January 6
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January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days remaining until the end of the year (360 in leap years).
Since 2021, the terms January 6, January 6th, and 1/6 have been used in the media as a shorthand for the 2021 United States Capitol riots, which occurred on that day
Events
Up to 1900
- 429 – Honoratus, French archbishop (b. 350)
- 768 – Abo of Tiflis, Christian saint
- 1088 – Berengar of Tours, French theologian (b. 999)
- 1537 – Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510)
- 1537 – Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (b. 1481)
- 1646 – Elias Holl, German architect (b. 1573)
- 1689 – Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)
- 1693 – Mehmed IV, ex-Ottoman Sultan (b. 1642)
- 1829 – Josef Dobrovsky, Czech philologist and theologian (b. 1753)
- 1831 – Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer and conductor (b. 1766)
- 1840 – Fanny Burney, English author (b. 1752)
- 1852 – Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind, inventor of Braille (b. 1809)
- 1855 – Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)
- 1882 – Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815)
- 1884 – Gregor Johann Mendel, Austrian geneticist (b. 1822)
- 1896 – Thomas W. Knox, American writer and journalist (b. 1835)
1901 – 2000
- 1918 – Georg Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1845)
- 1919 – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
- 1934 – Herbert Chapman, English football manager (b. 1878)
- 1939 – Gustavs Zemgals, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871)
- 1942 – Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian head of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
- 1944 – Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)
- 1944 – Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
- 1945 – Edith Frank, mother of Anne Frank (b. 1900)
- 1949 – Ivar Lykke, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1872)
- 1972 – Chen Yi, Chinese military commander (b. 1901)
- 1980 – Georgeanna Tillman, American singer (b. 1944)
- 1981 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (b. 1896)
- 1990 – Pavel Cherenkov, Soviet-Russian physicist (b. 1904)
- 1990 – Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (b. 1949)
- 1993 – Dizzy Gillespie, American musician (b. 1917)
- 1993 – Rudolf Nureyev, Russian dancer (b. 1938)
- 1994 – Virginia Dell Cassidy, mother of Bill Clinton (b. 1923)
- 1995 - Karl Guttmann, Dutch theatre director (n. 1913)
- 1995 – Joe Slovo, ANC activist and South African minister of Housing (b. 1926)
- 1997 – Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (b. 1912)
- 1999 – Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist (b. 1962)
- 2000 – Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
From 2001
- 2001 – Al Gore, as President of the United States Senate, names George W. Bush as the winner of the 2000 United States presidential election.
- 2005 – Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights activists.
- 2016 – North Korea declares that nuclear weapons testing of hydrogen atom has been done.
- 2018 – The "MV Sanchi" oil tanker collides with a Hong Kong-flagged ship near Shanghai, causing an explosion and leaving 32 sailors missing.
- 2021 – The 2021 United States Capitol attack, an attack on the United States capitol.
Births
Up to 1850
- 1256 – Gertrude the Great, German mystic and theologian (d. 1302)
- 1367 – Richard II of England (d. 1400)
- 1412 – Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)
- 1486 – Martin Agricola, German composer (d. 1556)
- 1525 – Caspar Peucer, German reformer and physician (d. 1602)
- 1561 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physician (d. 1656)
- 1587 – Gaspar de Guzman, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (d. 1645)
- 1617 – Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (d. 1673)
- 1655 – Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1720)
- 1670 – Alexander Gordon, Scottish-Russian general (d. 1752)
- 1695 – Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian composer (d. 1750)
- 1714 – Percival Pott, English physician (d. 1788)
- 1730 – Thomas Crittenden, 1st Governor of Vermont (d. 1797)
- 1745 – Jacques Etienne Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1799)
- 1787 – Gaspard Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine, 1st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1871)
- 1793 – James Madison Porter, American politician (d. 1862)
- 1798 – Melchior von Diepenbrock, Prince-Bishop of Breslau (d. 1853)
- 1799 – Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer and author (d. 1831)
- 1801 – Daniel Haines, two-time Governor of New Jersey (d. 1877)
- 1803 – Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1888)
- 1805 – Charles J. Jenkins, American politician and Governor of Georgia (d. 1883)
- 1807 – Joseph Petzval, Slovakian inventor (d. 1891)
- 1811 – Charles Sumner, American politician (d. 1874)
- 1812 – Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary figure (d. 1919)
- 1819 – Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)
- 1822 – Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890)
- 1826 – Adolf Kirchhoff, German philologist (d. 1908)
- 1827 – John C. Brown, American Confederate general and politician, Governor of Tennessee (d. 1889)
- 1832 – Gustave Dore, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
- 1837 – Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, President of Uruguay (d. 1905)
- 1838 – Max Bruch, German composer (d. 1920)
- 1842 – Clarence King, American geologist, mountaineer and critic (d. 1901)
- 1848 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1876)
- 1850 – Eduard Bernstein, German politician and political theorist (d. 1932)
- 1850 – Franz Xaver Scharwenka, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1924)
1851 – 1900
- 1856 – Giuseppe Martucci, Italian composer (d. 1909)
- 1857 – William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
- 1857 – Hugh Mahon, Australian politician (d. 1931)
- 1859 – Samuel Alexander, Australian-English philosopher (d. 1938)
- 1861 – Victor Horta, Belgian architect and designer (d. 1947)
- 1862 – August Oetker, German businessman (d. 1918)
- 1868 – Stefan Luchian, Romanian painter (d. 1937)
- 1868 – Vittorio Monti, Italian composer, conductor and violinist (d. 1922)
- 1870 – Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)
- 1872 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (d. 1915)
- 1874 – Fred Niblo, American actor, director and producer (d. 1948)
- 1878 – Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (d. 1967)
- 1880 – Tom Mix, American actor, director and producer (d. 1940)
- 1882 – Sam Rayburn, American politician (d. 1961)
- 1882 – Fan S. Noli, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1965)
- 1883 – Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese writer (d. 1931)
- 1899 – Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile pioneer (d. 1968)
- 1900 – Maria of Yugoslavia (d. 1961)
1901 – 1950
- 1902 – Helmut Poppendick, German physician (d. 1994)
- 1913 – Edward Gierek, Polish politician (d. 2001)
- 1913 – Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1915 – Don Edwards, American politician (d. 2015)
- 1915 – Alan Watts, English philosopher (d. 1973)
- 1920 – John Maynard Smith, English biologist (d. 2004)
- 1920 – Early Wynn, American baseball player
- 1922 – George Carroll, American lawyer and politician (d. 2016)
- 1923 – Norman Kirk, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1974)
- 1924 – Earl Scruggs, American musician (d. 2012)
- 1925 – John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman (d. 2005)
- 1925 – Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 2010)
- 1925 – Ari Rath, Austrian-Israeli journalist (d. 2017)
