Daily Calendar for Friday, January 6, 2023

Events

• George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis – 1759
• Albany designated the permanent capital of NY state – 1797
• Indianapolis designated as the capital of the state of Indiana – 1821
• S.F.B. Morse demonstrated his completed telegraph at the Speedwell Iron Works – 1838
• James Plimpton received a patent for improved roller skates – 1863
• Pendleton Act reformed U.S. civil service, initiating competitive examinations for placement – 1883
• First women’s six-day bicycle race began, N.Y.C. – 1896
• New Mexico admitted to the Union as the 47th state – 1912
• President FDR delivered his Four Freedoms speech to the U.S. Congress, summarizing the goals Americans were ready to defend – 1941
• First around-the-world commercial flight completed by Pan American Airways – 1942
• George H. W. Bush and Barbara Pierce were married – 1945
• U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched a major offensive against the Viet-Cong stronghold in the Mekong River delta, the first direct commitment of U.S. troops to combat in that area (Vietnam War) – 1967
• Schoolhouse Rock! premiered – 1973
• Global Television Network in Ontario began programming – 1974
• First quadruplets to be conceived in a test tube were born to an Australian woman – 1984
• A baby lion-tailed macaque named Bosco was born at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington. Lion-tailed macaques are among the most threatened of all macaque species. – 1989
• Defending women’s figure skating national champion Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right kneecap in an off-ice attack by an unidentified assailant at the U.S. Olympic trials in Detroit, Michigan – 1994
• NASA unveiled a breathtaking snapshot of the surface of Mars shot in color by its Spirit rover. The new color image was the sharpest photograph ever taken on Mars – 2004