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| January 6th, 2018 (January 06 2018) | Death | Armenian Christmas (except in the Holy Land where it is on 18 Januaryold calendar) | |
| January 6th, 2007 (January 06 2007) | Death | Roberta Wohlstetter, military historian and strategist (born in 1912) | |
| January 6th, 2007 (January 06 2007) | Death | Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special-effects artist (born in 1934) | |
| January 6th, 2007 (January 06 2007) | Death | Mario Danelo, American football player (born in 1985) | |
| January 6th, 2006 (January 06 2006) | Death | Lou Rawls, American singer (born in 1933) | |
| January 6th, 2006 (January 06 2006) | Death | Hugh Thompson, Jr., decorated Vietnam War helicopter pilot (born in 1943) | |
| January 6th, 2005 (January 06 2005) | Event | Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers. | |
| January 6th, 2005 (January 06 2005) | Death | Louis Robichaud, Premier of New Brunswick (born in 1925) | |
| January 6th, 2005 (January 06 2005) | Death | Lois Hole, Lt. Governor of Alberta (born in 1933) | |
| January 6th, 2004 (January 06 2004) | Event | Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate is declared the official anthem of Karnataka. | |
| January 6th, 2004 (January 06 2004) | Event | Costas Simitis announces his resignation as president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement in Greece. | |
| January 6th, 2004 (January 06 2004) | Death | Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (born in 1921) | |
| January 6th, 2004 (January 06 2004) | Death | Charles Dumas, American athlete (born in 1937) | |
| January 6th, 2004 (January 06 2004) | Death | Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (born in 1954) | |
| January 6th, 2000 (January 06 2000) | Death | Don Martin, American cartoonist (born in 1931) | |
| January 6th, 1999 (January 06 1999) | Death | Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist (born in 1962) | |
| January 6th, 1997 (January 06 1997) | Death | Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (born in 1912) | |
| January 6th, 1995 (January 06 1995) | Event | A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack. | |
| January 6th, 1995 (January 06 1995) | Death | Joe Slovo, South African politician (born in 1926) | |
| January 6th, 1993 (January 06 1993) | Death | Dizzy Gillespie, acclaimed jazz trumpet player (born in 1917) | |
| January 6th, 1993 (January 06 1993) | Death | Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (born in 1938) | |
| January 6th, 1990 (January 06 1990) | Death | Pavel Alekseyevich Cerenkov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1904) | |
| January 6th, 1990 (January 06 1990) | Death | Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (born in 1949) | |
| January 6th, 1986 (January 06 1986) | Birth | Paul McShane, Irish footballer | |
| January 6th, 1986 (January 06 1986) | Birth | Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys) | |
| January 6th, 1985 (January 06 1985) | Birth | RP Singh, Indian cricketer | |
| January 6th, 1984 (January 06 1984) | Birth | A.J. Hawk, American football player | |
| January 6th, 1984 (January 06 1984) | Birth | Sean O Brien, Australian professional windsurfer | |
| January 6th, 1984 (January 06 1984) | Death | Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-U.S. cinematographer (born in 1898) | |
| January 6th, 1982 (January 06 1982) | Birth | Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player | |
| January 6th, 1982 (January 06 1982) | Birth | Brian Bass, American baseball player | |
| January 6th, 1982 (January 06 1982) | Birth | Tiffany Pollard, American reality television personality | |
| January 6th, 1981 (January 06 1981) | Birth | Mike Jones, American rapper | |
| January 6th, 1981 (January 06 1981) | Birth | Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress | |
| January 6th, 1981 (January 06 1981) | Birth | Jeremie Renier, Belgian actor | |
| January 6th, 1981 (January 06 1981) | Birth | Asante Samuel, National Football League Defensive Back | |
| January 6th, 1981 (January 06 1981) | Death | A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (born in 1896) | |
| January 6th, 1980 (January 06 1980) | Event | The beginning of the first GPS epoch. | |
| January 6th, 1980 (January 06 1980) | Birth | Steed Malbranque, French footballer | |
