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