Page 7: Historical Events In January - 06
Friday, 02 January 2026
1950 On January - 06 "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 3 performances 

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

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 January - 06. 

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

1957 On January - 06 yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow Russia 

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 January - 06. 

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

1958 On January - 06 josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85 

1959 Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54 on January - 06. 

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

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

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

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

1963 Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68 on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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

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

1967 "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV on January - 06. 

1967 On this day in history 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 Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 &stays #1 for 8 weeks on January - 06. 

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 this day in history. 

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

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

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