01-06-2006, 06:30 AM
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Location: Maryland
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January 6th
1412 ~ Birthday of Joan of Arc, Saint & French Patriot.
1822 ~ Birthday of Heinrich Schliemann, Archaeologist.
1838 ~ Samuel Morse first successfully tested the electrical telegraph.
1838 ~ Birthday of Max Bruch, German composer.
1884 ~ Death of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics.
1907 ~ Maria Montessori opened her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome.
1918 ~ Death of Georg Cantor, German mathematician.
1946 ~ William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) hanged for treason.
1995 ~ A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines lead to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka.
1994 ~ Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed by an assailant under orders from Tonya Harding.
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