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  • Pisidia
    Tuesday Jan 6, 1148
    Crusades

    Battle of Mount Cadmus

    Pisidia
    Tuesday Jan 6, 1148

    Louis (Louis VII of France) was not as lucky at the battle of Mount Cadmus on 6 January 1148, where the Seljuk army inflicted heavy losses on the Crusaders. The army sailed for Antioch in January, almost totally destroyed by battle and sickness.




  • Mojkovac, Montenegro
    Thursday Jan 6, 1916
    World War 1

    Battle of Mojkovac

    Mojkovac, Montenegro
    Thursday Jan 6, 1916

    Montenegro covered the Serbian retreat towards the Adriatic coast in the Battle of Mojkovac in 6–7 January 1916, but ultimately the Austrians also conquered Montenegro. The surviving Serbian soldiers were evacuated by ship to Greece.




  • Moscow, U.S.S.R.
    Tuesday Jan 6, 1942
    The Holocaust

    Vyacheslav Molotov sent out diplomatic notes about German atrocities

    Moscow, U.S.S.R.
    Tuesday Jan 6, 1942

    On 6 January 1942, the Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vyacheslav Molotov, sent out diplomatic notes about German atrocities. The notes were based on reports about mass graves and bodies surfacing from pits and quarries in areas the Red Army had liberated, as well as witness reports from German-occupied areas.




  • U.S.
    Monday Jan 6, 1958
    Frank Sinatra

    Releasing The Album "Come Fly with Me"

    U.S.
    Monday Jan 6, 1958

    In 1958 Sinatra released the concept album Come Fly with Me with Billy May, designed as a musical world tour. It reached the top spot on the Billboard album chart in its second week, remaining at the top for five weeks,and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the inaugural Grammy Awards. The title song, "Come Fly With Me", written especially for him, would become one of his best known standards.




  • U.S.
    Sunday Jan 6, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Year-round daylight saving time was implemented

    U.S.
    Sunday Jan 6, 1974

    Year-round daylight saving time was implemented from January 6, 1974, to October 27, 1975, with a break between October 27, 1974, and February 23, 1975, when the country observed standard time. Parents complained loudly that it forced many children to travel to school before sunrise. The prior rules were restored in 1976.




  • Iran
    Friday Jan 6, 1978
    Iranian Revolution

    The article "Iran and Red and Black Colonization"

    Iran
    Friday Jan 6, 1978

    On 7 January 1978, an article ("Iran and Red and Black Colonization") appeared in the national daily Ettela'at newspaper. Written under a pseudonym by a government agent, it denounced Khomeini as a "British agent" and a "mad Indian poet" conspiring to sell out Iran to neo-colonialists and communists. Upon the publishing of the article, religious seminary students in the city of Qom, angered over the insult to Khomeini, clashed with police. According to the government, two were killed in the clash; according to the opposition, seventy were killed and over five hundred were injured. However, the casualty figures are different in different sources.




  • Majnoon Island, Iraq
    Monday Jan 6, 1986
    Iran–Iraq War

    Attempting To retake Majnoon Island

    Majnoon Island, Iraq
    Monday Jan 6, 1986

    On 6 January 1986, the Iraqis launched an offensive attempting to retake Majnoon Island. However, they were quickly bogged down into a stalemate against 200,000 Iranian infantrymen, reinforced by amphibious divisions. However, they managed to gain a foothold in the southern part of the island.


  • Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Monday Jan 6, 2003
    Mamie Till

    Till-Mobley died of heart failure

    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Monday Jan 6, 2003

    On January 6, 2003, Till-Mobley died of heart failure at the age of 81. Till-Mobley was buried near her son in Burr Oak Cemetery, where her monument reads, "Her pain united a nation."


  • England
    Tuesday Jan 6, 2009
    Prince Harry

    The Royal Household

    England
    Tuesday Jan 6, 2009

    On 6 January 2009, the Queen granted Harry and William their own royal household.


  • Radio City Music Hall, New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 6, 2010
    Aaron Hernandez

    Deciding to enter the draft

    Radio City Music Hall, New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 6, 2010

    On January 6, 2010, Hernandez announced his decision to forgo his remaining eligibility and enter the 2010 NFL Draft. He attended the NFL Scouting Combine but was unable to perform any physical drills after tearing a muscle in his back during the offseason. On March 17, 2010, Hernandez participated at Florida's pro day and performed all of the combine drills. His time in the 40-yard dash would have ranked fourth among all tight ends at the NFL Combine. Hernandez also performed 30 repetitions of 225 pounds on the bench press and would have been the top performance of all tight ends, surpassing Dennis Pitta's top performance of 27 repetitions.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Jan 6, 2011
    Apple Inc.

    Mac App Store

    U.S.
    Thursday Jan 6, 2011

    On January 6, 2011, the company opened its Mac App Store, a digital software distribution platform similar to the iOS App Store.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Jan 6, 2011
    DC Comics

    DC announced that it would end all ongoing series set in the DC Universe in August and relaunch its comic line

    U.S.
    Thursday Jan 6, 2011

    On June 1, 2011, DC announced that it would end all ongoing series set in the DC Universe in August and relaunch its comic line with 52 issue #1s, starting with Justice League on August 31 (written by Geoff Johns and drawn by Jim Lee), with the rest to follow later on in September.


  • Italy
    Saturday Jan 6, 2018
    Ciro Immobile

    Super hat-trick

    Italy
    Saturday Jan 6, 2018

    On 6 January 2018, Immobile scored four goals in the first half away to SPAL, the first Lazio player to score multiple hat-tricks in a season in 16 years; Lazio eventually won the match 5–2.


  • Naypyidaw, Myanmar
    Sunday Jan 6, 2019
    Conflict in Myanmar

    The Office of the President of Myanmar held a high-level meeting on national security in the capital

    Naypyidaw, Myanmar
    Sunday Jan 6, 2019

    Following the attacks, the Office of the President of Myanmar held a high-level meeting on national security in the capital Naypyidaw on 7 January 2019, and instructed the Defense Ministry to increase troop deployments in the areas that were attacked and to use aircraft if necessary.


  • Tehran, Iran
    Monday Jan 6, 2020
    Qasem Soleimani

    The Body arrived Tehran

    Tehran, Iran
    Monday Jan 6, 2020

    On 6 January, the body of Soleimani and other casualties arrived at the Iranian capital Tehran. Huge crowds, reportedly hundreds of thousands or millions, packed the streets. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who had a close relationship with Soleimani, led the traditional Islamic prayer for the dead, weeping at one point in front of the flag-draped coffins.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 6, 2021
    Donald Trump

    Trump held a rally nearby

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 6, 2021

    On January 6, 2021, while congressional certification of the presidential election results was occurring in the Capitol, Trump held a rally nearby where he called for the election result to be overturned and called on his supporters to "take back our country" by marching to the Capitol to "show strength" and "fight like hell.". Thousands of those supporters then stormed the Capitol around 1 pm, disrupting certification and causing the evacuation of Congress. During the violence, Trump posted mixed messages on Twitter and Facebook, eventually tweeting to the rioters at 6 pm, "go home with love & in peace," but describing them as "great patriots" and "very special," while attributing the events as being caused by a fraudulent election.


  • Düsseldorf
    Wednesday Jan 6, 1655

    Eleonore Magdalene Birth

    Düsseldorf
    Wednesday Jan 6, 1655

    The Holy Roman Empire Empress Eleonore-Magdalena was born in Dsseldorf, Germany.


  • Calatayud
    Friday Jan 6, 1702

    José de Nebra Birth

    Calatayud
    Friday Jan 6, 1702

    The Spanish composer, Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, was born in Spain.


  • Lille
    Tuesday Jan 6, 1728

    Charles Joseph Sohier Birth

    Lille
    Tuesday Jan 6, 1728

    The violinist and composer Charles Joseph Sohier was born in France.


  • Glückstadt
    Friday Jan 6, 1617

    Christoffer Gabel Birth

    Glückstadt
    Friday Jan 6, 1617

    Christoffer Gabel was born in Glckstadt,Denmark.


  • Basel
    Wednesday Jan 6, 1655

    Jakob Bernoulli Birth

    Basel
    Wednesday Jan 6, 1655

    Jakob Bernoulli was born in Switzerland.


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