for...
Virginia orders half of its tobacco crop destroyed to support plunging prices and avoid an economic catastrophe, the first colony to order the destruction of crops
The trial of Charles I took place in January 1649, marking the first time a reigning monarch was tried and executed by his own subjects.
The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London
First recorded boxing match is organized by Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, between his butler and his butcher
Joseph I, later Holy Roman Emperor and son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans and King in Germany
The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings
Bonnie Prince Charlies' Jacobite army draws close to Glasgow
Future 1st US President George Washington (26) weds widow Martha Dandridge Custis (27) at her home, the White House Plantation in Kent County, Virginia, until his death in 1799 [1]
Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom
The Battle of Jersey took place on 6 January 1781 during the American War of Independence when French forces unsuccessfully invaded the British-ruled island of Jersey to remove the threat it posed to...
Turkey and Russia sign a treaty in Constantinople
Haym Salomon, American polish-born american merchant, known for polish-born american merchant, died on 1785-01-06.
Indianapolis ( IN-dee-ə-NAP-ə-lis), colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County.
Heinrich Schliemann, German businessman and archaeologist, known for german businessman and archaeologist, was born on 1822-01-06.
New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)
Author Harriet Beecher (24) weds educator Calvin Ellis Stowe (33) in Cincinnati, Ohio
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter.
Two-day storm off the Irish and English coasts is immortalized as the "Big Wind"
4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before reaching India
Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn
Florida participated in the American Civil War as a member of the Confederate States of America. It had been admitted to the United States as a slave state in 1845.
Ban Johnson is born
Inauguration of the Musikverein concert hall in Vienna, Austria; designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen for the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, built on land provided by Emperor Franz Joseph I
Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia"
Seattle ( see-AT-əl) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
The Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) was an early amateur Canadian football league comprising teams in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Gregor Mendel, Austrian friar and scientist, known for austrian friar and scientist, died on 1884-01-06.
Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake
Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured
German theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (23) weds Serbian physicist and mathematician Mileva Marić (27); divorce in 1919
Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam
Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor.
Geophysicist and meteorologist Alfred Wegener presents his controversial theory of continental drift in a lecture to the Geological Association at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt
Danny Thomas, American actor and comedian, known for american actor and comedian, was born on 1912-01-06.
Attempting to end hostilities in the Balkans, the London Peace Conference breaks down because Turkey refuses to cede the city of Adrianople, and the Aegean island of Crete
Loretta Young, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1913-01-06. Loretta Young was an American actress.
Merrill Lynch & Co., formally Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, was a publicly traded American investment bank that existed independently from 1914 until January 2009 before being...
Theodore Roosevelt dies
Early Wynn athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1920-01-06. Early Wynn Jr.
The Iraqi Army is formed
Cary Middlecoff, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1921-01-06.
-13] Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments
Francis Poulenc's ballet "Les Biches", choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska, and danced by the Ballets Russe, premieres in Monte Carlo
Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile & 14:44.6 5,000m
Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland
US marines return to Nicaragua
Alexander I Karađorđević (Serbo-Croatian: Александар I Карађорђевић, romanized: Aleksandar I Karađorđević, pronounced [aleksǎːndar př̩viː karadʑǒːrdʑevitɕ]; 16 December [O.S.
Barbara Hanley becomes Canada's 1st woman mayor in Webbwood, Ontario
Darlene Hard, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1936-01-06.
Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the city of Poznań, Warthegau.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech during his State of the Union address, outlining freedom of speech and worship and freedom from want and fear [1] [2]
Robert William Andrew Feller (November 3, 1918 – December 15, 2010), nicknamed "the Heater from Van Meter", "Bullet Bob", and "Rapid Robert", was an American baseball player who was a pitcher for 18...
Syd Barrett, English musician, known for english musician, was born on 1946-01-06.
An airline is a company that provides a regular service of air transportation for passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services.
Victor Fleming, American film director, cinematographer, and producer, known for american film director, cinematographer, and producer, died on 1949-01-06.
Britain recognizes Communist government of China
Ganghwa massacre: Hundreds of South Korean communist sympathisers are slaughtered
Dutch passenger ships Willem Ruys and Oranje collide in the Red Sea near Port Sudan, seriously damaging both vessels without injuring the 1,750 passengers
Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer and writer, known for japanese video game designer and writer, was born on 1954-01-06.
Rowan Atkinson, English actor and comedian, known for english actor and comedian, was born on 1955-01-06. Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is an English actor, comedian and writer.
Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group
Nancy Lopez is born
BOAC Britannia flies from London to New York in a record 7 hours and 57 minutes
A gravity assist, gravity assist maneuver, swing-by, or generally a gravitational slingshot in orbital mechanics, is a type of spaceflight flyby which makes use of the relative movement (e.g.
