CoM Moderators Posted January 6 Posted January 6 Historical Events 1938 - Bronze memorial statue of explorer Henry Hudson erected in the Bronx, New York 1980 - The beginning of the first GPS epoch 2009 - Israel begins an assault on the Gaza Strip 2013 - The NHL reaches an agreement to end a 113 day lockout 2021 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says country's five-year economic plan has failed at opening of a rare meeting of the Workers' Party More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1595 - Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Savoyard grammarian and man of letters, born in Meximieux, Duchy of Savoy (d. 1650) 1853 - Clement Reid, English geologist and paleobotanist, first to suggest a drowned land bridge between Britain and Europe (now called Doggerland), born in London (d. 1916) 1899 - Sophie-Carmen "Sonia" Eckhardt-Gramatté, Russian-Canadian pianist and composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1974) 1970 - John Gerak, NFL tight end/guide (Minnesota Vikings, St Louis Rams), born in Youngstown, Ohio 1982 - Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player, born in Tampa, Florida More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1541 - Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52 1852 - Louis Braille, French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for the blind, dies of tuberculosis at 43 1958 - Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85 1995 - Joe Slovo, Latvian-South African attorney and politician (Secretary General of SACR), dies at 68 2008 - Yunus Mahomed, South African lawyer and activist (UDF), dies at 57 More Famous Deaths »
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