Editing January 6 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Maria Montessori]] opens her first school and daycare center for [[working class]] children in [[Rome]], Italy.<ref>{{cite book|author=International Bureau of Education|title=Bulletin of the International Bureau of Education|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uegAAAAMAAJ|year=1957|publisher=UNESCO|page=124|access-date=2019-12-17|archive-date=2023-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119180422/https://books.google.com/books?id=3uegAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[New Mexico]] is admitted to the Union as the 47th [[U.S. state]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LxNFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA426|year=1912|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=426}}</ref>
*  1912 &ndash; German [[Geophysics|geophysicist]] [[Alfred Wegener]] first presents his theory of [[continental drift]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/service/press/press-release/the-copernicus-of-geosciences-alfred-wegener-presented-his-revolutionary-theory-of-continental-drif.html|title=The Copernicus of Geosciences: Alfred Wegener presented his revolutionary theory of continental drift 100 years ago - AWI|access-date=2019-12-28|archive-date=2019-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228232049/https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/service/press/press-release/the-copernicus-of-geosciences-alfred-wegener-presented-his-revolutionary-theory-of-continental-drif.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; King [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] suspends [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|his country]]'s constitution, starting the [[January 6th Dictatorship]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A History of the Macedonian People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mtpAAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Macedonian Review Editions|page=239}}</ref>
*  1929 &ndash; [[Mother Teresa]] arrives by sea in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Brian|last1=Kolodiejchuk|author-link1=Brian Kolodiejchuk|author2=Mother Teresa|author-link2=Mother Teresa|title=Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The revealing private writings of the Nobel Peace Prize winner|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FghXwaLcBRYC&pg=PA17|date=31 July 2012|publisher=Ebury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4481-4819-6|pages=17}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Clessie Cummins]] arrives at the National Automobile Show in New York City, having driven a car powered by one of his diesel engines from Indianapolis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.365daysofmotoring.com/showonthisday/article/3490|title=On This Day: Monday 6th January 1930|website=365 Days of Motoring|access-date=2021-01-05|archive-date=2021-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107005634/http://www.365daysofmotoring.com/showonthisday/article/3490|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; United States President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] delivers his [[Four Freedoms]] speech in the [[State of the Union address]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=David M.|author-link=David M. Kennedy (historian)|title=Freedom From Fear: the American people in depression and war, 1929-1945|title-link=Freedom from Fear (Kennedy book)|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1999|pages=470–76}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; The [[1946 North Vietnamese legislative election|first general election]] ever in [[Vietnam]] is held.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Dieter|last1=Nohlen|author-link1=Dieter Nohlen|first2=Florian|last2=Grotz|first3=Christof|last3=Hartmann|year=2001|title=Elections in Asia: A data handbook|volume=II|page=331|isbn=0-19-924959-8}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Pan American World Airways|Pan American Airlines]] becomes the first commercial airline to offer a [[round-the-world ticket]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Long|first=Tony|date=17 June 2009|title=June 17, 1947: Pan Am Launches 'Round-the-World Service|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|url=https://www.wired.com/2009/06/dayintech-0617/|access-date=8 October 2020|archive-date=10 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010215554/https://www.wired.com/2009/06/dayintech-0617/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; The United Kingdom recognizes the [[China|People's Republic of China]].<ref>{{cite book|title=British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: China, Japan, Siam, Indo-China and Korea, January 1950-December 1950|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7-Sy18LogsC&pg=PA62|year=2000|isbn=978-1-55655-768-2|pages=62|last1=Best|first1=Anthony| publisher=Univ. Publ. of America }}</ref> The [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: Beginning of the [[Ganghwa massacre]], in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/south-korea-owns-up-to-brutal-past/2008/11/14/1226318928410.html?page=2|title=South Korea owns up to brutal past|newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=15 November 2008|access-date=2010-07-14|archive-date=2017-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810081329/http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/south-korea-owns-up-to-brutal-past/2008/11/14/1226318928410.html?page=2|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[National Airlines Flight 2511]] is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to [[Miami]].<ref>Civil Aeronautics Board File No. 1-0002, pp. 1,12</ref>
