6th January: Today In History

Today is January,  the 6th day of 2016. There are 351 days left in the year. Today's Highlight In History; Birthdays:   1745 Jaques Montgolfier, Built first practical hot air balloon   1913 Loretta Young, American film actress   1934 Sylvia Syms, British actress   1943 Treey Venables, England football manager   1957 Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor   1959 Kathy Sledge, Of 'Sister Sledge'   1959 Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer Events:   1540 King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleeves   1838 Samuel Morse gave the first demonstration of the electric telegraph   1928 The river Thames flooded, causing damage to Tate Art Gallery basement paintings   1945 The Battle of the Bulge, in the Ardennes, began   1981 The scottish novelist A.J Cronin died   1991 Christmas was celebrated in the USSR for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution   1994 Prime Minister John Major relaunched his 'Back to Basics' campaign