About January 6

January 6, 2023 is the 6th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

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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 16 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On January 6

  • 1066 –
    Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.
  • 1449 –
    Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine-Roman Emperor at Mystras.
  • 1492 –
    Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic Monarchs conquest Granada completing the Reconquista.
  • 1540 –
    King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
  • 1690 –
    Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
  • 1721 –
    The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
  • 1781 –
    In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
  • 1870 –
    The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
  • 1893 –
    The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
  • 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.
  • 1910 –
    The Great White Fleet passes through the Suez Canal, the largest group of ships to pass through up to that time.
  • 1921 –
    Formation of the Iraqi Army.
  • 1929 –
    King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country’s constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2005 –
    American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers.

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