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January 6: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

January 6th marks the 6th day of the Gregorian calendar year. There are 359 days remaining until the end of the year (or 360 days in case of leap years). People born on this day are under the sign of Capricorn. Famous birthdays on this day include Elizabeth Teissier (1938), Thierry Ardisson (1949) and Rowan Atkinson (1955). Holidays and observances around the world include: Epiphany.
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Holidays

Epiphany (National Holiday) in Italy
Christianity (except Eastern and Oriental Orthodox who follow the Julian Calendar) - Epiphany of the Lord (a.k.a. "Twelfth Day of Christmas" and Three Kings Day in some areas).
In the Irish Calendar- Little Christmas or Nollaig na mBan (Women's Christmas) and/or Twelfth Day.
Twelfth Night, or The Lord of Misrule
Rastafari movement - Celebration of the ceremonial birthday of Haile Selassie
Ancient Latvia - Zvaigznes Diena observed
Armenian Christmas (except in the Holy Land where it's on January 18th - old calendar)
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Events

2019 2018 Moscow-Constantinople schism: The chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) describes the granting of autocephaly on January 5 to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine as "a secular event."
2018 Casamance conflict, 13 people are killed by gunmen near Ziguinchor (Senegal).
2017 Russian military intervention in Syria's civil war: Russia begins withdrawal of its forces from Syria. Russia's aircraft carrier battle group was the first to depart. The United Nations declares that the ceasefire is holding "largely".
2016 Libyan Civil War (2014-present). The Islamic State's Libyan branch continues to attack Libya's oil ports Sidra and Ra's Lanuf. At least 10 security personnel have been killed and 40 others injured. According to the National Oil Corporation (NOC), fires are still raging in Sidra and Ra's Lanuf, after oil storage tanks were damaged by shells.
2015 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Twenty-three Iraqi Army soldiers and Sunni fighters were killed in clashes with ISIL in Anbar Province. (AP via The Hindu). The Combined Joint Task Force fighting ISIL conducts ten strikes in Syria. Eight of these airstrikes target the contested city Kobani. The airstrikes destroy fourteen ISIL fighting positions as well as a building.
2014 War in North-West Pakistan -: A bomb explodes in the home of a tribal elder in Khyber Agency (Pakistan), killing 10 and injuring 9.
2013 Syrian civil war:: Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, makes a rare television appearance to address the crisis in Syria and calls the rebels "enemies and puppets" of God. This is his first TV appearance since June 2012.
2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising. According to Syrian state media 26 people were killed and 63 injured when a suicide bomber attacked a Damascus police station. The Syrian opposition claims that the Syrian government orchestrated the attack and that security forces have given them information that Aleppo will be next.
2011 Heritage Auction Galleries holds its Heritage Auctions Signature currency auction at the Florida United Numismatists convention, Tampa, Florida. A Series 1861 US10 demand paper, handwritten "for" the only known one, VG-8, goes for $109,250.
2010 Heritage Numismatic Auctions has sold a US 1874 Bickford Gold $10 Pattern at Public Auction for US$1,265,000. The Reed Hawn US 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent Coin sells at $3,737,000.
2009 United States President-elect Barack Obama offers the Surgeon General position to CNN's Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent.
2008 A magnitude of 6.5 earthquake strikes Greece. The epicenter lies 70km (43 miles) below Leonidio. There were no reports of injuries or casualties.
2007 Overnight storms knocked out power in Vancouver and Victoria. After the roof had been opened a day before, the storm uprooted trees in Stanley Park and filled BC Place.
2006 Janjaweed militants crossed the Sudanese border to Chad and attacked the villages of Boroto and Ade. Nine people were killed and three more seriously injured. Chad warns Sudan once more that it will retaliate against Janjaweed and UFDC rebel attacks.
2005 Nelson Mandela, the former South African President, breaks a strong taboo by revealing that Makgatho Mandela, his sole surviving child, died from AIDS at 54. AIDS kills approximately 600 people every day in South Africa. His actions are seen as a criticism of Thabo Mbeki his successor who denies AIDS and HIV. (ABC), (BBC).
2004 Through his lawyer, the defence lawyer asks for an interrogation of the man accused in the murder of Sweden's FM Anna Lindh (September 10), to get critical details about the stabbing. Mijailovic appears to have confessed the attack.
2001 The United States Congress presided over Vice President Al Gore, President of the Senate. This certifies George Walker Bush's victory in the Electoral College and makes him the winner of 2000 presidential election.
2000 The last Pyrenean natural Ibex has been found dead. It was apparently struck by a tree.
1999 Dennis Hastert becomes Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
1998 Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1997 In Detroit, Michigan, the North American International Auto Show is held, over ten days. Chevrolet unveils the 1997 Corvette, dubbed "C5". A new small-block V-8 engine is introduced, the LS1, with 345-hp, and 10:1 compression ratio.
1995 A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
1994 Government Inspector opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances
1993 Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones
1992 Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his first Test innings.
1991 Gypsy closes at St. James Theater NYC after 477 performances
1990 New York Lotto pays US$35 million to one winner (numbers are 18-25-26-32-42-44).
1987 Astronomers at University of California see first sight of birth of a galaxy.
1986 STS 61-C scrubbed at T-31sec because of liquid oxygen valve problem
1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission
1982 William Bonin is convicted of being the Freeway Killer.
1981 50th hat trick in New York Islanders' history - John Tonelli scores five goals.
1980 Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
1978 USA hands over Saint Stephan crown to Hungary.
1977 EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols
1976 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million.
1975 AM America, premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host
1974 CBS Mystery Theater, premieres on radio
1973 Schoolhouse Rock, premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock
1972 US male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley.
1971 Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate.
1969 WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon.
1967 Milton Berle Show last airs on ABC-TV
1965 Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling.
1964 Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City Athletics to Louisville.
1963 Oliver! opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 774 performances
1960 National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
1958 WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
1956 KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, TX (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Pardon Our French closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 100 performances
1950 Happy as Larry opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 3 performances
1947 Ray Lindwall smashes 100 versus England in Melbourne Cricket Ground Test.
1946 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum
1945 Future President George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye, New York
1942 Bob Feller, enlists in Navy and reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia
1941 US President Franklin Roosevelt gives "Four Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want, and from fear).
1940 WWII: Winter War: General Semyon Timoshenko takes command of all Russian forces.
1939 ''Naturwissenschaften'' publishes evidence that nuclear fission has been achieved by Otto Hahn.
1938 Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in the Bronx.
1937 Bradman scores 270 Aust vs. England at the MCG, incl 110 singles
1931 Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
1930 The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City.
1929 Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia.
1928 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos
1927 US marines are sent to Nicaragua.
1926 Kees Boeke opens first comprehensive school in Holland.
1925 Paavo Nurmi sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile and 14:44.6 5,000m.
1921 Formation of the Iraqi Army.
1919 Tragic week (Argentina)
1914 Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded.
1912 New Mexico is the 47th state admitted to the USA.
1910 The Great White Fleet passes through the Suez Canal, the largest group of ships to pass through up to that time.
1907 Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome.
1903 Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam.
1900 Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
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Music charts

