{"id":17332,"date":"2020-01-06T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T06:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=17332"},"modified":"2020-01-03T14:45:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T09:15:43","slug":"history-of-6-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-6-january\/","title":{"rendered":"History  of 6 January"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>History of 6 January<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> &#8211; William G. Bonin was convicted in Los Angeles, CA, of being the &#8220;freeway killer&#8221; who had murdered 14 young men and boys.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> &#8211; After a 29-year lapse, the Ford Thunderbird was presented with the Motor Trend Car of the Year Award. It was the first occurrence of a repeat winner of the award.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> &#8211; Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant at Cobo Arena in Detroit,\u00a0MI. Four men were later sentenced to prison for the attack, including Tonya Harding&#8217;s ex-husband.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; The spacecraft\u00a0<em>Lunar Prospect<\/em>\u00a0was 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 31, 1999.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; The 106th\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Congress opened. The first item on the agenda was the impeachment proceedings of\u00a0U.S. President Bill Clinton. The trial was set to begin January 7, 1999.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; Bob Newhart received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2004<\/strong> &#8211; In the United Arab Emirates, construction began on the Burj Khalifa skyscraper. Upon completion it was the world&#8217;s largest building.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2005<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0American Civil Rights Movement:\u00a0Edgar Ray Killen\u00a0is indicted for the 1964\u00a0murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2005<\/strong> \u2013 A\u00a0train collision\u00a0in\u00a0Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of\u00a0chlorine\u00a0gas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber\u00a0blows himself up\u00a0at a police station in\u00a0Damascus.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2017<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Five people are killed and six others injured in a\u00a0mass shooting\u00a0at\u00a0Fort Lauderdale\u2013Hollywood International Airport\u00a0in\u00a0Broward County, Florida.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2019<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 40 people were killed in a gold mine collapse in northern Afghanistan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mike Jones, American rapper and actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress and director<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Renier, Belgian-French actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Asante Samuel, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Camila Grey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Eddie Redmayne, English actor and model<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Adam Burish, American ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Nathan McIver, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Inge Vermeulen, Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (d. 2015)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Paul McShane, Irish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Petter Northug, Norwegian skier<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gemma Gibbons, English-Scottish martial artist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Arin Hanson, American YouTube Celebrity and voice actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Bongani Khumalo, South African footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ndamukong Suh, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Andy Carroll, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Derrick Morgan, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lim Jae-beom, South Korean singer and actor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 6 January 1982 &#8211; William G. 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