Kapil Dev, Indian athlete, known for indian former cricket team captain, was born on 1959-01-06. Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj is an Indian former cricket team captain.
Michael Houser is born
"Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC
Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move KC A's to Louisville
Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling
Dr Norman E. Shumway performs 1st US adult cardiac transplant operation
Australian boxer Johnny Famechon retains his WBC featherweight title with a 14th-round knockout of Fighting Harada in Tokyo; re-match of questionable 15-round decision in 1969 in his first title defense
Berkeley chemists announce the first synthetic growth hormones
Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky was a Soviet and Russian human rights activist and writer.
Schoolhouse Rock! is an American interstitial programming series of animated musical educational short films (and later, music videos) which aired during the Saturday morning children's programming...
This is an episode list for the 1976 season of the radio drama series CBS Radio Mystery Theater. The series premiered on CBS on January 6, 1974, and ended on December 31, 1982.
Wheel of Fortune (often known simply as Wheel) is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin. The show has aired continuously since January 6, 1975.
AM America was a morning news program produced by ABC in an attempt to compete with the highly rated Today on NBC.
The time period in China from the founding of the People's Republic in 1949 until Mao's death in 1976 is commonly known as Maoist China and Red China.
Charter 77, a document criticising the Czech government's human rights abuses, is published in Prague
First US postage stamp is copyrighted, the Carl Sandburg stamp
Village People's "Y.M.C.A." becomes their only UK #1 single; at its peak, it sells over 150,000 copies per day
Shapour Bakhtiar government established by the Shah in Iran, will preside until unrest in the country subsides
50th hat trick in Islander history-John Tonelli scored 5 goals
Eddie Redmayne, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1982-01-06. Edward John David Redmayne OBE is an English actor.
Challenger moves to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida) for mating of STS 41 B mission
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, is a British politician. Having begun his career as a property developer, he became one of the founders of the publishing house Haymarket Media Group in...
Astronomers at the University of California witness the first observation of the birth of a galaxy
th US Congress convenes
NY Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)
"Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV
NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir range from mass killings, enforced disappearances, torture, rape and sexual abuse to political repression and suppression of freedom of speech.
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for over six decades, they are one of the most popular, influential, and enduring bands of the rock era.
Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record 3803.88
Record £42 million ($65.2 million) British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44)
Barry Layne Switzer is an American former college and professional football coach.
The 1998–99 NBA lockout was the third lockout of four in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The flu outbreak in Britain puts pressure on NHS
"If You're Not the One" is a song by New Zealand-British singer Daniel Bedingfield. It was released on 25 November 2002 as the third single from his debut studio album, Gotta Get Thru This (2002).
Costas Simitis announces his resignation as president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement in Greece
Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers
The Gaza War, also known as the First Gaza War, Operation Cast Lead, or the Gaza Massacre, and referred to as the Battle of al-Furqan by Hamas, was a three-week armed conflict between Gaza Strip...
A suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus, Syria, killing 26 people and wounding 63
Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional football coach, pundit, sports broadcaster, and former player.
Between 2004 and 2018, the United States government attacked thousands of targets in northwest Pakistan using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) operated by the United States Air Force under the...
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" breaks North American box office record, passing the $760.5M taken by "Avatar"
Jon Gruden returns to the NFL as Oakland Raiders head coach after nearly a decade of broadcasting (ESPN Monday Night Football 2009-17)
Malaysian king Sultan Muhammad V abdicates after two years of rule in historic first
Crawford Steel executives Sid Spiegel and Gary Stern via holding company S & S Sportsco purchase the Montreal Alouettes from the Canadian Football League
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington, D.C., during Congress’s certification of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s victory, resulting in five deaths and prompting the evacuation of lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence
The 2021 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was a general election held on 19 December 2021 for the 7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Tennis world No. 1 Novak Đoković's visa into Australia cancelled after uproar over his COVID-19 vaccination exemption
Sidney Poitier, American bahamian-american actor, filmmaker, diplomat, known for bahamian-american actor, filmmaker, diplomat, died on 2022-01-06.
New Study discovers ancient Roman concrete is stronger than modern concrete because of the use of a hot mixing technique, with quicklime that self-healed any cracks over time [1]
Israeli army claims it has destroyed Hamas's command centre in northern Gaza and killed more than 8,000 militants [1]
Australian-American actress Nicole Kidman (58) divorces second husband, Australian country music singer-songwriter Keith Urban (58), after 19 years of marriage
Buddhist monks enter South Carolina during their 2,300 mile peace walk from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C.