Historical Events In January - 06

1950  "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 3 performances on January - 06.   

1950  Isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1951  "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 100 perfs on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history charles Schulz' comic strip Peanuts first appeared in Sunday newspapers.   

1953  The start of Vancouver's longest wet spell on record; ends 29 days later, with rain recorded on every one of 29 days; and you wonder why X files is filming in California on this day in history.   

1953  On January - 06 wKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1956  On this day in history kGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, TX (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting   

1957  Elvis Presley makes his 7th &final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show on this day in history.   

1957  Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow Russia on January - 06.   

1957  Elvis Presley makes his 7th & final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show on January - 06.   

1958  Gibson patents the Flying V Guitar on January - 06.   

1958  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings on January - 06.   

1958  Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85 on January - 06.   

1959  On this day in history jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54   

1960  Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52 on January - 06.   

1961  On this day in history regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76   

1962  Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 on January - 06.   

1963  On January - 06 "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC   

1963  On January - 06 lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68   

1964  Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City A's to Louisville on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history rolling Stones' first tour as headline act (with Ronettes)   

1964  Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move KC A's to Louisville on January - 06.   

1964  On this day in history edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67   

1965  Canada part of new NATO anti-submarine destroyer squadron operating in the Atlantic on this day in history.   

1965  Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against S Africa, his best Test bowling on January - 06.   

1965  John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV   

1967  On January - 06 two homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140   

1967  Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried on this day in history.   

1968  On January - 06 beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 &stays #1 for 8 weeks   

1968  On January - 06 dr N E Shumway performs the first US adult cardiac transplant operation   

1968  On this day in history surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon   

1968  On January - 06 beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks   

1968  On this day in history kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

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1367  On January - 06 birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99)   

1367  On January - 06 birth of richard II of England (d. 1400)   

1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400) was born on January - 06.   

1412  Joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr was born on January - 06.   

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)   

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)   

1486  Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor was born on this day in history.   

1488  Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae) was born on this day in history.   

0664  Death of Amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583) on this day in history.   

1088  Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies on January - 06.   

1275  On January - 06 raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies   

1374  Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies on this day in history.   

1425  On this day in history jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies   

1448  Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

1481  Death of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde on January - 06.   

1536  Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies on January - 06.