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Today in History: January 6

1497 Jews are expelled from Graz in Styria, Austria

1912 New Mexico becomes the 47th U.S. state of the Union.

1958 Moscow announces a reduction in its armed forces by 300,000.

1987 Astronomers report sighting a new galaxy 12 billion light years away.

2001 In one of the closest Presidential elections in U.S. history, George W. Bush was finally declared the winner of the bitterly contested 2000 Presidential elections more than five weeks after the election due to the disputed Florida ballots.

2005 Former Ku Klux Klan organizer Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi.

2021 Supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington during congressional certification of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's win, resulting in five deaths and prompting evacuation of lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence

Born on January 6

1367 Richard II, son of Edward the Black Prince.

1412 Joan of Arc, French Saint and national heroine.

1946 Syd Barrett, musician, singer, songwriter; founding member of the band Pink Floyd.


JOTD
A man with no arms and legs was sun baking on the beach.

A gorgeous blonde was walking past him, stopped for a second with a tang of pity in her eyes.
“Have you ever had a hug?” She asked. “No.” So with an “aww”, she gave him a big hug.
Two minutes later, another beautiful woman was walking past the man.
“Aw look at you honey. Have you ever been kissed?”
“No.” He says. She leans down and gives him a passionate kiss.
Another few minutes pass and another stunning lady walks past.
“Oh you poor thing...Have you ever been fricked?” “No.” “Well you will be soon, the tides coming in.”