THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2011

Today is Thursday, January 6, the sixth day of 2010. There are 349 days left in the year.

1540 ― King Henry VIII of England married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves

1838 ― Samuel Morse made first public demonstration of telegraph

1941 ― FDR's ``4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want and from fear)

1950 ― Britain recognizes Communist government of China

1958 ― Gibson patents the Flying V Guitar

1964 ― Rolling Stones' first tour as headline act (with Ronettes)

1987 ― Astronomers at University of California see first sight of birth of a galaxy

1994 ― Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88

1994 ― Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard

1996 ― Record $65.2 million British lottery won by three people (2-3-4-13-42-44)