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Tuesday, 6 January 2026

Day 6 of 2026  ·  359 days remaining in the year  ·  Week 02
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8 Births
2 Events
10 Total entries

★ Born on this day 8 entries

1799
Jedediah Smith
US 227 yrs ago
1811
Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction Senator.
US Politics & Government 215 yrs ago
1842
Clarence King
US Politics & Government 184 yrs ago
1878
Carl Sandburg, poet to the world.
US Arts & Culture 148 yrs ago
1882
Samuel Rayburn, Speaker of the House (1940 - 1957).
US 144 yrs ago
1914
Danny Thomas, actor, comedian.
US Arts & Culture 112 yrs ago
1920
Sun Myung Moon
US Space & Astronomy 106 yrs ago
1945
Bonnie Franklin
US 81 yrs ago

► Events on this day 2 entries

1914
Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded.
US Geography & Exploration 112 yrs ago
1956
Dorm room refrigerator is invented (college beer cooler!)
US Science & Technology 70 yrs ago