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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Maryland
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January 6th
1822 ~ Birthday of Heinrich Schliemann, Archaeologist.
1838 ~ Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, NJ.
1884 ~ Death of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics.
1918 ~ Death of Georg Cantor, German mathematician.
1942 ~ The Pan American Airways “Pacific Clipper” returned to New York after making the first round-the-world trip by a commercial airplane.
1946 ~ William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) hanged for treason.
1993 ~ Death of Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer.
1993 ~ Death of Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpet player.
1994 ~ Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked at Cobo Arena in Detroit. Four men, including the ex-husband of Kerrigan's rival, Tonya Harding, were later sentenced to prison.
2006 ~ Death of Lou Rawls, Singer.
Feastdays & Holidays
Latin Christianity - Epiphany.
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