Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 6
January 6, 2024 is the 6th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 360 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 6
- 1449 –Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine-Roman Emperor at Mystras.
- 1492 –Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic Monarchs conquest Granada completing the Reconquista.
- 1579 –The Union of Arras is signed.
- 1690 –Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
- 1912 –German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
- 1947 –Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
- 1960 –National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami, Florida.
- 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.
- 1994 –Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan.
Who were born on January 6?
- 1903 –Francis L. Sullivan, English actor (d. 1956)
- 1920 –Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist
- 1931 –E. L. Doctorow, American author
- 1933 –Fred L. Turner, American restaurant industry executive
- 1939 –Murray Rose, Australian swimmer
- 1958 –Themos Anastasiadis, Greek journalist and newspaper editor
- 1964 –Denise Borino, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1964 –Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (d. 2005)
- 1968 –John Singleton, American film director
- 1976 –Daniel Tynell, Swedish cross-country skiier
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