Wonani kulemba kwambula kuona kwa Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 6

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File:Nancy Kerrigan.jpg|Nancy Kerrigan in 2006
File:Samuel Morse.jpg|Samuel Morse
File:Samuel F B Morse - Project Gutenberg eText 15161.jpg|Samuel Morse
File:Alfred Vail.jpg|Alfred Vail

File:Stefan Decani portal.jpg|Fresco of Stefan Dečanski
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| '''[[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]]''' (Gregorian calendar); 
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| '''[[Armed Forces Day]]''' in Iraq
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|[[1579]] – Several provinces of the [[Habsburg Netherlands]] signed the '''[[Union of Arras]]''' about their intent to offer a vigorous defense of the [[Catholic Church]] against [[Calvinism]].
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|  [[1661]] – [[Thomas Venner]] and the '''[[Fifth Monarchists]]''' unsuccessfully attempted to seize control of London from the [[English Restoration|newly restored government]] of [[Charles II of England|{{nowrap|Charles II}}]].
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|  [[1781]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: At the '''[[Battle of Jersey]]''', British forces stopped France's last attempt to militarily invade [[Jersey]], the largest of the [[Channel Islands]] in the [[English Channel]].
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| [[1838]] – [[Samuel F. B. Morse|Samuel Morse]] and his assistant [[Alfred Vail]] successfully tested the '''[[electrical telegraph]]''' for the first time at [[Speedwell Ironworks]] in [[Morristown, New Jersey]].
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| [[1912]] - '''[[New Mexico]]''' was admitted as the 47th [[U.S. state]].
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|  [[1929]] – King '''[[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]]''' abolished [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|his country]]'s constitution and '''[[6 January Dictatorship|introduced a dictatorship]]'''.
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|  [[1978]] – The '''[[Holy Crown of Hungary]]''', used to crown [[List of Hungarian rulers|Hungarian kings]] from the 13th century onward, was returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after [[World War&nbsp;II]].
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| [[1993]] – Indian [[Border Security Force]] (BSF) units '''[[Sopore massacre|allegedly killed 55 civilians]]''' in [[Sopore]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], as revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
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|  [[1995]] – A suspicious fire in a [[Manila]] flat led to the foiling of the '''[[Bojinka plot]]''', a precursor to the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].
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|  [[2001]] – A [[Joint session of the United States Congress|joint session of the U.S. Congress]] certified [[George W. Bush]] as the winner of the '''[[2000 United States presidential election|2000 U.S. presidential election]]''', despite 20 members of the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] filing objections to [[Florida election recount|the electoral votes of Florida]].
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| [[2005]] – About 60 tons of [[chlorine]] gas were released when two [[Norfolk Southern]] trains '''[[Graniteville train crash|collided]]''' in [[Graniteville, South Carolina]], U.S. 
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|'''[[John of Ávila]]'''<!--Spanish priest--> |b|1499
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|'''[[Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence]]'''<!--Italian--> |d|1537|
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|'''[[Jane Dormer]]'''<!--English lady-in-waiting--> |b|1538|
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|'''[[Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack]]'''<!--Dutch scholar--> |d|1917| 
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==Eligible==
* [[1449]] – Four years before the [[Fall of Constantinople]], '''[[Constantine XI Palaiologos|Constantine&nbsp;XI Palaiologos]]''', the last [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperor, assumed the throne.
* [[1536]] – The oldest European school of higher learning in the Americas, the '''[[Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco|Colegio de Santa Cruz]]''', was founded in [[Tlatelolco, Mexico City]].
* [[1540]] – King [[Henry VIII|Henry&nbsp;VIII of England]] married [[Wives of Henry VIII|his fourth wife]], '''[[Anne of Cleves]]'''; the marriage was [[Annulment|annulled]] six months later.
* [[1912]] – German geophysicist [[Alfred Wegener]]<!--not bold, refimprove section--> first presented his theory of '''[[continental drift]]''', the precursor of [[plate tectonics]].
* [[1941]] – During his [[State of the Union]] address, U.S. president [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] presented his '''[[Four Freedoms]]''' as fundamental [[Political freedom|freedom]]s that all people ought to enjoy.
* [[1953]] – The first '''[[Asian Socialist Conference]]''', an organisation of [[socialism|socialist]] political parties in Asia, opened in [[Yangon|Rangoon]] with 177 delegates, observers and fraternal guests.
* [[1960]] – '''[[National Airlines Flight 2511|National Airlines {{nowrap|Flight 2511}}]]''', traveling from New York City to Miami, exploded in mid-air due to a bomb placed by an unknown party, resulting in the deaths of all 34 people on board.
* [[2021]] – Rioters supporting President [[Donald Trump]] '''[[2021 United States Capitol attack|attacked]]''' the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]], disrupting [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|the certification]] of [[2020 United States presidential election|the presidential election]] and forcing [[United States Congress|Congress]] to evacuate.
* Born/died this day:  '''[[Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros]]'''<!--Spanish governor--> |b|1756| '''[[Clarence King]]'''<!--American geologist--> |b|1842| '''[[Gustav Bauer]]'''<!--German politician--> |b|1870| '''[[Kahlil Gibran]]'''<!--Lebanese/American writer--> |b|1883| '''[[Nigella Lawson]]'''<!--English chef--> |b|1960| '''[[Sybil Plumlee]]'''<!--American police officer--> |d|2012
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'''[[January 6]]''': '''[[Little Christmas]]'''
{{main page image/OTD|File:Maria Montessori (portrait).jpg|Maria Montessori}}
* [[1066]] – '''[[Harold Godwinson]]''', the last [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] monarch before the [[Norman Conquest]], was crowned [[List of English monarchs|King of England]].
* [[1322]] – '''[[Stefan Dečanski]]'''<!-- ''([[fresco]] pictured)''--> was crowned [[List of Serbian monarchs|King of Serbia]], succeeding his half-brother [[Stefan Konstantin]], whom he later defeated in battle.
* [[1839]] – '''[[Night of the Big Wind|The worst storm to impact Ireland in 300 years]]''' damaged or destroyed more than 20 per cent of houses in [[Dublin]] with 100-knot (190&nbsp;km/h) winds.
* [[1907]] – Italian educator '''[[Maria Montessori]]''' ''(pictured)'' opened her first school and day-care centre for working-class children in Rome, employing [[Montessori education|a philosophy of education that now bears her name]].
* [[1994]] – Two-time American Olympic [[Figure skating|figure-skating]] medalist '''[[Nancy Kerrigan]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> was '''[[Assault of Nancy Kerrigan|hit on the leg with a police baton]]''' by an assailant hired by the ex-husband of her rival [[Tonya Harding]].
{{Born and died list|'''[[Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares]]'''<!--Spanish--> |b|1587| '''[[Jedediah Smith]]'''<!--American pioneer--> |b|1799| '''[[Alan Wiggins]]'''<!--American baseball player--> |d|1991| }}
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