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, 482,256 hours 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
- 1449 –Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine-Roman Emperor at Mystras.
- 1492 –Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic Monarchs conquest Granada completing the Reconquista.
- 1661 –English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England.
- 1690 –Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
- 1781 –In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
- 1839 –The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
- 1853 –President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts.
- 1900 –Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
- 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 January 6th Dictatorship).
Who were born on January 6?
- 1745 –Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1799)
- 1795 –Anselme Payen, French chemist (d. 1871)
- 1908 –Menachem Avidom, Austro-Hungarian born Israeli composer (d. 1995)
- 1926 –Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (d. 2002)
- 1929 –Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (d. 2006)
- 1929 –Babrak Karmal, Afghan politician (d. 1996)
- 1935 –Nino Tempo, American singer and actor
- 1936 –Darlene Hard, American tennis player
- 1938 –Mario Rodríguez Cobos, Argentine writer and spiritual figure
- 1982 –Brian Bass, American baseball player
Who died on January 6?
- 1088 –Berengar of Tours, French theologian (b. c.999)
- 1537 –Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510)
- 1882 –Richard Henry Dana, Jr., U.S. author (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815)
- 1937 –André Bessette, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)
- 1942 –Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)
- 1981 –A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (b. 1896)
- 1984 –Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-U.S. cinematographer (b. 1898)
- 2000 –Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
- 2005 –Louis Robichaud, Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)
- 2009 –Ron Asheton, American guitarist (The Stooges) (b. 1948)
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