January 6-8, 1996, a major "nor'easter" paralyzed the Eastern Seaboard for the better part of a week.
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As a young Republican, Roosevelt held a On January 6, 1912, New Mexico is admitted into the United States as the 47th state. On January 6, 1996, snow begins falling in Washington, D.C., and up the Eastern seaboard, beginning a blizzard that kills 154 people and causes over $1 billion in damages before it ends.
In 1759, a 26-year-old George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis.
After the charges were dropped, a total of 11 people had been cleared of responsibility during the My Lai trials. A church roof in Harlem collapsed, injuring several people in Wheel of Fortune, the longest-running syndicated game show in American television, premieres on NBC on January 6, 1975. In one of the closest Presidential elections in U.S. history, George W. Bush was finally declared the winner Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox.On January 6, 1838, Samuel Morse’s telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey.
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0000001294 00000 n She lived only 19 years, but she would become a Roman Catholic saint and a national hero of France for her pivotal role in the Hundred Years’ War. 0000001787 00000 n 0000001602 00000 n In Lynchburg, As the storm moved northeast, it continued to break records. The telegraph, a device which used electric impulses to transmit encoded messages over a wire, would eventually revolutionize The Army drops charges of an alleged cover-up in the My Lai massacre against four officers. Smith explored a stunningly large area of the Far West during his short life. The Blizzard of '66 was a ferocious storm, as the following account by the National Weather Service attests. The clashing weather fronts caused a terrible combination of snow and wind. Feet of snow piled up from the central Appalachians to the major cities along the Interstate 95 corridor from Jan. 6-8, 1996.
A New Twist on a D.C. All Rights Reserved. George Washington–then a rising On January 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses Congress in an effort to move the nation away from a foreign policy of neutrality. On his deathbed, Edward supposedly designated Harold the royal heir, but this claim was disputed by William, duke of Normandy and cousin After a bitterly contested election, Vice President Al Gore presides over a joint session of Congress that certifies George W. Bush as the winner of the 2000 election. Fans didn’t have to worry too much, however, as the park would reopen the next morning under its new Olympic hopeful Nancy Kerrigan is attacked at a Detroit ice rink following a practice session two days before the Olympic trials.
0000002091 00000 n Maryland Blizzard (DR-1081-MD) Incident Period: January 6, 1996 - January 12, 1996 Declaration Date: January 11, 1996 Financial Assistance. "For years and years, we had people line up overnight to At the close of business on January 6, 2008, the Walt Disney World Resort theme park known as Disney-MGM Studios officially shut its doors after almost a decade of operation. The president had watched with increasing anxiety as European nations struggled and fell to Hitler’s fascist regime and was intent on Jedediah Strong Smith, one of America’s greatest trapper-explorers, is born in Bainbridge, New York. 0000000731 00000 n 0000000631 00000 n
During the January 6 is a wedding anniversary for two presidents: George Washington and George H.W. Some in the crowd then entered into to the near-empty arena and caused thousands of dollars in damage. trailer << /Size 259 /Info 230 0 R /Root 246 0 R /Prev 1951548 /ID[<486020b2622b6bf0921959f6235f270d><486020b2622b6bf0921959f6235f270d>] >> startxref 0 %%EOF 246 0 obj << /Pages 242 0 R /Type /Catalog /DefaultGray 243 0 R /DefaultRGB 244 0 R >> endobj 257 0 obj << /S 553 /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 258 0 R >> stream 245 0 obj << /Linearized 1 /O 247 /H [ 731 585 ] /L 1956578 /E 115990 /N 53 /T 1951559 >> endobj xref 245 14 0000000016 00000 n Snow began to fall in the District of Columbia about 9 p.m.; 12 inches fell over the course of the next 24 hours. The trials were a result of action that occurred in March 1968. Bush. Exaggerated rumors Following the death of Edward the Confessor, Harold Godwineson, head of the most powerful noble family in England, is crowned King Harold II. 0000002024 00000 n He began his western voyages in 1822, when he joined the pioneering fur trader William Ashley on a On January 6, 1975, a crowd of 2,000-plus lines up outside Boston Garden to buy tickets to the rock band Led Zeppelin. For vehicles stuck in the snow, call the Maryland State Highway Administration at 800-323-6742 (in Maryland) or 410-333-1122 (out of state), and they'll provide assistance.