History for January 6 - On-This-Day.com
Joan of Arc 1412, Jacques-Ètienne Montgolfier 1745, Jedediah Smith 1799
Carl Sandburg 1878, Danny Thomas 1912, John Z. DeLorean 1925
1759 - George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married.
1838 - Samuel Morse publicly demonstrated the telegraph for the first time.
1941 - Richard Widmark made his debut on radio in "The Home of the Brave."
1942 - The first commercial around-the-world airline flight took place. Pan American Airlines was the company that made history with the feat.
1945 - The Battle of the Bulge ended with 130,000 German and 77,000 Allied casualties.
1952 - "Peanuts" debuted in Sunday papers across the United States.
1975 - ABC-TV debuted "A.M. America."
1994 - Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant at Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI. Four men were later sentenced to prison for the attack, including Tonya Harding's ex-husband.
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