January 6 - This day in History

January 6: General Interest
1838: Morse demonstrates telegraph

On this day in 1838, Samuel Morse's telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey... read more


American Revolution
1777 : Washington sets up winter quarters in Morristown
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-sets-up-winter-quarters-in-morristown


Automotive
1925 : Auto industry maverick John DeLorean born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/auto-industry-maverick-john-delorean-born


Civil War
1827 : Confederate General John Calvin Brown born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/confederate-general-john-calvin-brown-born


Cold War
1958 : Soviet Union announces troop reduction
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-union-announces-troop-reduction


Crime
1994 : Skater Nancy Kerrigan attacked
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/skater-nancy-kerrigan-attacked


Disaster
1996 : Blizzard of 1996 begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/blizzard-of-1996-begins


General Interest
1066 : Harold II crowned king of England
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/harold-ii-crowned-king-of-england

1912 : New Mexico joins the Union
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-mexico-joins-the-union

1925 : Nurmi breaks two world records
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nurmi-breaks-two-world-records

2001 : Congress certifies Bush winner of 2000 elections
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-certifies-bush-winner-of-2000-elections


Hollywood
2008 : Disney-MGM Studios becomes Disney's Hollywood Studios
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/disney-mgm-studios-becomes-disneys-hollywood-studios


Literary
1977 : John Gardner wins National Book Critics Circle Award
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-gardner-wins-national-book-critics-circle-award


Music
1975 : Two thousand Led Zeppelin fans trash the Boston Garden
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/two-thousand-led-zeppelin-fans-trash-the-boston-garden


Old West
1798 : Mountain man Jedediah Smith is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mountain-man-jedediah-smith-is-born


Presidential
1759 : Two future presidents marry respective sweethearts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/two-future-presidents-marry-respective-sweethearts

1941 : Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks of Four Freedoms
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/franklin-d-roosevelt-speaks-of-four-freedoms


Sports
1994 : Nancy Kerrigan attacked
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nancy-kerrigan-attacked


Vietnam War
1971 : Army drops charges of My Lai cover-up
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/army-drops-charges-of-my-lai-cover-up

1975 : Phuoc Binh falls to the North Vietnamese
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/phuoc-binh-falls-to-the-north-vietnamese


World War I
1919 : Theodore Roosevelt dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/theodore-roosevelt-dies


World War II
1942 : Roosevelt commits to biggest arms buildup in U.S. history
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roosevelt-commits-to-biggest-arms-buildup-in-us-history