This Day, That Year – January 6

The first recorded boxing match was engineered by Christopher Monck, the second Duke of Albemarle, between his butler and his butcher on this day in 1681.

Did you know that:

• Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrated their telegraph machine on this day in 1838
• Agronomist George Washington Carver was granted a patent for cosmetics made from peanuts on this day in 1925
• The first diesel engine automobile trip in a Packard Touring Car was completed by Clessie Cummins on this day in 1930