| 1861 |
|
The
Governor of Maryland, Thomas Hicks, announces his
opposition to the states's possible secession from
the Union. |
| 1910 |
|
Union
leaders ask President William H. Taft to investigate
U.S. Steel's practices. |
| 1912 |
|
New
Mexico becomes the 47th U.S. state of the Union. Trailing
Louis L'Amour in New Mexico. |
| 1921 |
|
The
U.S. Navy orders the sale of 125 flying boats to
encourage commercial aviation. |
| 1937 |
|
The
United States bans the shipment of arms to war-torn
Spain.Soviet
Fighter on Three Fronts. |
| 1941 |
|
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt asks Congress to support the
Lend-lease Bill to help supply the Allies. |
| 1945 |
|
Boeing
B-29 bombers in the Pacific strike new blows on
Tokyo and Nanking. The
bomb that ended World War II. |
| 1967 |
|
Over
16,000 U.S. and 14,000 Vietnamese troops start their
biggest attack on the Iron Triangle, northwest of
Saigon.
Troops to Equal Any. |
| 1987 |
|
Astronomers
report sighting a new galaxy 12 billion light years
away. |
Born
on January 6 |
| 1811 |
|
Charles
Sumner, anti-slavery senator from Massachusetts. |
| 1878 |
|
Carl
Sandburg, U.S. journalist, poet and biographer. |
| 1882 |
|
Sam
Rayburn, U.S. congressman from Texas & Speaker
of the House (1940-46, 1949-53). |
