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	Thursday, January 06th The 006th day of 2011. There are 359 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Jan. 6, 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60. (Go to article.) 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. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
		On January 6, 1872, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the Tweed Ring. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
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.
1941	President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of "Four Freedoms" for the world: freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of people to worship God in their own way, freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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.)

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Current Birthdays

Asante Samuel turns 30 years old today.

AP Photo/Matt Rourke Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Asante Samuel turns 30 years old today.

90 Louis Harris Pollster 87 Earl Scruggs Bluegrass musician 80 E.L. Doctorow Author 67 Bonnie Franklin Actress ("One Day At A Time") 58 Malcolm Young Rock musician (AC-DC) 56 Rowan Atkinson Actor, comedian ("Mr Bean" films) 54 Nancy Lopez Golfer 51 Howie Long Football Hall of Famer, sportscaster 43 John Singleton Director 41 Julie Chen TV host ("The Early Show," "Big Brother")

Historic Birthdays
Sam Rayburn
1/6/1882 - 11/16/1961 American Speaker of the House (Go to obit.)
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

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