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What Happened on January 6th This Day in History

Year	Name
2021	Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump attack the United States Capitol to disrupt certification of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in five deaths and evacuation of the U.S. Congress.
2019	Forty people are killed in a gold mine collapse in Badakhshan province, in northern Afghanistan.
2019	Muhammad V of Kelantan resigns as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, becoming the first monarch to do so.
2017	Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.
2012	Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus.
2005	Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner during the American Civil Rights Movement.
2005	A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
1995	A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
1994	U.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.
1993	Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
1993	Four people are killed when Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634 crashes on approach to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, France.
1992	President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
1989	Satwant 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.
1974	In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1967	Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
1960	National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
1960	The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
1951	Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
1950	The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China.
1947	Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
1946	The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
1941	United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
1930	Clessie Cummins arrives at the National Automobile Show in New York City, having driven a car powered by one of his diesel engines from Indianapolis.
1929	King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
1929	Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
1912	New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
1912	German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
1907	Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
1900	Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
1893	The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress.
1870	The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
1847	Samuel Colt obtains his first contract for the sale of revolver pistols to the United States government.
1839	The 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.
1838	Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
1809	Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.
1781	In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
1721	The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
1661	English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England. The revolt is suppressed after a few days.
1641	Arauco War: The first Parliament of Quillín is celebrated, putting a temporary hold on hostilities between Mapuches and Spanish in Chile.
1579	The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain.
1540	King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
1536	The first European school of higher learning in the Americas, Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, is founded by Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga in Mexico City.
1492	The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada at the conclusion of the Granada War.
1449	Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras.
1355	Charles IV of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.
1322	Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia, having defeated his half-brother Stefan Konstantin in battle. His son is crowned "young king" in the same ceremony.
1205	Philip of Swabia undergoes a second coronation as King of the Romans.
1066	Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.

Famous People Born on January 6

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Year	Name
1987	Bongani Khumalo, South African footballer
1256	Gertrude the Great, German mystic (d. 1302)
1931	E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (d. 2015)
1983	Adam Burish, American ice hockey player
1937	Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower (d. 1998)
1910	Wright Morris, American author and photographer (d. 1998)
1915	John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst, physician, and philosopher (d. 2001)
1967	A. R. Rahman, Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, and philanthropist
1948	Guy Gardner, American colonel and astronaut
1969	Norman Reedus, American actor and model

Famous People Deaths On January 6

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on January 6. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1974	David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)
1275	Raymond of Penyafort, Catalan archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
1718	Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1664)
1616	Philip Henslowe, English impresario (b. 1550)
2012	Bob Holness, South African-English radio and television host (b. 1928)
2011	Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1967)
1995	Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
1358	Gertrude van der Oosten, Beguine mystic
1939	Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871)
1693	Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1642)