January 6th in History
January 6th in History
- 1535: City of Lima (Peru) founded by Francisco Pizarro
- 1838: Samuel Morse gives the first demonstration of the electric telegraph
- 1912: New Mexico becomes 7th American state
- 1945: The Battle of the Bulge, in the Ardennes, starts
- 1972: Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from USSR
January 6th birthdays
- 1412: Joan of Arc, French martyr
- 1745: Jaques Montgolfier, French inventor who built first hot air balloon
- 1832: Gustave Dore, French illustrator
- 1878: Carl Sandburg, American poet
- 1913: Loretta Young, American film actress
- 1931: Edgar Laurence (aka. E.L.) Doctorow, American writer.