*  1960 &ndash; The [[Associations Law]] comes into force in [[Iraq]], allowing registration of political parties.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ismael|first=Tareq Y.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6uAvs4HqVLIC|title=The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Iraq|location=Cambridge/New York|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2008|page=101|isbn=9780521873949}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[United States Marine Corps]] and [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam|ARVN]] troops launch "[[Operation Deckhouse Five]]" in the [[Mekong]] River delta.<ref>{{cite book|last=Telfer|first=Gary|title=U.S. Marines in Vietnam: Fighting the North Vietnamese 1967|publisher=History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps|year=1984|url=https://archive.org/details/FightingTheNorthVietnamese|isbn=978-1494285449}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 1668]] crashes near [[Olyokminsk]], killing 45.<ref name="asn">{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Saturday 6 January 1968 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19680106-0 |access-date=6 December 2018 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=[[Flight Safety Foundation]]}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Allegheny Airlines Flight 737]] crashes in [[Lafayette Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania]], United States, killing 11.<ref name="NTSB AAR-70-10 Final Report">{{cite book |url=http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR70-10.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Report, Allegheny Airlines, Inc., Allison Prop Jet Convair 440, N5825, near Bradford, Pennsylvania, January 6, 1969 |date=May 27, 1970 |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |id=NTSB-AAR-70-10 |access-date=December 31, 2023 |archive-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103122014/http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR70-10.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; In response to the [[1973 oil crisis]], [[daylight saving time]] commences nearly four months early in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|title=Project Independence Blueprint: Transcript of Fourth Public Hearing, Seattle, Boise, Portland, & Anchorage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OqSR4v-bJ6MC&pg=PA683|year=1975|publisher=Federal Energy Administration|pages=683}}</ref>
*1974 &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight H-75]] crashes near [[Mukachevo]], killing 24.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-06 |title=Різдвяна трагедія: майже півстоліття тому під Мукачевом розбився пасажирський АН-24 |trans-title=Christmas tragedy: almost half a century ago, a passenger AN-24 crashed near Mukachevo |url=https://goloskarpat.info/society/5a509f0ad3199/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127022417/https://goloskarpat.info/society/5a509f0ad3199/ |archive-date=2018-11-27 |access-date=2018-10-03 |publisher=Voice of the Carpathians |language=uk}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Satwant Singh]] and [[Kehar Singh]] are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassination]] of Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]]; the two men are executed the same day.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Dilip K.|last1=Das|first2=Cliff|last2=Roberson|title=Trends in the Judiciary: Interviews with Judges Across the Globe, Volume One|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jx8tAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA127|date=16 December 2013|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4200-9978-2|pages=127}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[President of Georgia]] [[Zviad Gamsakhurdia]] flees the country as a result of the military [[1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état|coup]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Christoph|last=Zurcher|author-link=Christoph Zürcher|title=The Post-Soviet Wars: Rebellion, Ethnic Conflict, and Nationhood in the Caucasus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0DTtKEktdEC&pg=PA127|date=November 2007|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-9709-9|pages=127}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; Indian [[Border Security Force]] units [[1993 Sopore massacre|kill 55 Kashmiri civilians]] in [[Sopore]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Patricia|last1=Gossman|author2=Human Rights Watch. Asia Watch|author-link2=Human Rights Watch|title=The Human Rights Crisis in Kashmir: A Pattern of Impunity|url=https://archive.org/details/humanrightscrisi00asia|url-access=registration|year=1993|publisher=Human Rights Watch|isbn=978-1-56432-104-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/humanrightscrisi00asia/page/68 68]}}</ref>
* 1993 &ndash; Four people are killed when [[Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634]] crashes on approach to [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]] in [[Roissy-en-France]], France.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|date=|title=ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 D-BEAT Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930106-0|access-date=2021-01-01|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=2020-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127150423/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930106-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; U.S. figure skater [[Nancy Kerrigan]] is [[1994 Cobo Arena attack|attacked]] and injured by an assailant hired by her rival [[Tonya Harding]]'s ex-husband during the [[1994 United States Figure Skating Championships|U.S. Figure Skating Championships]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/articles/time_011594.htm|first=William|last=Hamilton|title=Three Held in Assault on Kerrigan|newspaper=Washington Post|date=January 15, 1994|access-date=August 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316112130/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/articles/time_011594.htm|archive-date=March 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; A chemical fire in an apartment complex in [[Manila|Manila, Philippines]], leads to the discovery of plans for [[Bojinka plot|Project Bojinka]], a mass-terrorist attack.