WHAT HAPPENED ON 6. JANUARY
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Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy. (6. January 1907)

New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state. (6. January 1912)

German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift. (6. January 1912)

Formation of the Iraqi Army. (6. January 1921)

King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship). (6. January 1929)

Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people. (6. January 1929)

The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York. (6. January 1930)

Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. (6. January 1931)

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address. (6. January 1941)

Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world. (6. January 1947)

The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response. (6. January 1950)

Ganghwa massacre: Korean War. (6. January 1951)

The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. (6. January 1953)

National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami, Florida. (6. January 1960)

The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties. (6. January 1960)

Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta. (6. January 1967)

In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States. (6. January 1974)

The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II. (6. January 1978)

President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup. (6. January 1992)

Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol. (6. January 1993)