Jan 6 (Reuters) – Following are some of the major events to have occurred on January 6:
1919 – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president (1901-1909), died. An expansionist politician, he acquired the Panama Canal Zone in 1903.
1929 – Mother Theresa arrives in Calcutta.
1977 – EMI dump punk band “The Sex Pistols”.
1978 – The United States handed back the Holy Crown of St. Stephen to then-communist Hungary after holding it since World War Two.
1993 – Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer, died at 54. One of the greatest dancers of the century, he was granted political asylum in Paris in 1961.
1999 – Former Lesotho prime minister Ntsu Mokhehle died after a long illness aged 80.
2000 – Casio Computer Company unveils the world’s first wrist-type wearable digital camera in Tokyo.
2003 – Jean-Claude Trichet, the head of the Bank of France, went on trial for complicity in an alleged cover-up of losses when Credit Lyonnais came close to collapse.
2005 – South Africa’s Nelson Mandela announced that his son, Makgatho, had died of AIDS, challenging the taboo that keeps many Africans from discussing the epidemic.
2006 – Lou Rawls, the pioneering crossover artist known for signature hits like “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine,” and “Lady Love”, died aged 72.
2017 – Shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
