January 6

January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . Following are still 359 days (360 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events

 * Infrastructure
 * 1974 - Last Sunday without cars in the Netherlands.


 * War
 * 1781 - At the Royal Square in Saint Helier on the Channel Island of Jersey beat the English, the French in the Battle of Jersey . Both British commander Major Peirson as the French captain Baron de Rullecourt come to life.


 * Politics
 * 1579 - The Union of Arras is founded.
 * 1912 - New Mexico ratifies the Constitution of the United States of America and joined the Union as 47th state.
 * 1951 - Mebyon Kernow, the party for the interests of Cornwall , is founded.
 * The 1,977th - 242 intellectuals in Czechoslovakia sign the manifesto Charter 77 in which they include the application of human rights standards.
 * 1999 - The US Congress opens the impeachment trial against President Bill Clinton .


 * Religion
 * 754 - Pope Stephen II anoints the Frankish king Pippin III in the Basilica of St Denis . He grants him the title of patricius Romanorum .
 * 1964 - Second meeting between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I in the building of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem .


 * Sport
 * 1993 - swimmer Franziska van Almsick brings in Shanghai the world record in the 100m freestyle short course (25 m) at 53.46.


 * Science and Technology
 * 1714 - Henry Mill receives a patent on the typewriter .
 * 1838 - Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail give the first demonstration of their telegraph .
 * 1907 - In Rome opens Montessori her first school she wants to achieve its educational reform plans.
 * 1984 - The first ' in vitro '- quadruplets born in Melbourne ( Australia ).