| January 6th, 1980 (January 06 1980) | Birth | Hiromi Oshima, Japanese adult model | |
| January 6th, 1978 (January 06 1978) | Event | 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. | |
| January 6th, 1978 (January 06 1978) | Birth | Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer | |
| January 6th, 1978 (January 06 1978) | Birth | Casey Fossum, Major League Baseball player | |
| January 6th, 1978 (January 06 1978) | Birth | Tara Spencer-Nairn, Canadian actress | |
| January 6th, 1978 (January 06 1978) | Death | Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (born in 1899) | |
| January 6th, 1976 (January 06 1976) | Birth | Danny Pintauro, American actor | |
| January 6th, 1976 (January 06 1976) | Birth | Richard Zednik, Slovak ice hockey player | |
| January 6th, 1976 (January 06 1976) | Birth | Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor | |
| January 6th, 1975 (January 06 1975) | Birth | James Farrior, American football player | |
| January 6th, 1975 (January 06 1975) | Birth | Jason King, English radio DJ (Radio 1) | |
| January 6th, 1975 (January 06 1975) | Birth | Yukana, Japanese seiyu | |
| January 6th, 1974 (January 06 1974) | Event | In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States. | |
| January 6th, 1974 (January 06 1974) | Birth | Daniel Cordone, Argentine footballer | |
| January 6th, 1974 (January 06 1974) | Birth | Nicole DeHuff, American actress (died in 2005) | |
| January 6th, 1973 (January 06 1973) | Birth | Scott Ferguson, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 6th, 1972 (January 06 1972) | Birth | Nek, Italian singer | |
| January 6th, 1972 (January 06 1972) | Death | Chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (born in 1901) | |
| January 6th, 1971 (January 06 1971) | Birth | Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer | |
| January 6th, 1971 (January 06 1971) | Birth | Irwin Thomas, Australian singer (ex-Southern Sons) | |
| January 6th, 1970 (January 06 1970) | Birth | Julie Chen, American television presenter | |
| January 6th, 1970 (January 06 1970) | Birth | Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player | |
| January 6th, 1969 (January 06 1969) | Birth | Norman Reedus, American model and actor | |
| January 6th, 1968 (January 06 1968) | Birth | John Singleton, American film director | |
| January 6th, 1967 (January 06 1967) | Event | United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta. | |
| January 6th, 1966 (January 06 1966) | Birth | Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (died in 1990) | |
| January 6th, 1966 (January 06 1966) | Birth | Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor | |
| January 6th, 1966 (January 06 1966) | Birth | A. R. Rahman, Indian composer | |
| January 6th, 1966 (January 06 1966) | Death | Jean Lurcat, French painter and tapestry designer (born in 1892) | |
| January 6th, 1965 (January 06 1965) | Birth | Muhammed al-Ahari, American Muslim writer | |
| January 6th, 1965 (January 06 1965) | Birth | Konnan, Cuban-born professional wrestler | |
| January 6th, 1965 (January 06 1965) | Birth | Bjorn Lomborg, Danish mathematician | |
| January 6th, 1964 (January 06 1964) | Birth | Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (died in 2005) | |
| January 6th, 1964 (January 06 1964) | Birth | Charles Haley, American football player | |
| January 6th, 1964 (January 06 1964) | Birth | Henry Maske, German boxer | |
| January 6th, 1964 (January 06 1964) | Birth | Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler | |
| January 6th, 1964 (January 06 1964) | Birth | Mark O Toole, English bass guitarist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) | |
| January 6th, 1964 (January 06 1964) | Birth | Yuri, Mexican actress and singer | |
| January 6th, 1962 (January 06 1962) | Birth | Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (died in 2002) | |
| January 6th, 1960 (January 06 1960) | Birth | Paul Azinger, American golfer | |
| January 6th, 1960 (January 06 1960) | Birth | Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player | |
| January 6th, 1960 (January 06 1960) | Birth | Nigella Lawson, English chef and writer | Nigella Lawson Quotes |
| January 6th, 1960 (January 06 1960) | Birth | Howie Long, National Football League player | |
| January 6th, 1960 (January 06 1960) | Birth | Andrea Thompson, American actress | |
| January 6th, 1959 (January 06 1959) | Birth | Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer | |
