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January 6

3 sourced moments from January 6 in history: Samuel Morse demonstrates the telegraph (1838); Alfred Wegener proposes continental drift (1912); and Mother Teresa Arrives in Calcutta (1929).

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3 things happened on January 6

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1929 History · Modern

Mother Teresa Arrives in Calcutta

A young Albanian nun stepped off a ship in 1929, beginning a life that would become one of the century's great stories of service.

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1912 Earth & Climate · Geology

Alfred Wegener proposes continental drift

A young meteorologist told a room of geologists the continents had drifted apart, and spent the rest of his life being doubted.

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1838 Technology · Inventions

Samuel Morse demonstrates the telegraph

A loop of wire strung around a New Jersey factory carried the first practical electric message, and distance suddenly stopped mattering.

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