- 1926 – Ralph Branca, American baseball player (d. 2016)
- 1926 – Pat Flaherty, American racing driver (d. 2002)
- 1926 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)
- 1927 – Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 2014)
- 1928 – Capucine, American actress (d. 1990)
- 1928 – Derek Saunders, English footballer (d. 2018)
- 1929 – Babrak Karmal, Afghan politician (d. 1996)
- 1931 – E. L. Doctorow, American writer (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Dickie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)
- 1932 – José Saraiva Martins, Portuguese cardinal
- 1932 – Max Streibl, German politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (d. 1998)
- 1933 – Oleg Makarov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2003)
- 1933 – Leszek Drogosz, Polish boxer (d. 2012)
- 1933 – Emil Steinberger, Swiss actor, director and screenwriter
- 1934 – Sylvia Sims, English actress
- 1935 – Margarita of Bulgaria
- 1935 – Claude Steiner, French-born American psychologist and writer (d. 2017)
- 1935 – Gerald R. Molen, American film producer
- 1936 – Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre, 49th President of Guatemala
- 1936 – Julio Maria Sanguinetti, former President of Uruguay
- 1937 – Harri Holkeri, 57th Prime Minister of Finland (d. 2011)
- 1937 – Paolo Conte, Italian singer-songwriter, jazz musician and composer
- 1938 – Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor and director
- 1939 – Murray Rose, British-born Australian swimmer (d. 2012)
- 1939 – Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and coach (d. 2002)
- 1941 – Philippe Busquin, Belgian politician
- 1942 – Vicki Lansky, American author and publisher (d. 2017)
- 1943 – Hak Ja Han, South Korean church leader
- 1943 – Terry Venables, English football manager
- 1944 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress (d. 2013)
- 1944 – Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist
- 1945 – Barry John, Welsh rugby player
- 1946 – Syd Barrett, English guitarist, singer and songwriter (Pink Floyd) (d. 2006)
- 1948 – Guy Gardner, American air force officer and astronaut
- 1949 – Carolyn D. Wright, American poet (d. 2016)
- 1950 – Louis Freeh, 10th Director of the FBI
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Kim Wilson, American musician
- 1953 – Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, actor and director (d. 2017)
- 1953 – Manfred Kaltz, German footballer
- 1954 – Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer
- 1954 – Anthony Minghella, English movie director (d. 2008)
- 1954 – Trudie Styler, English actress
- 1955 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor
- 1956 – Angus Deayton, English comedian, actor and television presenter
- 1956 – Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1956 – Clive Woodward, English rugby player and coach
- 1957 – Michael Foale, British-American astronaut
- 1959 – Kathy Sledge, American actress
- 1960 – Nigella Lawson, English chef and writer
- 1960 – Paul Azinger, American golfer
- 1960 – Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1961 – Fergal Keane, Irish-British journalist and BBC News correspondent
- 1964 – Henry Maske, German boxer
- 1964 – Mark O'Toole, English musician
- 1964 – Anthony Scaramucci, American financier, entrepreneur and political figure
- 1964 – Yuri, Mexican singer
- 1965 – Christine Wachtel, German middle-distance runner
- 1966 – Attilio Lombardo, Italian footballer
- 1968 – John Singleton, American director (d. 2018)
- 1969 – Norman Reedus, American actor
- 1971 – Karin Slaughter, American crime fiction writer
- 1972 – Nek, Italian singer
- 1973 – Scott Ferguson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 – Daniel Cordone, Argentine footballer
From 1976
- 1976 – Richard Zednik, Slovakian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Judith Rakers, German newsreader
- 1976 – David Di Michele, Italian footballer
- 1978 – Bubba Franks, American football player
- 1980 – Travis Dodd, Australian footballer
- 1980 – Steed Malbranque, French footballer
- 1981 – Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress
- 1981 – Asante Samuel, American football player
- 1982 – Eddie Redmayne, English actor
- 1983 – Adam Burish, American ice hockey player
- 1985 – Ben Haenow, English singer
- 1985 – Callum McCaig, Scottish politician
- 1985 – Inge Vermeulen, Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (d. 2015)