Born [ edit ]
Richard II of England born in 1367

Joan of Arc born in 1412

Meulenbelt born in 1945

Rowan Atkinson ( Mr. Bean ) born in 1955

Marly van der Velden) born in 1988
 * 1367 - Richard II, King of England (deceased in 1400 )
 * 1412 - Joan of Arc, French militant (deceased in 1431 )
 * 1493 - Olaus Petri, Swedish church reformer and humanist (deceased in 1552 )
 * 1828 - Jean Louis Émile Boudier, French chemist and mycologist (deceased in 1920 )
 * 1831 - Hubert Bellis, Belgian painter (deceased in 1902 )
 * 1838 - Max Bruch, German composer (deceased in 1920 )
 * 1853 - Clement Reid, British geologist and paleontologist (deceased in 1916 )
 * 1861 - Chris Hooijkaas, Dutch sailor (deceased in 1926 )
 * 1861 - Victor Horta, Belgian architect (deceased in 1947 )
 * 1868 - Vittorio Monti, Italian composer (deceased in 1922 )
 * 1872 - Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (deceased in 1915 )
 * 1900 - Marie of Hohenzollern, Queen of Yugoslavia (deceased in 1961 )
 * 1906 - Jaap Wagemaker, Dutch painter (deceased in 1972 )
 * 1912 - Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher and theologian (deceased in 1994 )
 * 1913 - Pierre Le Gloan, French fighter pilot of World War II (deceased in 1943 )
 * 1913 - Max Théret, French businessman (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1915 - Ibolya Csák, Hungarian athlete (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1920 - Hetty Blok, Dutch actress, comedian, director and singer (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1923 - Jacobo Timerman, Argentine journalist, publicist, publisher and human rights activist (deceased in 1999 )
 * 1924 - Dick Rathmann, American race car driver (deceased in 2000 )
 * 1924 - Earl Scruggs, American banjo legend (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1925 - John DeLorean, American engineer and automobile manufacturer (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1926 - Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (deceased in 2002 )
 * 1927 - Herman Emmink, Dutch singer and presenter (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1928 - Cas Baas, Dutch Commander of the Air Force (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1928 - Péter Bacsó, Hungarian film director (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1931 - Enrique Hormazábal, Chilean footballer (deceased in 1999 )
 * 1933 - Capucine, French actress and model (deceased in 1990 )
 * 1933 - Leszek Drogosz, Polish boxer and actor (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1934 - Joop van Stigt, Dutch architect (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1936 - Anton Allemann, Swiss footballer (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1937 - Paolo Conte, Italian singer
 * 1937 - Ludvík Daněk, Czech-Slovak athlete (deceased in 1998 )
 * 1937 - Harri Holkeri, Finnish politician and diplomat (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1937 - Paramahamsa Tewari, Indian physicist
 * 1938 - Walter Boeykens, Belgian conductor, music educator and clarinetist (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1938 - Adriano Celentano, Italian singer
 * 1939 - Miroslav Moravec, Czech actor (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1939 - Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian football coach (deceased in 2002 )
 * 1939 - Andrzej Śliwiński, Polish Bishop (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1940 - Van McCoy, American disco producer (deceased in 1979 )
 * 1941 - Philippe Busquin, Belgian politician
 * 1943 - Terry Venables, English footballer and football coach
 * 1944 - Bonnie Franklin, American actress (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1945 - Margrete Auken, Danish politician and sognepræst
 * 1945 - Meulenbelt, Dutch writer and feminist
 * 1946 - Syd Barrett, British musician (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1948 - André Denys, Belgian politician (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1952 - Moondog Spot, American wrestler (deceased in 2003 )
 * 1952 - Lucas Klein, Dutch artist
 * 1953 - Gerrie van Gerwen, Dutch cyclist
 * 1953 - Manfred Kaltz, German footballer
 * 1953 - Jett Williams, American country singer and songwriter
 * 1953 - Malcolm Young, Australian guitarist
 * 1954 - Anthony Minghella, British film director (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1955 - Rowan Atkinson, British actor and comedian
 * 1955 - René Ijzerman, Dutch footballer
 * 1955 - Patrick Lefevere, Belgian cyclist
 * 1956 - Angus Deayton, British actor and presenter
 * 1956 - Tschen La Ling, Dutch footballer
 * 1959 - Kathy Sledge, American singer
 * 1960 - Nigella Lawson, British writer and television presenter
 * 1961 - Jean-Paul Girres, Luxembourg footballer
 * 1961 - Georges Jobe, Belgian motocross racer (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1964 - Jacqueline Moore, American professional wrestler
 * 1966 - Yvonne van Dorp, Dutch athlete
 * 1967 - Marcel Gerritsen, Dutch mountain biker and cyclo-cross rider
 * 1967 - Tanja Jess, Dutch actress
 * 1968 - Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
 * 1969 - Barry Madlener, Dutch politician
 * 1969 - Norman Reedus, American actor
 * 1970 - Geert Brusselers, Dutch footballer
 * 1971 - Nada Cristofoli, Italian cyclist
 * 1971 - Karin Slaughter, American author
 * 1972 - Ipang (Irfan Fahri Lazuardy), Indonesian singer
 * 1972 - Pascal Nouma, French footballer
 * 1974 - Linda Rosing, Swedish model
 * 1975 - Silvia Pepels, Dutch triathlete
 * 1976 - Amy Gillett, Australian roeister and cyclist (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1976 - Matijs Jansen, Dutch actor
 * 1976 - Danny Pintauro, American actor
 * 1976 - Judith Rakers, German radio presenter and journalist
 * 1977 - Emily Hoyos, Belgian politician
 * 1977 - Mikkel Jensen, Danish footballer
 * 1978 - Cédric Roussel, Belgian footballer
 * 1979 - Souad Aït Salem, Algerian athlete
 * 1980 - Steed Malbranque, French footballer
 * 1981 - Noah Boeken, Dutch poker player
 * 1981 - Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress
 * 1981 - Jérémie Renier, Belgian actor
 * 1982 - Morgan Lander, Canadian musician
 * 1982 - Eddie Redmayne, British actor
 * 1983 - Alexandre Pichot, French cyclist
 * 1984 - Zviad Izoria, Georgian chess player
 * 1984 - Jan Roodzant, Aruban swimmer
 * 1985 - Abel Aguilar, Colombian footballer
 * 1985 - Valerio Agnoli, Italian cyclist
 * 1986 - Eefje van Gorkum, Dutch actress
 * 1986 - Petter Northug, Norwegian cross-country skier
 * 1986 - Yuliya Chermoshanskaya, Russian athlete
 * 1986 - Alex Turner, British musician
 * 1987 - Tan Miao, Chinese swimmer
 * 1987 - Edino Steele, Jamaican athlete
 * 1988 - Marly van der Velden, Dutch actress
 * 1989 - Andy Carroll, English footballer
 * 1989 - Nicky Romero, Dutch disc jockey
 * 1989 - David Sigachev, Russian racing driver
 * 1990 - Álex Bolaños, Spanish footballer
 * 1991 - Jeroen Zoet, Dutch football goalkeeper
 * 1992 - Sidni Hoxha, Albanian swimmer
 * 1992 - Ted van de Pavert, Dutch footballer
 * 1996 - Mosquito, Brazilian footballer