| January 6th, 1959 (January 06 1959) | Birth | Kathy Sledge, American singer | |
| January 6th, 1958 (January 06 1958) | Birth | Themos Anastasiadis, Greek journalist, television presenter and newspaper editor | |
| January 6th, 1958 (January 06 1958) | Birth | Scott Bryce, American actor | |
| January 6th, 1957 (January 06 1957) | Birth | Nancy Lopez, American golfer | |
| January 6th, 1956 (January 06 1956) | Birth | Angus Deayton, English comedian, actor and television presenter | |
| January 6th, 1955 (January 06 1955) | Birth | Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor | |
| January 6th, 1955 (January 06 1955) | Birth | Richard Corbett, Labour Member of the European Parliament | |
| January 6th, 1954 (January 06 1954) | Birth | Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect | |
| January 6th, 1954 (January 06 1954) | Birth | Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer | |
| January 6th, 1954 (January 06 1954) | Birth | Anthony Minghella, British film director (died in 2008) | |
| January 6th, 1954 (January 06 1954) | Birth | Karen Moras, Australian Olympic swimmer | |
| January 6th, 1954 (January 06 1954) | Birth | Trudie Styler, English actress | |
| January 6th, 1953 (January 06 1953) | Birth | Malcolm Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC) | |
| January 6th, 1952 (January 06 1952) | Birth | Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (died in 2003) | |
| January 6th, 1952 (January 06 1952) | Birth | Frank Sivero, Italian-born American actor | |
| January 6th, 1951 (January 06 1951) | Birth | Don Gullett, American baseball player | |
| January 6th, 1951 (January 06 1951) | Birth | Kim Wilson, American musician (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) | |
| January 6th, 1950 (January 06 1950) | Event | The United Kingdom recognizes the People s Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response. | |
| January 6th, 1950 (January 06 1950) | Birth | Louis Freeh, former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
| January 6th, 1949 (January 06 1949) | Death | Victor Fleming, American director (born in 1883) | |
| January 6th, 1947 (January 06 1947) | Birth | Sandy Denny, English singer and songwriter (died in 1978) | |
| January 6th, 1946 (January 06 1946) | Birth | Syd Barrett, English guitarist, singer and songwriter Pink Floyd (died in 2006) | |
| January 6th, 1945 (January 06 1945) | Birth | Allen Appel, American novelist | |
| January 6th, 1945 (January 06 1945) | Death | Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (born in 1863) | |
| January 6th, 1945 (January 06 1945) | Death | Edith Frank, mother of Anne Frank (born in 1900) | Anne Frank Quotes |
| January 6th, 1944 (January 06 1944) | Birth | Bonnie Franklin, American actress | |
| January 6th, 1944 (January 06 1944) | Birth | Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist, Nobel laureate | |
| January 6th, 1944 (January 06 1944) | Death | Ida Tarbell, American journalist (born in 1857) | |
| January 6th, 1943 (January 06 1943) | Birth | Terry Venables, English football manager | |
| January 6th, 1942 (January 06 1942) | Event | Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world. | |
| January 6th, 1942 (January 06 1942) | Death | Emma Calve, French soprano (born in 1858) | |
| January 6th, 1942 (January 06 1942) | Death | Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian International Olympic Committee president (born in 1876) | |
| January 6th, 1941 (January 06 1941) | Event | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Quotes |
| January 6th, 1941 (January 06 1941) | Death | Charley O Leary, American baseball player (born in 1882) | |
| January 6th, 1940 (January 06 1940) | Event | Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the city of Poznan, Warthegau. | |
| January 6th, 1940 (January 06 1940) | Birth | Van McCoy, American musician (died in 1979) | |
| January 6th, 1940 (January 06 1940) | Birth | Penny Lernoux, American journalist (died in 1989) | Penny Lernoux Quotes |
| January 6th, 1939 (January 06 1939) | Birth | Murray Rose, Australian Olympic swimmer | Al Murray Quotes |
| January 6th, 1938 (January 06 1938) | Birth | Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor | |
| January 6th, 1938 (January 06 1938) | Birth | Prof Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria | |
