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This day in history: 6 January

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352 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 6 January.
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2025: Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister of Canada after nine years in office.

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast day: André Bessette (Roman Catholic Church)

Christian Feast day: January 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christmas: Christmas (Armenian Apostolic Church)

Christmas: Christmas Eve (Russia)

Christmas: Christmas Eve (Ukraine)

Epiphany or Three Kings' Day (Western Christianity) or Theophany (Eastern Christianity), and its related observances: Little Christmas (Ireland)

Epiphany or Three Kings' Day (Western Christianity) or Theophany (Eastern Christianity), and its related observances: Þrettándinn (Iceland)

Events

2025Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister of Canada after nine years in office.

2021Supporters of U.S. president Donald Trump storm the United States Capitol Building to disrupt certification of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in four deaths and evacuation of the U.S. Congress.

2019Muhammad V of Kelantan resigns as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, becoming the first monarch to do so.

2017Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.

2012Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus.

2005A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.

2005Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner during the American Civil Rights Movement.

1995A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.

1994U.S. figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked and injured by an assailant hired by her rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

1993Four people are killed when Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634 crashes on approach to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, France.

1993Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.

1992President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.

1989Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.

1974Aeroflot Flight H-75 crashes near Mukachevo, killing 24.

1974In response to the 1973 oil crisis, the United States implements the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act, switching to permanent daylight saving time for a trial period.

1969Allegheny Airlines Flight 737 crashes in Lafayette Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States, killing 11.

1968Aeroflot Flight 1668 crashes near Olyokminsk, killing 45.

1967Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.

1960National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.

1960The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.

1951Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.

1947Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.

1946The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.

1941United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.

1929King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution, starting the January 6th Dictatorship.

1929Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.

1912German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.

1912New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.

1900Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.

1839The Night of the Big Wind, the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.

1838Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).

1809Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.

1781In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.

1725J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, a chorale cantata for Epiphany.

1724Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65, a Bach cantata, for Epiphany, is performed the first time.

1721The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.

1661English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England. The revolt is suppressed after a few days.

1641Arauco War: The first Parliament of Quillín is celebrated, putting a temporary hold on hostilities between Mapuches and Spanish in Chile.

1579The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain.

1540King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.

Born on this day

2006Stefanos Tzimas, Greek footballer

2003MattyBRaps, American rapper, singer, and YouTuber

2000Fiete Arp, German footballer

2000Jack McBain, Canadian ice hockey player

2000Kwon Eun-bin, South Korean singer and actress

2000Mohamed Camara, Malian footballer

2000Shuhua, Taiwanese singer

2000Tyler Oliveira, American YouTuber

1999Mac McClung, American basketball player

1999Polo G, American rapper

1997Michel Aebischer, Swiss footballer

1996Courtney Eaton, Australian model and actress

1994Catriona Gray, Filipino-Australian model, singer and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2018

1994Denis Suárez, Spanish footballer

1994Jameis Winston, American football player

1994Jay B, South Korean singer

1993Jérôme Roussillon, French-Guadeloupean footballer

1993Jesús Manuel Corona, Mexican footballer

1993Pat Connaughton, American basketball player

1992Corey Conners, Canadian professional golfer

1991Duarte Alves, Portuguese politician

1991Kevin Gausman, American baseball player

1991Will Barton, American basketball player

1990Alex Teixeira, Brazilian footballer

1990Cristian Erbes, Argentine footballer

1990Sean Kilpatrick, American basketball player

1989Andy Carroll, English footballer

1989Derrick Morgan, American football player

1989Sergio León, Spanish footballer

1987Arin Hanson, American YouTuber

1987Bongani Khumalo, South African footballer

1987Ndamukong Suh, American football player

1986Alex Turner, English singer, songwriter, and musician

1986Irina Shayk, Russian fashion model

1986Paul McShane, Irish footballer

1986Petter Northug, Norwegian skier

1984A. J. Hawk, American football player and analyst

1984Eric Trump, American businessman

1984Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian

1983Adam Burish, American ice hockey player

Died on this day

2023Mary Lou Kownacki, American Roman Catholic nun, peace activist, and writer (born 1941)

2022Francisco Sionil Jose, Philippine novelist (born 1924)

2022Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)

2022Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat (born 1927)

2021Ashli Babbitt, American participant in the January 6 United States Capitol attack

2021Gordon Renwick, Canadian ice hockey administrator and businessman (born 1935)

2021James Cross, British diplomat kidnapped during the 1970 October crisis in Québec (born 1921)

2020Richard Maponya, South African businessman (born 1920)

2019José Ramón Fernández, Cuban revolution leader (born 1923)

2019Lamin Sanneh, Gambian-born American professor (born 1942)

2019Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (born 1917)

2019W. Morgan Sheppard, British actor (born 1932)

2017Octavio Lepage, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (born 1923)

2017Om Puri, Indian actor (born 1950)

2016Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (born 1948)

2016Florence King, American journalist and author (born 1936)

2016Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter (born 1929)

2016Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (born 1925)

2015Basil John Mason, English meteorologist and academic (born 1923)

2014Julian Rotter, American psychologist and academic (born 1916)

2014Marina Ginestà, French Resistance soldier and photographer (born 1919)

2014Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1947)

2013Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (born 1923)

2012Bob Holness, South African-English radio and television host (born 1928)

2011Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (born 1967)

2008Shmuel Berenbaum, Rabbi of Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn) (born 1920)

2007Roberta Wohlstetter, American political scientist, historian, and academic (born 1912)

2006Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter (born 1933)

2005Eileen Desmond, Irish civil servant and politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health (born 1932)

2005Lois Hole, Canadian academic and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (born 1929)

Quote of the day

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”

Marcus Aurelius

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