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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 24, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,736,121,600 seconds 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.
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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 23 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 4,399 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 6 Historical Events
- 1118 –Reconquista: Alfonso the Battler conquers Zaragoza.
- 1781 –In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
- 1893 –The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
- 1912 –German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
- 1929 –Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India to begin her work among India’s poorest and sick people.
- 1930 –The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
- 1951 –Ganghwa massacre: Korean War.
- 1974 –In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
- 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.
- 1995 –A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
Who were born on January 6?
- 1848 –Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and revolutionary figure (d. 1876)
- 1878 –Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina (d. 1970)
- 1944 –Bonnie Franklin, American actress
- 1953 –Malcolm Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)
- 1960 –Paul Azinger, American golfer
- 1969 –Norman Reedus, American model and actor
- 1975 –Nick Clarke, Pro Bull Rider
- 1976 –Daniel Tynell, Swedish cross-country skiier
- 1982 –Brian Bass, American baseball player
- 1986 –Benjamin Simm, German rugby player
Who died on January 6?
- 1537 –Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510)
- 1718 –Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (b. 1664)
- 1847 –Tyāgarāja, Carnatic Classic Music Composer,Indian(b. 1767)
- 1884 –Gregor Johann Mendel, Austrian geneticist (b. 1822)
- 1922 –Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (b. 1842)
- 1941 –Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (b. 1882)
- 1990 –Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (b. 1949)
- 1990 –Pavel Alekseyevich Čerenkov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 2007 –Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934)
- 2010 –James von Brunn, perpetrator of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting (b. 1920)
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