January 6th is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days remaining in the year (360 in leap years).

1838 • Samuel Morse publicly demonstrated the telegraph for the first time.

1974 • In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the U.S.

1998 • The spacecraft Lunar Prospect was launched into orbit around the moon. The craft was crashed into the moon, in an effort to find water under the lunar surface, on July 31st, 1999.

2014 • Temperature drops to -17°F at Michael & Tracey Legel home.

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