Historical Events In January - 06

1950  "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 3 performances on this day in history.   

1950  Isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71 on January - 06.   

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

1952  Charles Schulz' comic strip Peanuts first appeared in Sunday newspapers on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history 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   

1953  WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1956  KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, TX (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting on January - 06.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1960  On this day in history edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52   

1961  Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 on January - 06.   

1962  On January - 06 jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57   

1963  On this day in history "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC   

1963  Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68 on January - 06.   

1964  On January - 06 charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City A's to Louisville   

1964  Rolling Stones' first tour as headline act (with Ronettes) on January - 06.   

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

1964  Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1965  On January - 06 canada part of new NATO anti-submarine destroyer squadron operating in the Atlantic   

1965  On January - 06 geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against S Africa, his best Test bowling   

1965  John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52 on January - 06.   

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

1967  Two homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140 on this day in history.   

1967  Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried on January - 06.   

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

1968  Dr N E Shumway performs the first US adult cardiac transplant operation on January - 06.   

1968  On January - 06 surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon   

1968  Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks on this day in history.   

1968  Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on January - 06.   

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1367  On this day in history birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99)   

1367  Richard II of England (d. 1400) was born on January - 06.   

1367  On this day in history birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400)   

1412  On January - 06 birth of joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr   

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 January - 06 birth of joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)   

1486  On this day in history birth of martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor   

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 this day in history.   

1275  Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1374  On this day in history andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies   

1425  Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies on January - 06.   

1448  Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on January - 06.   

1481  On January - 06 death of akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde   

1536  On January - 06 baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies