January 6
Noun 1. twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus (synonym) Epiphany, Epiphany of Our Lord, Twelfth day, Three Kings' Day (hypernym) Christian holy day (part-holonym) January, Jan | ||||
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January 6
Events
- 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.
- 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.
- 1494 - First Mass celebrated in the New World at La Isabela, Hispaniola.
- 1540 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves
- 1579 - The Union of Atrecht was signed.
- 1649 - The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial
- 1661 - The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London.
- 1690 - Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
- 1720 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
- 1781 - In the Battle of Jersey on 6 January the British defeated the last attempt by France to invade Jersey militarily.
- 1806 - Horatio Nelson laid to rest in Saint Paul's Cathedral in London
- 1838 - Samuel Morse first successfully tested the electrical telegraph.
- 1853 - American President-Elect Franklin Pierce and family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts.
- 1870 - The inauguration of the Musikverein (Vienna).
- 1887 - `Abd-allah II of Harar opens the Battle of Chelenqo with an attack on the camp of the Shewan army of Negus Menelik II.
- 1893 - Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
- 1900 - Boers attack Ladysmith, South Africa - over 1,000 people killed
- 1907 - Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome.
- 1912 - New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.
- 1929 - King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the so-called January 6th Dictatorship, Šestojanuarska diktatura.)
- 1929 - Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin a legacy of work amongst India's poorest and diseased people
- 1930 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City).
- 1931 - Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
- 1936 - Supreme Court of the United States rules the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act unconstitutional in the case United States v. Butler et al..
- 1936 - Porky Pig premieres.
- 1940 - Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the city of Poznań, Warthegau.
- 1941 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address.
- 1941 - Keel of USS Missouri (BB-63) is laid at New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn
- 1942 - Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to have a flight go around the world.
- 1950 - The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in response.
- 1961 - A fire at the Thomas Hotel in San Francisco kills 20 people.
- 1967 - United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
- 1974 - In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
- 1977 - The music publisher EMI ends its contract with the notorious punk rock group Sex Pistols after reports of abusive behaviour at Heathrow Airport, London.
- 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 the Second World War.
- 1994 - Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding.
- 1995 - A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
- 2004 - Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate is declared the official anthem of Karnataka
- 2005 - Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers.
- 2005 - First World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace begins in Brussels, Belgium.
- 2006 - Tropical Storm Zeta (2005) dissipates, ending the notorious 2005 hurricane season.
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