| January 6th, 1938 (January 06 1938) | Birth | Mario Rodriguez Cobos "Silo", Argentine writer and spiritual leader | |
| January 6th, 1937 (January 06 1937) | Birth | Doris Troy, American singer (died in 2004) | |
| January 6th, 1937 (January 06 1937) | Birth | Paolo Conte, Italian singer | |
| January 6th, 1937 (January 06 1937) | Birth | Lou Holtz, American football coach | |
| January 6th, 1937 (January 06 1937) | Death | Andre Besette, Canadian religious figure (born in 1845) | |
| January 6th, 1936 (January 06 1936) | Event | The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act was unconstitutional in the case United States v. Butler et al. | |
| January 6th, 1936 (January 06 1936) | Birth | Ruben Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player | |
| January 6th, 1936 (January 06 1936) | Birth | Darlene Hard, U.S. tennis player | |
| January 6th, 1936 (January 06 1936) | Birth | Julio Maria Sanguinetti Coirolo, President of Uruguay | |
| January 6th, 1935 (January 06 1935) | Birth | Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria | |
| January 6th, 1935 (January 06 1935) | Birth | Nino Tempo, American singer and actor | |
| January 6th, 1934 (January 06 1934) | Birth | Harry M Miller, Australian entrepreneur | |
| January 6th, 1934 (January 06 1934) | Birth | Tassos Papadopoulos, president of the Republic of Cyprus | |
| January 6th, 1934 (January 06 1934) | Birth | Sylvia Sims, English actress | |
| January 6th, 1934 (January 06 1934) | Death | Herbert Chapman , Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (born in 1878) | |
| January 6th, 1933 (January 06 1933) | Birth | Oleg Makarov, Soviet cosmonaut (died in 2003) | |
| January 6th, 1933 (January 06 1933) | Birth | Emil Steinberger, Swiss comedian | |
| January 6th, 1933 (January 06 1933) | Death | Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (born in 1848) | |
| January 6th, 1932 (January 06 1932) | Birth | Stuart A. Rice, American chemist | |
| January 6th, 1931 (January 06 1931) | Event | Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. | |
| January 6th, 1931 (January 06 1931) | Birth | E. L. Doctorow, American author | |
| January 6th, 1931 (January 06 1931) | Birth | Dickie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 6th, 1930 (January 06 1930) | Event | The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). | |
| January 6th, 1930 (January 06 1930) | Birth | Vic Tayback, American actor (died in 1990) | |
| January 6th, 1929 (January 06 1929) | Event | King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country s constitution (the so-called January 6th Dictatorship, Sestojanuarska diktatura). | |
| January 6th, 1929 (January 06 1929) | Event | Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin a her work amongst India s poorest and diseased people. | |
| January 6th, 1929 (January 06 1929) | Birth | Babrak Karmal, Afghani politician (died in 1996) | |
| January 6th, 1928 (January 06 1928) | Birth | Capucine, French actress (died in 1990) | |
| January 6th, 1928 (January 06 1928) | Birth | George H. Ross, American businessman | |
| January 6th, 1928 (January 06 1928) | Death | Alvin Kraenzlein, American athlete (born in 1876) | |
| January 6th, 1926 (January 06 1926) | Birth | Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (2002) | |
| January 6th, 1926 (January 06 1926) | Birth | Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (died in 2003) | |
| January 6th, 1926 (January 06 1926) | Birth | Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born actor and bodybuilder (died in 2006) | |
| January 6th, 1926 (January 06 1926) | Birth | Ralph Branca, American baseball player | |
| January 6th, 1926 (January 06 1926) | Birth | Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea and Nobel laureate | |
| January 6th, 1925 (January 06 1925) | Birth | John De Lorean, American auto maker (died in 2005) | |
| January 6th, 1924 (January 06 1924) | Birth | Earl Scruggs, American musician | |
| January 6th, 1923 (January 06 1923) | Birth | Norman Kirk, Prime Minister of New Zealand (died in 1974) | |
| January 6th, 1923 (January 06 1923) | Birth | Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer (died in 1999) | |
| January 6th, 1922 (January 06 1922) | Death | Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (born in 1842) | |
| January 6th, 1921 (January 06 1921) | Birth | Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (died in 1998) | |
