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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 6 JANVIER

Musikverein

Année: 1870

The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.

Second Boer War

Année: 1900

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

Samuel Colt

Année: 1847

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

Alfred Vail

Année: 1838

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

Portuguese conquest of French Guiana

Année: 1809

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

Maria Montessori

Année: 1907

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

Geophysics

Année: 1912

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

Clessie Cummins

Année: 1930

Clessie Cummins arrives at the National Automobile Show in New York City, having driven a car powered by one of his diesel engines from Indianapolis.

Alexander I of Yugoslavia

Année: 1929

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

Mother Teresa

Année: 1929

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

NAISSANCES DU 6 JANVIER

John Maynard Smith

Année de naissance: 1920

John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (died 2004)

Henry Corden

Année de naissance: 1920

Henry Corden, Canadian-born American actor (died 2005)

Sun Myung Moon

Année de naissance: 1920

Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader; founder of the Unification Church (died 2012)

Early Wynn

Année de naissance: 1920

Early Wynn, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 1999)

Koo Chen-fu

Année de naissance: 1917

Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (died 2005)

Cary Middlecoff

Année de naissance: 1921

Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (died 1998)

Marianne Grunberg-Manago

Année de naissance: 1921

Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Russian-French biochemist and academic (died 2013)

Earl Scruggs

Année de naissance: 1924

Earl Scruggs, American banjo player (died 2012)

Vladimir Kazantsev (athlete)

Année de naissance: 1923

Vladimir Kazantsev, Russian runner (died 2007)

Norman Kirk

Année de naissance: 1923

Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1974)

DéCèS DU 6 JANVIER

Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack

Année de décès: 1917

Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (born 1834)

Georg Cantor

Année de décès: 1918

Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1845)

Theodore Roosevelt

Année de décès: 1919

Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (born 1858)

Devil Anse Hatfield

Année de décès: 1921

Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (born 1839)

Lars Hertervig

Année de décès: 1902

Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (born 1830)

Bharatendu Harishchandra

Année de décès: 1885

Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1850)

Louis Braille

Année de décès: 1852

Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (born 1809)

Giacomo Beltrami

Année de décès: 1855

Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (born 1779)

Richard Henry Dana Jr.

Année de décès: 1882

Richard Henry Dana Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1815)

Gregor Mendel

Année de décès: 1884

Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (born 1822)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 6 JANVIER

Christmas in Ukraine

Christmas: Christmas Eve (Ukraine)

Christmas in Iceland

Epiphany or Three Kings' Day (Western Christianity) or Theophany (Eastern Christianity), and its related observances: Þrettándinn (Iceland)

André Bessette

Christian Feast day: André Bessette (Roman Catholic Church)

Christmas in Russia

Christmas: Christmas Eve (Russia)

Christmas

Christmas: Christmas (Armenian Apostolic Church)

January 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian Feast day: January 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Little Christmas

Epiphany or Three Kings' Day (Western Christianity) or Theophany (Eastern Christianity), and its related observances: Little Christmas (Ireland)

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