History Events on January 06

The US Congress certifies George W. Bush winner of 2000 presidential election.

#George_W._Bush

Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.

#Fort_Lauderdale_airport_shooting

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.

#Franklin_D._Roosevelt

King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).

#Alexander_I_of_Yugoslavia

Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.

#Edward_the_Confessor

Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.

#Border_Security_Force

Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.

#Mother_Teresa

A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.

#Manila

A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.

#Graniteville_train_crash

In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.

#Battle_of_Jersey

The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.

#China

The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.

#Holy_Crown_of_Hungary

Arauco War: The first Parliament of Quillín is celebrated, putting a temporary hold on hostilities between Mapuches and Spanish in Chile.

#Arauco_War

Korean War: An estimated 200-1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered in what becomes the Ganghwa massacre.

#Korean_War

Samuel Colt obtains his first contract for the sale of revolver pistols to the United States government.

#Samuel_Colt

Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia, having defeated his half-brother Stefan Konstantin in battle. His son is crowned "young king" in the same ceremony.

#Stefan_De?anski

Thomas Edison signs his last patent application.

#Thomas_Edison

National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.

#National_Airlines_Flight_2511

Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.

#Joseph_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.

#Musikverein

The first diesel-powered automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.

#Diesel_engine

Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras.

#Constantine_XI_Palaiologos

German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.

#Geophysics

President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.

#President_of_Georgia

Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).

#Alfred_Vail

The US Congress certifies Donald Trump winner of 2016 presidential election.

#Donald_Trump

The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.

#South_Sea_Company

Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.

#Charles_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.

#New_Mexico

The first European school of higher learning in the Americas, Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, is founded by Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga in Mexico City.

#Colegio_de_Santa_Cruz_de_Tlatelolco

Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.

#Vietnam_War

The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.

#Washington_National_Cathedral

Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.

#Second_Boer_War

Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.

#Maria_Montessori

40 people were killed in a gold mine collapse in northern Afghanistan.

Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus.

American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.

Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.

In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.

The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.

Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.

The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.

The Night of the Big Wind, the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.

Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.

English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England.

The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain.

King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.

The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada, completing the Reconquista.

Philip of Swabia undergoes a second coronation as King of the Romans.