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On Jan. 6, 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60. (Go to article.)
On Jan. 6, 1882, Sam Rayburn, who served for more than 48 years in the U.S. House of Representatives (1913-61), was born. Following his death on Nov. 16, 1961, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
On January 6, 1872, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the Tweed Ring. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1412 According to tradition, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy, France.
1540 England's King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1759 George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married.
1838 Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, N.J.
1912 New Mexico became the 47th state.
1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of "Four Freedoms" for the world: freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of people to worship God in their own way, freedom from want and freedom from fear.
1942 The Pan American Airways Pacific Clipper arrived in New York after making the first round-the-world trip by a commercial airplane.
1945 George H.W. Bush married Barbara Pierce in Rye, N.Y.
1950 Britain recognized the Communist government of China.
1982 Truck driver William G. Bonin was convicted in Los Angeles of being the "freeway killer" who had murdered 14 young men and boys.
1993 Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev died at age 54.
1993 Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie died at age 75.
1994 Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant in Detroit. Four men, including the ex-husband of Kerrigan's rival, Tonya Harding, were later sentenced to prison.
2001 With the vanquished Vice President Al Gore presiding, Congress certified Republican George W. Bush the winner of the close and bitterly contested 2000 presidential election.
2004 Mijailo Mijailovic confessed to the fatal stabbing of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh in September 2003.
2005 Former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested 41 years after three civil rights workers were slain in Mississippi. (Killen was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 60 years in prison.)
Current Birthdays
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AP Photo/Brian Garfinkel Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Asante Samuel turns 29 years old today.
89 Louis Harris
Pollster
86 Earl Scruggs
Bluegrass musician
79 E.L. Doctorow
Author
66 Bonnie Franklin
Actress ("One Day At A Time")
59 Kim Wilson
Rock musician (The Fabulous Thunderbirds
57 Malcolm Young
Rock musician (AC-DC)
55 Rowan Atkinson
Actor, comedian ("Mr Bean" films)
53 Nancy Lopez
Golfer
51 Kathy Sledge
R&B singer (Sister Sledge)
50 Nigella Lawson
TV chef
50 Howie Long
Football Hall of Famer, sportscaster
42 John Singleton
Director
40 Julie Chen
TV host ("The Early Show," "Big Brother")
Historic Birthdays
Sam Rayburn
1/6/1882 - 11/16/1961
American Speaker of the House
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70 Martin Agricola
1/6/1486 - 6/10/1556
German composer and teacher
50 Jakob Bernoulli
1/6/1655 - 8/16/1705
Swiss mathematician
63 Charles Sumner
1/6/1811 - 3/11/1874
American Civil War statesman
68 Heinrich Schliemann
1/6/1822 - 12/26/1890
German-born Greek excavator
86 Victor Horta
1/6/1861 - 9/8/1947
Belgian architect
89 Carl Sandburg
1/6/1878 - 7/22/1967
American poet and novelist
67 Joseph Medill Patterson
1/6/1879 - 5/26/1946
American journalist and publisher
60 Tom Mix
1/6/1880 - 10/12/1940
American silent screen actor
48 Khalil Gibran
1/6/1883 - 4/10/1931
Lebanese-born American novelist and poet
88 Morris Wright
1/6/1910 - April/25/1998
American author
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