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

  • 1492 –
    Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic Monarchs conquest Granada completing the Reconquista.
  • 1540 –
    King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1910 –
    The Great White Fleet passes through the Suez Canal, the largest group of ships to pass through up to that time.
  • 1912 –
    German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
  • 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.
  • 1960 –
    National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami, Florida.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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