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.
  • 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.
  • 1540 –
    King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
  • 1579 –
    The Union of Arras is signed.
  • 1721 –
    The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
  • 1853 –
    President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts.
  • 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.
  • 1912 –
    New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.
  • 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.
  • 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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