On this day in history
January 6
American
2021A mob of supporters of President Donald Trump storms the U.S. Capitol, disrupting the certification of the 202…
A mob of supporters of President Donald Trump storms the U.S. Capitol, disrupting the certification of the 2020 presidential election and forcing Congress to evacuate.
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1838Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail give the first public demonstration of the electromagnetic telegraph at the Speed…
Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail give the first public demonstration of the electromagnetic telegraph at the Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown, New Jersey.
1759George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis, a wealthy Virginia widow, in a union that lasts until his d…
George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis, a wealthy Virginia widow, in a union that lasts until his death.
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1912New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th state.
New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th state.
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1941President Franklin Roosevelt delivers the Four Freedoms speech to Congress, defining freedom of speech, freedo…
President Franklin Roosevelt delivers the Four Freedoms speech to Congress, defining freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear as goals for the postwar world.
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World
1649The English Rump Parliament votes to put King Charles I on trial for treason and other high crimes.
The English Rump Parliament votes to put King Charles I on trial for treason and other high crimes.
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871The Battle of Ashdown is fought in Wessex, where Alfred the Great and his brother King Aethelred defeat a Dani…
The Battle of Ashdown is fought in Wessex, where Alfred the Great and his brother King Aethelred defeat a Danish Viking army.
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1066Harold Godwinson is crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey, the day after Edward the Confessor's burial.
Harold Godwinson is crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey, the day after Edward the Confessor's burial.
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1540Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth wife; the marriage is annulled within months.
Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth wife; the marriage is annulled within months.
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1903Albert Einstein marries fellow physicist Mileva Maric in Bern; they divorce in 1919.
Albert Einstein marries fellow physicist Mileva Maric in Bern; they divorce in 1919.
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1912Alfred Wegener presents his theory of continental drift to the German Geological Society, arguing that the con…
Alfred Wegener presents his theory of continental drift to the German Geological Society, arguing that the continents were once joined and have moved apart.
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1987Astronomers at the University of California report the first observation of the birth of a galaxy.
Astronomers at the University of California report the first observation of the birth of a galaxy.
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