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Top #1 songs in the USA

2018 Ed Sheeran - Perfect
2017 The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk - Starboy
2016 Adele - Hello
2015 Taylor Swift - Blank Space
2014 Eminem Featuring Rihanna - The Monster
2014 Eminem - The Monster
2013 Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
2012 LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It
2011 Bruno Mars - Grenade
2010 Ke$ha - TiK ToK
2009 Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
2008 Flo Rida - Low
2007 Beyonce - Irreplaceable
2006 Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us
2005 Mario - Let Me Love You
2004 OutKast - Hey Ya!
2003 Eminem - Lose Yourself
2002 Nickelback - How You Remind Me
2001 Destiny's Child - Independent Women Part I
2000 Santana - Smooth
1999 R. Kelly - I'm Your Angel
1998 Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997
1998 Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight
1997 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
1996 Mariah Carey - One Sweet Day
1995 Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee
1994 Mariah Carey - Hero
1993 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
1992 Michael Jackson - Black Or White
1991 Madonna - Justify My Love
1990 Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
1989 Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
1988 Whitney Houston - So Emotional
1987 Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
1986 Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me
1985 Madonna - Like A Virgin
1984 Paul McCartney - Say Say Say
1983 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater
1982 Olivia Newton-John - Physical
1981 John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
1980 K.C and the Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go
1979 Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven
1978 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
1977 Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)
1976 Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
1975 Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
1974 Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle
1973 Carly Simon - You're So Vain
1972 Melanie - Brand New Key
1971 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
1970 B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
1969 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
1968 The Beatles - Hello Goodbye
1967 The Monkees - I'm A Believer
1966 The Beatles - We Can Work It Out
1965 The Beatles - I Feel Fine
1964 Bobby Vinton - There! I've Said It Again
1963 The Tornadoes - Telstar
1962 The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
1961 Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome To-Night?
1960 Marty Robbins - El Paso
1959 The Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song
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