| January 6th, 1920 (January 06 1920) | Birth | Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (died in 1987) | |
| January 6th, 1920 (January 06 1920) | Birth | Early Wynn, American baseball player (died in 1999) | |
| January 6th, 1920 (January 06 1920) | Birth | John Maynard Smith, English biologist (died in 2004) | |
| January 6th, 1920 (January 06 1920) | Birth | Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist | |
| January 6th, 1919 (January 06 1919) | Death | Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (born in 1858) | Theodore Roosevelt Quotes |
| January 6th, 1919 (January 06 1919) | Death | Max Heindel, Danish astrologer and mystic (born in 1865) | Max Heindel Quotes |
| January 6th, 1918 (January 06 1918) | Death | Georg Cantor, German mathematician (born in 1845) | |
| January 6th, 1917 (January 06 1917) | Birth | Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (died in 2005) | |
| January 6th, 1916 (January 06 1916) | Birth | Vincent Serventy, Australian writer and conservationist (died in 2007) | |
| January 6th, 1915 (January 06 1915) | Birth | Alan Watts, English writer/philosopher (died in 1973) | Alan Watts Quotes |
| January 6th, 1915 (January 06 1915) | Birth | John C Lilly, U.S. psychoanalyst, writer (died in 2001) | |
| January 6th, 1913 (January 06 1913) | Birth | Loretta Young, American actress (died in 2000) | |
| January 6th, 1913 (January 06 1913) | Birth | Edward Gierek, Polish politician (died in 2001) | |
| January 6th, 1913 (January 06 1913) | Death | Frederick Hitch, English Victoria Cross Winner (born in 1856) | |
| January 6th, 1912 (January 06 1912) | Event | New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state. | |
| January 6th, 1912 (January 06 1912) | Birth | Danny Thomas, American actor (died in 1991) | |
| January 6th, 1910 (January 06 1910) | Birth | Wright Morris, American writer (died in 1998) | |
| January 6th, 1907 (January 06 1907) | Event | Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome. | |
| January 6th, 1907 (January 06 1907) | Birth | David Fleay, Australian naturalist (died in 1993) | |
| January 6th, 1905 (January 06 1905) | Birth | Idris Davies, Welsh poet (died in 1953) | |
| January 6th, 1903 (January 06 1903) | Birth | Francis L. Sullivan, English actor (died in 1956) | |
| January 6th, 1903 (January 06 1903) | Birth | Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor (died in 1993) | |
| January 6th, 1902 (January 06 1902) | Birth | Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (died in 1994) | |
| January 6th, 1900 (January 06 1900) | Event | Boers attack Ladysmith, South Africaover 1,000 people killed. | Cao Cao Quotes |
| January 6th, 1900 (January 06 1900) | Birth | Kathryn Hulme, U.S. novelist (The Nun s Story) (died in 1981) | |
| January 6th, 1899 (January 06 1899) | Birth | Phyllis Haver, American actress (died in 1960) | |
| January 6th, 1899 (January 06 1899) | Birth | Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer (died in 1968) | |
| January 6th, 1898 (January 06 1898) | Birth | James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (died in 1965) | |
| January 6th, 1898 (January 06 1898) | Birth | Charles E. Pont, American artist (died in 1971) | |
| January 6th, 1893 (January 06 1893) | Event | The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison. | |
| January 6th, 1887 (January 06 1887) | Event | `Abd-allah II of Harar opens the Battle of Chelenqo with an attack on the camp of the Shewan army of Negus Menelik II. | |
| January 6th, 1885 (January 06 1885) | Death | Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Norwegian writer and scientist (born in 1812) | |
| January 6th, 1884 (January 06 1884) | Death | Gregor Johann Mendel, Austrian geneticist (born in 1822) | |
| January 6th, 1883 (January 06 1883) | Birth | Khalil Gibran, Lebanese writer (died in 1931) | Khalil Gibran Quotes |
| January 6th, 1882 (January 06 1882) | Birth | Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (died in 1949) | |
| January 6th, 1882 (January 06 1882) | Birth | Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died in 1961) | |
| January 6th, 1882 (January 06 1882) | Birth | Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop (died in 1965) | |
| January 6th, 1882 (January 06 1882) | Death | Richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (born in 1815) | |
