January 06 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | January 06 Calendar
January 6th Daily Holidays include:
- Apple Tree Day
- Armenian Christmas
- Cuddle Up Day
- Epiphany, or Three Kings Day – (12th Day After Christmas)
- National Shortbread Day
- National Smith Day
- National Take a Poet to Lunch Day
- National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day
- National Technology Day
- World Day for War Orphans
January 06: Famous Birthdays
- January 06, 1367 – King Richard II of England
- January 06, 1412 – Joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France
- January 06, 1854 – Sherlock Holmes fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)
- January 06, 1914 – Danny Thomas, comedian know for the Danny Thomas Show
January 06: Historical Events
- January 06, 1773 – Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom.
- January 06, 1912 – New Mexico becomes 47th state
- January 06, 1914 – Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded
- January 06, 1929 – Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin a her work amongst India’s poorest and diseased people.
- January 06, 1930 – 1st diesel engine automobile trip, in a Packard sedan, was completed from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
- January 06, 1939 – Daily newspaper comic strip “Superman” debuts
- January 06, 1941 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
- January 06, 1942 – Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
- January 06, 1960 – National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami, Florida.
- January 06, 1995 – A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack with multiple targets. (Scary to read about the details of this plot – sounds similar to 9-11, but with more targets)
- January 06, 2017 – Donald Trump is certified as the winner of the 2016 Presidential election by the U.S. Congress
January 06: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for January 6 is a Capricorn.
January Birthstone:
The Birthstone for January is Garnet, which comes in a rainbow of colors. It is considered a great gift to symbolize friendship and trust.
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