On This Day: January 6

Updated January 5, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Jan. 6, 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60.

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On Jan. 6, 1882, Sam Rayburn, who served for more than 48 years in the U.S. House of Representatives (1913-61), was born. Following his death on Nov. 16, 1961, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date By The Associated Press

1412 According to tradition, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy, France.

1540 England’s King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.

1759 George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married.

1838 Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, N.J.

1912 New Mexico became the 47th state.

1919 Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60.

1945 George H.W. Bush married Barbara Pierce in Rye, N.Y.

1993 Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie died at age 75.

1994 Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg in an assault planned by the ex-husband of her rival, Tonya Harding.

2001 With the vanquished Vice President Al Gore presiding, Congress certified Republican George W. Bush the winner of the close and bitterly contested 2000 presidential election.

2005 Former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested 41 years after three civil rights workers were slain in Mississippi. (Killen was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 60 years in prison.)

Current Birthdays By The Associated Press

Dancer-TV judge Carrie Ann Inaba (“Dancing with the Stars”) turns 44 years old today.

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TV host Julie Chen (“The Early Show,” “Big Brother”) turns 42 years old today.

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1921 Louis Harris, Pollster, turns 91

1924 Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass musician, turns 88

1931 E.L. Doctorow, Author, turns 81

1944 Bonnie Franklin, Actress (“One Day At A Time”), turns 68

1953 Malcolm Young, Rock musician (AC-DC), turns 59

1955 Rowan Atkinson, Actor, comedian (“Mr Bean” films), turns 57

1957 Nancy Lopez, Golfer, turns 55

1960 Howie Long, Football Hall of Famer, sportscaster, turns 52

1968 John Singleton, Director, turns 44

1981 Asante Samuel, Football player, turns 31

Historic Birthdays

Sam Rayburn 1/6/1882 – 11/16/1961 American Speaker of the HouseGo to obituary »

70 Martin Agricola 1/6/1486 – 6/10/1556
German composer and teacher

50 Jakob Bernoulli 1/6/1655 – 8/16/1705
Swiss mathematician

63 Charles Sumner 1/6/1811 – 3/11/1874
American Civil War statesman

68 Heinrich Schliemann 1/6/1822 – 12/26/1890
German-born Greek excavator

86 Victor Horta 1/6/1861 – 9/8/1947
Belgian architect

89 Carl Sandburg 1/6/1878 – 7/22/1967
American poet and novelist

67 Joseph Medill Patterson 1/6/1879 – 5/26/1946
American journalist and publisher

60 Tom Mix 1/6/1880 – 10/12/1940
American silent screen actor

48 Khalil Gibran 1/6/1883 – 4/10/1931
Lebanese-born American novelist and poet

88 Morris Wright 1/6/1910 – April/25/1998
American author

1412	According to tradition, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy, France.
1540	England’s King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1759	George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married.
1838	Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, N.J.
1912	New Mexico became the 47th state.
1919	Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60.
1945	George H.W. Bush married Barbara Pierce in Rye, N.Y.
1993	Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie died at age 75.
1994	Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg in an assault planned by the ex-husband of her rival, Tonya Harding.
2001	With the vanquished Vice President Al Gore presiding, Congress certified Republican George W. Bush the winner of the close and bitterly contested 2000 presidential election.
2005	Former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested 41 years after three civil rights workers were slain in Mississippi. (Killen was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 60 years in prison.)

1921	Louis Harris, Pollster, turns 91
1924	Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass musician, turns 88
1931	E.L. Doctorow, Author, turns 81
1944	Bonnie Franklin, Actress (“One Day At A Time”), turns 68
1953	Malcolm Young, Rock musician (AC-DC), turns 59
1955	Rowan Atkinson, Actor, comedian (“Mr Bean” films), turns 57
1957	Nancy Lopez, Golfer, turns 55
1960	Howie Long, Football Hall of Famer, sportscaster, turns 52
1968	John Singleton, Director, turns 44
1981	Asante Samuel, Football player, turns 31

70	Martin Agricola 1/6/1486 – 6/10/1556 German composer and teacher
50	Jakob Bernoulli 1/6/1655 – 8/16/1705 Swiss mathematician
63	Charles Sumner 1/6/1811 – 3/11/1874 American Civil War statesman
68	Heinrich Schliemann 1/6/1822 – 12/26/1890 German-born Greek excavator
86	Victor Horta 1/6/1861 – 9/8/1947 Belgian architect
89	Carl Sandburg 1/6/1878 – 7/22/1967 American poet and novelist
67	Joseph Medill Patterson 1/6/1879 – 5/26/1946 American journalist and publisher
60	Tom Mix 1/6/1880 – 10/12/1940 American silent screen actor
48	Khalil Gibran 1/6/1883 – 4/10/1931 Lebanese-born American novelist and poet
88	Morris Wright 1/6/1910 – April/25/1998 American author