About January 6

January 6, 2025 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.

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Capricorn is the sun 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.

What Happened On January 6

  • 1355 –
    Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.
  • 1449 –
    Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine-Roman Emperor at Mystras.
  • 1492 –
    Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic Monarchs conquest Granada completing the Reconquista.
  • 1579 –
    The Union of Arras is signed.
  • 1690 –
    Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
  • 1839 –
    The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
  • 1870 –
    The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
  • 1900 –
    Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • 1910 –
    The Great White Fleet passes through the Suez Canal, the largest group of ships to pass through up to that time.
  • 1929 –
    King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country’s constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
  • 1931 –
    Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
  • 1941 –
    President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
  • 1950 –
    The United Kingdom recognizes the People’s Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
  • 1953 –
    The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
  • 1960 –
    National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami, Florida.
  • 1967 –
    Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch “Operation Deckhouse Five” in the Mekong River delta.
  • 1992 –
    President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
  • 1993 –
    Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
  • 1995 –
    A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
  • 2005 –
    A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.

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