January 6

January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 359 days remaining (360 in leap years).

Events

• 1066 – Harold Godwinson crowned King of England
• 1205 – Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans
• 1540 – King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
• 1579 – The Union of Atrecht was signed
• 1661 – The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London.
• 1690 – Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King of the Romans
• 1720 – The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings
• 1838 – Samuel Morse first successfully tested the electrical telegraph.
• 1870 – The inauguration of the Musikverein (Vienna).
• 1900 – It is reported that millions are starving in India.
• 1900 – Boers attack Ladysmith – over 1000 people killed
• 1907 – Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome.
• 1912 – New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.
• 1929 – King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the so-called January 6th Dictatorship, Šestojanuarska diktatura.)
• 1930 – The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City).
• 1931 – Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
• 1936 – Supreme Court of the United States rules the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act unconstitutional in the case United States v. Butler et al.; Porky Pig premieres
• 1940 – Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the city of Poznan, Warthegau.
• 1941 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address.
• 1942 – Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to have a flight go around the world.
• 1946 – William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) hanged for treason
• 1950 – The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in response.
• 1961 – A fire at the Thomas Hotel in San Francisco kills 20 people.
• 1967 – United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
• 1973 – Schoolhouse Rock premieres
• 1975 – The American soap opera Another World becomes the first daytime drama to air hour-long regularly scheduled episodes.
• 1982 – William Bonin convicted of being the "freeway killer".
• 1992 – The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously condemning Israel's treatment of Palestinians.
• 1994 – Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding.
• 1995 – A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
• 1998 – The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the moon and later found evidence for frozen water on the moon's surface.
• 1999 – Bob Newhart receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 2001 – Al Gore, as President of the U.S. Senate, tallies the electoral votes and certifies George W. Bush as the winner of U.S. presidential election, 2000.
• 2005 – Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers

Births

• 1367 – King Richard II of England (d. 1400)
• 1412 – Joan of Arc, French Roman Catholic saint (d. 1431)
• 1587 – Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares, Duke of San Lucar (d. 1645)
• 1787 – Gaspard Théodore Ignace de la Fontaine, Luxembourg politician
• 1822 – Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890)
• 1832 – Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
• 1838 – Max Bruch, German composer (d. 1920)
• 1872 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (d. 1915)
• 1878 – Carl Sandburg, American poet, historian (d. 1967)
• 1880 – Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940)
• 1881 – Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1961)
• 1882 – Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop, poet and political figure (d. 1965)
• 1883 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet, painter, novelist (d. 1931)
• 1898 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (d. 1965)
• 1902 – Max Güde, attorney (d. 1984)
• 1903 – Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born Swiss conductor (d. 1993)
• 1910 – Morris Wright, American writer (d. 1998)
• 1913:
  • Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000)
  • Edward Gierek, Polish politician (d. 2001)
• 1914 – Danny Thomas, American singer, actor, comedian (d. 1991)
• 1915 – Alan Watts, English writer, philosopher (d. 1973)
• 1920:
  • Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist
  • Early Wynn, American Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Louis Harris, pollster
• 1923 – Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Earl Scruggs, bluegrass performer
• 1925 – John De Lorean, American auto maker (d. 2005)
• 1926:
  • Ralph Branca, American baseball player
  • Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (d. 2003)
• 1929 – Babrak Karmal, Afghan politician (d. 1996)
• 1930 – Vic Tayback, American actor
• 1931:
  • Capucine, French actress (d. 1990)
  • E. L. Doctorow, American author
  • Dickie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1933:
  • Oleg Makarov, cosmonaut (d. 2003)
  • Emil Steinberger, cabaretist
• 1940 – Van McCoy, musician (d. 1979)
• 1943 – Terry Venables, English football (soccer) manager
• 1944 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress
• 1946 – Syd Barrett, English guitarist and singer
• 1947 – Sandy Denny, English vocalist
• 1951 – Kim Wilson, rock musician
• 1953 – Malcolm Young, Scottish guitarist (AC/DC)
• 1954 – Anthony Minghella, British director
• 1955 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian, actor
• 1957 – Nancy Lopez, American golfer
• 1959 – Kathy Sledge, singer
• 1960:
  • Nigella Lawson, British celebrity chef, writer
  • Howie Long, American football star
• 1962 – Michael Houser, musician (Widespread Panic) (d. 2002)
• 1964:
  • Henry Maske, German world champion boxer
  • Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan Olympic medalist (d. 2005)
• 1966:
  • Chris Antley, jockey (d. 2000)
  • Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor
• 1968 – John Singleton, American director and writer
• 1970 – Julie Chen, American television presenter and newsreader
• 1974 – Nicole DeHuff. American actress (d. 2005)
• 1976 – Danny Pintauro, American actor

Deaths

• 1840 – Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)
• 1852 – Louis Braille, French teacher, developed writing system for the blind (b. 1809)
• 1884 – Gregor Johann Mendel, the father of genetics (b. 1822)
• 1918 – Georg Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1845)
• 1919 – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
• 1919  – Max Heindel, Christian occultist, astrologer and mystic (b. 1865)
• 1928 – Alvin Kraenzlein, American athlete
• 1937 – Brother Andre, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)
• 1942 – Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian IOC president
• 1949 – Victor Fleming, American director (b. 1883)
• 1981 – A.J. Cronin, Scottish writer (b. 1896)
• 1990 – Ian Charleson, Scottish actor
• 1993 – Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (b. 1938)
• 1993  – Dizzy Gillespie, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1917)
• 1995 – Joe Slovo, South African politician
• 1996 – Yahya Ayyash, Hamas leader
• 2000 – Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Charles Dumas, American high jumper
• 2004  – Francesco Scavullo, fashion photographer
• 2005 – Lois Hole, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b. 1933)
• 2005  – Louis Robichaud, Canadian former premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)

Holidays and observances

• Ancient Latvia – Zvaigznes Diena observed
• Christianity (except Eastern Orthodox who follow the Julian Calendar) – Epiphany of the Lord (a.k.a. "Twelfth Day of Christmas" and Three Kings Day in some areas).
• In the Irish Calendar- Little Christmas or "Women's Christmas" and/or Twelfth Day.
• Rastafarianism – Celebration of the ceremonial birthday of Haile Selassie
• Armenian Christmas

External links

• BBC: On This Day

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