What happend on 6th January

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1975

The American soap opera Another World becomes the first soap opera in the world to air hour-long regularly scheduled episodes.

1974

In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.

1973

Schoolhouse Rock premieres on American television

1967

United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.

1961

A fire at the Thomas Hotel in San Francisco kills 20 people.

1950

The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in response.

1946

William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) hanged for treason at the age of 39

1942

Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to have a flight go around the world.

1941

Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address.

1940

Actor William Powell marries his 3rd and final wife, actress Diana Lewis