Today is Friday, January 6, the sixth day of 2012. There are 360 days left in the year.
1496 ― Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi
1540 ― King Henry VIII of England married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves
1681 ― First recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs. his butcher)
1838 ― Samuel Morse made first public demonstration of telegraph
1907 ― Maria Montessori opens her first (Montessori) school (Rome)
1922 ― Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments
1941 ― FDR's ``Four Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want and from fear)
1942 ― First around world flight (Pan Am ``Pacific Clipper")
1950 ― Britain recognizes Communist government of China
1971 ― Berkeley chemists announces first synthetic growth hormones