Deceased [ edit ]
Louis Braille deceased January 6, 1852

Theodore Roosevelt deceased January 6, 1919
 * 429 - Honoratus, French archbishop
 * 1849 - Hartley Coleridge (52), English poet
 * 1852 - Louis Braille (43), French inventor
 * 1863 - Christiaan de Bie (70) Dutch police officer
 * 1884 - Gregor Mendel (61), Austrian-Czech Augustinian, founder of genetics
 * 1905 - George Van Cleaf (24), American water polo player
 * 1918 - Georg Cantor (72), German mathematician
 * 1919 - Theodore Roosevelt (60), 26th president of the United States
 * 1925 - Raphaela Mary Porras (74), Spanish saint of the Roman Catholic Church
 * 1928 - Alvin Kraenzlein (51), American athlete
 * 1930 - Cyril Van den Bussche (76) Belgian politician
 * 1945 - Edith Frank-Hollander (44), mother of Anne Frank
 * 1949 - Victor Fleming (59), American film director
 * 1977 - William Gropper (79), American cartoonist and artist
 * 1979 - Hoyte Jolles (92), Dutch Rear-Admiral
 * 1986 - Jan Halle (82), Dutch footballer
 * 1989 - Jim Hurtubise (56), American race car driver
 * 1990 - Ian Charleson (40), British actor
 * 1990 - Pavel Cherenkov (85), Russian physicist
 * 1993 - Dizzy Gillespie (75), American jazz trumpeter
 * 1993 - Rudolf Nureyev (54), Russian dancer
 * 1999 - Ntsu Mokhehle (80), politician Lesothaans
 * 2001 - Siep Martens (70), President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands
 * 2001 - Pretaap Radhakishun (66), Surinamese politician
 * 2003 - Olle Bexell (93), Swedish athlete
 * 2003 - Peter de Smet (59), Dutch cartoonist
 * 2005 - Makgatho Mandela (54), son of Nelson Mandela
 * 2005 - Tarquinio Provini (72) Italian motorcycle racer
 * 2006 - Jacques Félix (82), French puppeteer
 * 2006 - Comandante Ramona (47), Mexican rebel leader
 * 2006 - Lou Rawls (72), American soul singer
 * 2007 - Yvon Durelle (77), British boxer
 * 2007 - Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi (76), Congolese Cardinal Archbishop of Kinshasa
 * 2009 - Róbert Ilosfalvy (81), Hungarian opera singer
 * 2011 - Gary Mason (48), British boxer
 * 2011 - Uche Okafor (43), Nigerian footballer
 * 2011 - Raymond Steylaerts (77), Belgian billiard
 * 2012 - Cor van der Klugt (86), Dutch Philips -topman
 * 2012 - W. Francis McBeth (78), American composer, music educator and conductor
 * 2013 - Gerard Helders (107) Dutch politician
 * 2013 - Madanjeet Singh (88), Indian painter, photographer, writer, philanthropist and diplomat
 * 2013 - Bart van den Bossche (48), Flemish singer and presenter
 * 2014 - Larry D. Mann (91), Canadian-American (voice) Actor
 * 2014 - H. Owen Reed (103), American composer, music educator, musicologist and conductor
 * 2014 - Rubbes (83), Belgian painter and advertising people figure
 * 2014 - Mónica Spear (29), Venezuelan model and actress
 * 2015 - Michał Hernik (39), Polish motorcycle racer
 * 2015 - Louis Olivier (91), Belgian politician

Celebration / commemoration [ edit ]

 * Twelfth Night / Epiphany (from the Lord) - Solemnity
 * Holy Melanius († 535 )
 * Blessed Gertrude van Oosten († 1358 )
 * Blessed Brother André, monk († 1937 )
 * Blessed Maria Repetto († 1890 )
 * Holy Guarinus († 1150 )
 * Holy Macra Reims († 287 )
 * Holy Wiltrudis Bergen († c. 986 )
 * Saint John of Ribera († 1611 )
 * Blessed Rita Amada de Jesus († 1913 )
 * Saint Raphaela Mary Porras († 1925 )
 * Holy Erminold of Prüfening († 1121 )
 * Kopper Monday
 * In Italy brings Befana gifts around

[Netherlands edit ]
Record counts [1]
 * 1979 - Lowest mean daily temperature -11 ° C
 * 2014 - Highest mean daily temperature is 11.3 ° C [2]
 * 2009 - Lowest minimum temperature -20.8 ° C
 * 2014 - Highest maximum temperature 14.5 ° C [3]
 * 1928 - Highest hourly average wind speed 21.6 m / s
 * 1920 - Longest sunshine duration 6.8 hours
 * 1932 - Longest rainfall duration 12.1 hours
 * 1932 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 24.3 mm
 * 1947 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 56%

Belgium [ edit ]
Record counts [4]
 * 1979 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -9.4 ° C
 * 1999 - Highest mean daily temperature is 11.4 ° C
 * 1985 - Lowest minimum temperature -12.9 ° C
 * 1999 - Highest maximum temperature 14 ° C
 * 1886 - Top etmaalsom of precipitation 32 mm