What are the important events that happened on January 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 6: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 6 is the 6th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 360 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 24, 2023 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,408,320 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexagon’ day.
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 35 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,033 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 6 Historical Events
- 1322 –Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia.
- 1449 –Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine-Roman Emperor at Mystras.
- 1579 –The Union of Arras is signed.
- 1900 –Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
- 1907 –Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
- 1947 –Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
- 1951 –Ganghwa massacre: Korean War.
- 1953 –The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
- 1978 –The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
- 1994 –Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan.
Who were born on January 6?
- 1795 –Anselme Payen, French chemist (d. 1871)
- 1819 –Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)
- 1899 –Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer (d. 1968)
- 1916 –Eugene T. Maleska, American crossword puzzle creator and editor (d. 1993)
- 1920 –Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (d. 1987)
- 1926 –Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born American actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)
- 1936 –Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo, Uruguayan politician
- 1964 –Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler
- 1970 –José Carabalí, Venezuelan track and field athlete
- 1976 –Lu Yi, Chinese actor
Who died on January 6?
- 1275 –St. Raymond of Peñafort (b. c.1175)
- 1840 –Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)
- 1852 –Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)
- 1944 –Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)
- 1945 –Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)
- 1952 –Sofoklis Dousmanis, Greek naval officer (b. 1868)
- 1993 –Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (b. 1910)
- 1999 –Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist (b. 1962)
- 2007 –Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934)
- 2011 –Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1967)
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