Today is Tuesday, January 6, the sixth day of 2015. There are 359 days left in the year.
1535 ― City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro
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
1941 ― FDR's "4-Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want and from fear)
1942 ― First around world flight (Pan Am ``Pacific Clipper")
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 ― 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)
1998 ― Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame