About January 6
January 6, 2024 is the 6th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 360 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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 35 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On January 6
- 1066 –Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.
- 1118 –Reconquista: Alfonso the Battler conquers Zaragoza.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1893 –The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
- 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.
- 1930 –The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
- 1931 –Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
- 1947 –Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
- 1950 –The United Kingdom recognizes the People’s Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
- 1951 –Ganghwa massacre: Korean War.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1994 –Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan.
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