Saturday January 6, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

January 6: Day of the Week

January 6, 2024 was the 6th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 360 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

January 6 Historical Event(s)

1066
Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.
1118
Reconquista: Alfonso the Battler conquers Zaragoza.
1355
Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.
1540
King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
1839
The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
1853
President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts.
1912
German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
1950
The United Kingdom recognizes the People’s Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
1993
Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
2005
American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers.

Who were born on January 6?

1832
Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
1861
George Lloyd (bishop of Saskatchewan), Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)
1883
Khalil Gibran, Lebanese writer (d. 1931)
1934
John Wieners, American lyric poet (d. 2002)
1940
Penny Lernoux, American journalist (d. 1989)
1948
Guy Gardner, American astronaut
1954
Trudie Styler, English actress
1959
Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer
1964
Yuri, Mexican actress and singer
1966
Ipče Ahmedovski, Serbo-Macedonian folk singer

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