- 1986 – Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys)
- 1986 – Paul McShane, Irish footballer
- 1986 – Petter Northug, Norwegian skier
- 1986 – Irina Shayk, Russian model
- 1987 – Gemma Gibbons, English judoka
- 1987 – Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer
- 1987 – Bongani Khumalo, South African footballer
- 1989 – Andy Carroll, English footballer
- 1989 – James Durbin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1990 – Sandro Cortese, German motorcycle racer
- 1996 – Courtney Eaton, Australian actress and model
- 2003 – Matty BRaps, American rapper
Deaths
2001 – 2015
- 2002 – Sanya Dharmasakti, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1905)
- 2004 – Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)
- 2005 – Makgatho Mandela, South African lawyer, businessman and son of Nelson Mandela (b. 1950)
- 2005 – Louis Robichaud, 25th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)
- 2006 – Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter, producer and actor (b. 1933)
- 2009 – Ron Asheton, American musician (The Stooges) (b. 1948)
- 2011 – Gary Mason, British boxer (b. 1962)
- 2012 – Roger Boisjoly, American aeronautical engineer (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Bob Holness, South African-born British quiz show host (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Neil Adcock, South African cricketer (b. 1931)
- 2014 – Larry D. Mann, Canadian-American actor (b. 1922)
- 2014 – Lena Smedsaas, Swedish journalist (b. 1951)
- 2014 – Don Ward, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)
- 2015 – Vlastimil Bubnik, Czech ice hockey player and footballer (b. 1931)
- 2015 – Johannes de Villiers Graaff, South African economist (b. 1928)
- 2015 – Basil John Mason, British meteorologist (b. 1923)
- 2015 – Joseph Djida, Cameroonian bishop (b. 1945)
- 2015 – Ron Hovey, Australian football player (b. 1932)
- 2015 – George H. McKee, American air force lieutenant general (b. 1923)
- 2015 – Tim Roberts, American professional wrestler (b. 1976)
From 2016
- 2016 – Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer (b. 1948)
- 2016 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian actress (b. 1925)
- 2016 – Nivaria Tejera, Cuban poet and novelist (b. 1929)
- 2016 – Florence King, American writer (b. 1936)
- 2016 – Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor (b. 1929)
- 2016 – Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Cuban trumpeter (b. 1928)
- 2016 – Ioannis Petridis, Greek politician (b. 1931)
- 2016 – Yves Vincent, French actor (b. 1921)
- 2017 – Om Puri, Indian actor (b. 1950)
- 2017 – Octavio Lepage, Venezuelan politician (b. 1923)
- 2017 – Ricardo Piglia, Argentine author (b. 1941)
- 2017 – Bayezid Osman, Turkish royalty (b. 1924)
- 2017 – Gavin Whittaker, Australian rugby league player (b. 1970)
- 2017 – Francine York, American actress (b. 1936)
- 2017 – Greg Jelks, American-Australian baseball player (b. 1961)
- 2017 – Yaron Ben-Dov, Israeli footballer (b. 1970)
- 2017 – Les Lazarowitz, American sound mixer (b. 1941)
- 2017 – Tilikum, American-held orca (b. 1981)
- 2018 – Horace Ashenfelter, American athlete (b. 1923)
- 2018 – Rita Crocker Clements, American political organizer, First Lady of Texas (b. 1931)
- 2018 – Thomas Bopp, American astronomer (b. 1949)
- 2018 – Marjorie Holt, American politician (b. 1920)
- 2018 – Peter Preston, British journalist, former editor of The Guardian (b. 1938)
- 2018 – Greta Thyssen, Danish-American actress (b. 1927)
- 2018 – Chris Tsangarides, British music producer (b. 1956)
- 2019 – Annalise Braakensiek, Australian model and actress (b. 1972)
- 2020 – Mike Fitzpatrick, American politician (b. 1963)
- 2021 – Maurice Wolin, American former oncologist and convicted sex offender (b. 1958)
- 2022 – Peter Bogdanovich, American movie director, actor, and writer (b. 1939)
- 2022 – F. Sionil José, Filipino writer (b. 1924)
- 2022 – Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, movie director and activist (b. 1927)
Holidays and observances
- Epiphany, feast day of the Three Kings (except Eastern and Oriental Orthodox who follow the Julian Calendar) – Twelfth Day of Christmas
- Public holiday in Spain, Italy and Puerto Rico to mark Epiphany
- Ireland – Little Christmas
- Rastafari – Celebration of the ceremonial birthday of Haile Selassie
- Armenian Christmas (except in the Holy Land where it is on 18 January – old calendar)
- End of Four Hills Ski jumping tournament (Germany, Austria)