Historical Events In January - 06

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

1950  On this day in history isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71   

1951  "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 100 perfs on January - 06.   

1952  On January - 06 charles Schulz' comic strip Peanuts first appeared in Sunday newspapers.   

1953  On January - 06 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 January - 06.   

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

1957  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history gibson patents the Flying V Guitar   

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  Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54 on January - 06.   

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

1961  On January - 06 regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76   

1962  On this day in history jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1964  On January - 06 edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67   

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

1965  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1967  On January - 06 "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 January - 06.   

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

1968  On this day in history dr N E Shumway performs the first US adult cardiac transplant operation   

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

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  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr   

1412  Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on January - 06.   

1412  Joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on January - 06.   

1486  Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor was born on January - 06.   

1488  Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae) was born on January - 06.   

0664  On January - 06 death of amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583)   

1088  On January - 06 berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies   

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 January - 06 jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies   

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

1481  On this day in history death of akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde   

1536  Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies on this day in history.