January 6: Day of the Week
January 6, 2022 was the 6th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 359 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.
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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.
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January 6 Historical Event(s)
- 1066Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.
- 1205Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.
- 1449Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine-Roman Emperor at Mystras.
- 1690Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
- 1839The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
- 1900Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
- 1929King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country’s constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
- 1930The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
- 1953The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
- 2005American 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?
- 1488Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (d. 1540)
- 1617Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (d. 1673)
- 1812Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary figure (d. 1919)
- 1920Early Wynn, American baseball player (d. 1999)
- 1935Nino Tempo, American singer and actor
- 1943Terry Venables, English football manager
- 1955Richard Corbett, British politician
- 1966Ipče Ahmedovski, Serbo-Macedonian folk singer
- 1986Benjamin Simm, German rugby player
- 1986Irina Shayk, Russian-born American model
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