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==Events== *1066 – Harold Godwinson (or Harold II) is crowned King of England. *1118 – Reconquista: Alfonso the Battler conquers Zaragoza. *1205 – Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans. *1322 – Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia. *1355 – Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan. *1449 – Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras. *1492 – The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada, completing the Reconquista. *1540 – King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves. *1579 – The Union of Arras is signed. *1661 – English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England. *1690 – Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans. *1721 – The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings. *1781 – In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey. *1809 – Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars. *1838 – Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code). *1839 – The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin. *1853 – President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts. Pierce's 11-year-old son Benjamin is killed in the crash. *1870 – The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. *1893 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison. *1900 – Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders. *1907 – Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy. *1912 – New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state. * 1912 – German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift. *1921 – Formation of the Iraqi Army. *1929 – King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship). * 1929 – Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people. *1930 – The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York. *1931 – Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. *1941 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address. *1946 – The first general election ever in Vietnam is held. *1947 – Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world. *1950 – The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response. *1951 – Korean War: An estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered in what becomes the Ganghwa massacre. *1953 – The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. *1960 – National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami. * 1960 – The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties. *1967 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta. *1974 – In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States. *1978 – The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II. *1992 – President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup. *1993 – Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol. *1994 – Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit. *1995 – A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack. * 2000 – Celia, the last Pyrenean ibex was found dead after a tree had landed on her. *2005 – American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers. * 2005 – A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas. *2009 – Israel conducts an assault on the Gaza Strip *2012 – 26 people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「January 6」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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