| January 6th, 1880 (January 06 1880) | Birth | Tom Mix, American actor (died in 1940) | |
| January 6th, 1878 (January 06 1878) | Birth | Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (died in 1967) | |
| January 6th, 1878 (January 06 1878) | Birth | Dame Adeline Genee, Danish-British ballerina (died in 1970) | |
| January 6th, 1874 (January 06 1874) | Birth | Fred Niblo, U.S. film actor, director, producer (died in 1948) | |
| January 6th, 1872 (January 06 1872) | Birth | Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (died in 1915) | |
| January 6th, 1870 (January 06 1870) | Event | The inauguration of the Musikverein (Vienna). | |
| January 6th, 1870 (January 06 1870) | Birth | Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (died in 1944) | |
| January 6th, 1868 (January 06 1868) | Birth | Vittorio Monti, Italian composer (Csardas) (died in 1922) | |
| January 6th, 1861 (January 06 1861) | Birth | George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (died in 1940) | |
| January 6th, 1857 (January 06 1857) | Birth | Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (died in 1931) | |
| January 6th, 1857 (January 06 1857) | Birth | William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1896) | |
| January 6th, 1856 (January 06 1856) | Birth | Giuseppe Martucci, Italian composer (died in 1909) | |
| January 6th, 1855 (January 06 1855) | Death | Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (born in 1779) | |
| January 6th, 1853 (January 06 1853) | Event | American President-Elect Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts. | Franklin Pierce Quotes |
| January 6th, 1852 (January 06 1852) | Death | Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (born in 1809) | |
| January 6th, 1850 (January 06 1850) | Birth | Franz Xaver Scharwenka, Polish-German pianist and composer (died in 1924) | |
| January 6th, 1848 (January 06 1848) | Birth | Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and revolutionary (died in 1876) | |
| January 6th, 1840 (January 06 1840) | Death | Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (born in 1752) | |
| January 6th, 1838 (January 06 1838) | Event | Samuel Morse first successfully tests the electrical telegraph. | |
| January 6th, 1838 (January 06 1838) | Birth | Max Bruch, German composer (died in 1920) | |
| January 6th, 1832 (January 06 1832) | Birth | Gustave Dore, French painter and sculptor (died in 1883) | |
| January 6th, 1831 (January 06 1831) | Death | Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer and conductor (born in 1766) | |
| January 6th, 1822 (January 06 1822) | Birth | Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (died in 1890) | |
| January 6th, 1819 (January 06 1819) | Birth | Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (died in 1886) | |
| January 6th, 1813 (January 06 1813) | Death | Louis Baraguey d Hilliers, French general (born in 1764) | |
| January 6th, 1812 (January 06 1812) | Birth | Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (died in 1919) | |
| January 6th, 1811 (January 06 1811) | Birth | Charles Sumner, U.S. politician (died in 1874) | |
| January 6th, 1808 (January 06 1808) | Birth | Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (died in 1864) | |
| January 6th, 1807 (January 06 1807) | Birth | Jozef Maximilian Petzval, Slovak inventor (died in 1891) | |
| January 6th, 1803 (January 06 1803) | Birth | Henri Herz, Austrian pianist, composer (died in 1888) | |
| January 6th, 1799 (January 06 1799) | Birth | Jedediah Strong Smith, U.S. hunter, explorer (died in 1831) | |
| January 6th, 1795 (January 06 1795) | Birth | Anselme Payen, French chemist (died in 1871) | |
| January 6th, 1793 (January 06 1793) | Birth | James Madison Porter, American politician (died in 1862) | James Madison Quotes |
| January 6th, 1781 (January 06 1781) | Event | In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey. | |
| January 6th, 1745 (January 06 1745) | Birth | Etienne Montgolfier, French inventor (died in 1799) | |
| January 6th, 1734 (January 06 1734) | Death | John Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (born in 1657) | |
| January 6th, 1731 (January 06 1731) | Death | Etienne Francois Geoffroy, French chemist (born in 1672) | |
| January 6th, 1725 (January 06 1725) | Death | Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese dramatist (born in 1653) | |
| January 6th, 1720 (January 06 1720) | Event | The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings. | |
