- In 1838 Samuel Morse successfully tested the electric telegraph.
- In 1907 the first Montessori opened in Rome.
- In 1912 New Mexico became the 47th US state .
- In 1938 Thomas Edison submitted his last patent application.
The following people were born on the 6th of January:
- 1367, Richard II, King of England.
- 1412, Joan of Arc, French heroine.
- 1920, Sun Myung Moon, Evangalist[1].
- 1925, John De Lorean, Car Manufacturer.
- 1943, Terry Venables, football manager.
- 1946, Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd.
- 1954, Anthony Minghella, Director.
- 1955, Rowan Atkinson, Comedian.
- 1956, Angus Deayton, TV Presenter.
- 1960, Nigella Lawson, TV chef.
- 1964, Mark O’Toole of Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
- 1980, Steed Malbranque of Sunderland and France.
- 1986, Paul McShane of Hull City and Ireland.
- 1986, Alex Turner of The Artic Monkeys.
The following people died on this date:
- 1884, Gregor Mandel, Father of Genetics.
- 1918, Georg Cantor, Mathematician.
- 1919, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the USA.
- 1945, Edith Frank, mother of Anne Frank.
- 1993, Dizzy Gillespie, jazz player.
The following events take place today:
- Sherlock Holmes birthday.
- The BT Young Scientist Exhibition starts in the RDS.
- Black & White 2 is released.
- Download Day for Hillary Duff new single.[2]
- vBulletin 3.7.5 is released.
And why am I posting all of this? Well today also happens to be my birthday.