Today in History
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1838 Samuel Morse presents the telegraph to the public
Together with Alfred Vail, the inventor relayed the message “A patient waiter is no loser” over a di
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1907 Maria Montessori opens her first school
Montessori's revolutionary educational approach is practiced at about 30,000 schools today.
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1912 German scientist Alfred Wegener presents his theory of continental drift
His work laid the foundation for the theory of plate tectonics, which explains why continents move.
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1929 Mother Theresa arrives in India
Through her tireless work in helping the poor and ill, the Albanian religious sister later received
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2021 The US Capitol is attacked
A mob of supporters of then US President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol in Washingto
Births On This Day,
January, 6
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1946 Syd Barrett
English singer-songwriter, guitarist
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1920 John Maynard Smith
English biologist
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1883 Kahlil Gibran
Lebanese/American poet
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1811 Charles Sumner
American politician
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1412 Joan of Arc
Deaths On This Day,
January, 6
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1999 Michel Petrucciani
French/American pianist
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1993 Dizzy Gillespie
American trumpet player, bandleader, composer
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1919 Theodore Roosevelt
American politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
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1918 Georg Cantor
German mathematician
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1852 Louis Braille
French educator, invented Braille
