Jan 6 1930
The first diesel-engine automobile trip was completed after a run of 792 miles from Indianapolis, IN, to New York City, NY.
Jan 6 1952
"Peanuts" debuted in Sunday papers across the United States.
Jan 6 1969
Future Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter sees an Unidentified Flying Object in Leary, GA. Also witnessing the craft are his fellow Lions Club members. But the strangest part about this is, it was Carter and not Governor Jerry Brown.
Jan 6 1975
"Wheel of Fortune" premieres with host Chuck Woolery. (Pat Sajak will join the show in 1981.)
Jan 6 1977
The Sex Pistols lose their EMI recording contract after a television host encourages them to spout obscenities on the air.
Jan 6 1982
William G Bonin, the truck driving "Freeway Killer", convicted in Los Angeles. He had murdered 14 boys and young men.
Jan 6 1993
Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev dead from AIDS.
Jan 6 1994
Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked in the knees by a man in Detroit wielding a collapsible baton. It is later determined that her inferior rival Tonya Harding and her boyfriend were responsible for the attack.
Jan 6 1998
Vandals decapitate the bronze "Little Mermaid" statue in Copenhagen harbor. It is the first decapitation of the famous Edvar Eriksen statue since 1964, and the incident has the city horrified.
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