January 6 in History

Historical Events on January 6

1017

Cnut the Great is crowned King of England.
1066

Harold Godwinson (or Harold II) is crowned King of England.
1205

Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.
1322

Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia.
1355

Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.
1449

Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras.
1492

The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada, completing the Reconquista.
1540

King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
1579

The Union of Arras is signed.
1661

English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England.
1690

Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
1721

The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
1781

In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
1809

Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.
1838

Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
1839

The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
1870

The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
1893

The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
1900

Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
1907

Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
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.
1929

King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
1929

Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
1930

The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
1931

Thomas Edison signs his last patent application.
1941

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
1946

The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
1947

Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
1950

The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
1951

Korean War: An estimated 200-1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered in what becomes the Ganghwa massacre.
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.
1967

Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
1974

In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1978

The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
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.
1992

President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
1993

Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
1995

A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
2001

Congress certifies George W. Bush winner of 2000 elections.
2005

American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.
2005

A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
2012

Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus.
2017

5 people are killed and 6 others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.

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