Event:
Jamaica's new Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller announces the country will become a republic, removing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state
More Notable Events on January 6:
1994 Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard
1987 100th U.S. Congress convenes
1987 Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy
1957 Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
1912 New Mexico becomes 47th state
