Historical Events In January - 06

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

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 this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1958  Gibson patents the Flying V Guitar on this day in history.   

1958  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings on this day in history.   

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

1959  On January - 06 jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54   

1960  Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1961  Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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

1963  On this day in history 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 January - 06 rolling Stones' first tour as headline act (with Ronettes)   

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

1964  Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67 on January - 06.   

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

1965  On this day in history geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against S Africa, his best Test bowling   

1965  On January - 06 john Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52   

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  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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)   

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  Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies on January - 06.   

1374  Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies on January - 06.   

1425  On January - 06 jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies   

1448  On January - 06 christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1481  Death of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde on this day in history.   

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