| January 6th, 1718 (January 06 1718) | Death | Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (born in 1648) | |
| January 6th, 1718 (January 06 1718) | Death | Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (born in 1664) | |
| January 6th, 1714 (January 06 1714) | Birth | Percivall Pott, English physician (died in 1788) | |
| January 6th, 1711 (January 06 1711) | Death | Philipp van Almonde, Dutch admiral (born in 1646) | |
| January 6th, 1693 (January 06 1693) | Death | Mehmed IV, ex-Ottoman Sultan (born in 1642) | |
| January 6th, 1690 (January 06 1690) | Event | Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans. | |
| January 6th, 1689 (January 06 1689) | Death | Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (born in 1617) | |
| January 6th, 1673 (January 06 1673) | Birth | 1st Duke of Chandos, English aristocrat, eponym of Handel s Chandos Anthems (died in 1744) | |
| January 6th, 1661 (January 06 1661) | Event | The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. | |
| January 6th, 1655 (January 06 1655) | Birth | Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died in 1705) | |
| January 6th, 1655 (January 06 1655) | Birth | Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (died in 1720) | |
| January 6th, 1649 (January 06 1649) | Event | The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial. | |
| January 6th, 1646 (January 06 1646) | Death | Elias Holl, German Architect (born in 1573) | |
| January 6th, 1617 (January 06 1617) | Birth | Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (died in 1673) | |
| January 6th, 1616 (January 06 1616) | Death | Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) | |
| January 6th, 1595 (January 06 1595) | Birth | Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French man of letters (died in 1650) | |
| January 6th, 1592 (January 06 1592) | Death | Johann Casimir of Simmern, Elector Palatine (born in 1543) | |
| January 6th, 1587 (January 06 1587) | Birth | Gaspar de Guzman y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (died in 1645) | |
| January 6th, 1580 (January 06 1580) | Birth | (baptised) John Smith of Jamestown (died in 1631) | James Smith Quotes |
| January 6th, 1579 (January 06 1579) | Event | The Union of Atrecht is signed. | |
| January 6th, 1561 (January 06 1561) | Birth | Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (died in 1656) | |
| January 6th, 1540 (January 06 1540) | Event | King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves. | Henry VIII of England Quotes |
| January 6th, 1537 (January 06 1537) | Death | Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (born in 1481) | |
| January 6th, 1537 (January 06 1537) | Death | Alessandro de Medici, Duke of Florence (born in 1510) | |
| January 6th, 1535 (January 06 1535) | Event | Francisco Pizarro founds the city of Lima, Peru. | |
| January 6th, 1525 (January 06 1525) | Birth | Caspar Peucer, German reformer (died in 1602) | |
| January 6th, 1494 (January 06 1494) | Event | The first Mass in the New World is celebrated at La Isabela, Hispaniola. | |
| January 6th, 1488 (January 06 1488) | Birth | Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (died in 1540) | |
| January 6th, 1486 (January 06 1486) | Birth | Martin Agricola, German composer (died in 1556) | |
| January 6th, 1481 (January 06 1481) | Death | Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde | |
| January 6th, 1449 (January 06 1449) | Event | Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI is crowned at Mistra. | |
| January 6th, 1448 (January 06 1448) | Death | Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (born in 1418) | |
| January 6th, 1412 (January 06 1412) | Birth | Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (died in 1431) | Joan of Arc Quotes |
| January 6th, 1367 (January 06 1367) | Birth | Richard II of England (died in 1400) | |
| January 6th, 1275 (January 06 1275) | Death | St Raymond of Penafort (born in c. 1175) | |
| January 6th, 1205 (January 06 1205) | Event | Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans. | |
| January 6th, 1088 (January 06 1088) | Death | Berengar of Tours, French theologian (bc. 999) | |
| January 6th, 1066 (January 06 1066) | Event | Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. | |
| January 6th, 0664 (January 06 0664) | Death | Amr ibn al-A as, Arab general (bc. 583) | |