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marret |first1=Jean-Luc |title=From Lockerbie to Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab |date=2010 |oclc=957483843 |url=https://aei.pitt.edu/71237/ |access-date=2022-01-31 |archive-date=2022-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704124338/http://aei.pitt.edu/71237/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash;  The last natural [[Pyrenean ibex]], Celia, is killed by a falling tree, thus making the species extinct.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2021/01/23/the-species-that-went-extinct-twice |title=The Species That Went Extinct Twice |last=Smith |first=Kiona N. |date=January 23, 2021 |website=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131073011/https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2021/01/23/the-species-that-went-extinct-twice/ |archive-date=January 31, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Edgar Ray Killen]] is indicted for the 1964 [[murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner]] during the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eu.clarionledger.com/story/journeytojustice/2015/01/06/civil-rights-history-january-12/21329987/|title=This Week in Civil Rights History: Jan. 6-12|journal=The Clarion-Ledger|date=January 6, 2015|first=Jerry|last=Mitchell|author-link=Jerry Mitchell (reporter)|access-date=19 December 2019}}</ref>
*  2005 &ndash; A [[Graniteville train crash|train collision]] in [[Graniteville, South Carolina|Graniteville]], South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of [[chlorine]] gas.<ref>{{cite web|author=National Transportation Safety Board|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAR0504.pdf|title=Report of Railroad Accident: Collision of Norfolk Southern Freight Train 192 with Standing Norfolk Southern Local Train P22 With Subsequent Hazardous Materials Release. Graniteville, South Carolina; January 6, 2005.|id=NTSB/RAR-05/04|date=November 29, 2005|access-date=September 16, 2017|author-link=National Transportation Safety Board|archive-date=June 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617154506/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAR0504.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber [[January 2012 al-Midan bombing|blows himself up]] at a police station in [[Damascus]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/Deadly+bombing+hits+Syrian+capital/5956399/story.html|title=Suicide bomb kills 26 in Syria: Interior minister|first=Adrian|last=Blomfield|date=6 January 2012|work=The Vancouver Sun|location=Canada}}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; Five people are killed and six others injured in a [[Fort Lauderdale airport shooting|mass shooting]] at [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport]] in [[Broward County, Florida|Broward County]], Florida.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspected-fort-lauderdale-airport-shooter-charged-faces-possible-death-penalty-n704316|title=Suspected Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooter Charged, Faces Possible Death Penalty|last=Helsel|first=Phil|date=January 7, 2017|newspaper=NBC News|access-date=January 8, 2017|archive-date=January 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108014229/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspected-fort-lauderdale-airport-shooter-charged-faces-possible-death-penalty-n704316|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; Forty people are killed in a [[Mining in Afghanistan|gold mine]] collapse in [[Badakhshan province]], in northern Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/06/middleeast/afghanistan-gold-mine-landslide/index.html|work=CNN|title=40 people killed in Afghan gold mine collapse|first=Ehsan|last=Popalzai|date=January 6, 2019|access-date=November 5, 2020|archive-date=June 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601052055/https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/06/middleeast/afghanistan-gold-mine-landslide/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2019 &ndash; [[Muhammad V of Kelantan]] resigns as the [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of Malaysia, becoming the first monarch to do so.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-07|title=Sultan Muhammad V first in history to resign as Agong {{!}} New Straits Times|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/01/447761/sultan-muhammad-v-first-history-resign-agong|access-date=2022-01-05|website=NST Online|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105062548/https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/01/447761/sultan-muhammad-v-first-history-resign-agong|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; Americans [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|storm the United States Capitol Building]] to [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|disrupt]] [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|certification]] of the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], resulting in four deaths and evacuation of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump supporters storm US Capitol, lawmakers evacuated|url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-78104aea082995bbd7412a6e6cd13818|author1=Mascaro, Lisa|author2=Eric Tucker|author3=Mary Clare Jalonick|website=AP News|date=January 6, 2021|access-date=January 6, 2021|archive-date=March 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321190449/https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-78104aea082995bbd7412a6e6cd13818|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2025]]  &ndash;  [[Justin Trudeau]] announces his [[Resignation of Justin Trudeau|resignation]] as leader of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] and [[Prime Minister of Canada]] after 9 years in office.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Tunney |first1=Catharine |last2=Cochrane |first2=David |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Trudeau to resign as prime minister after Liberal leadership race |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-news-conference-1.7423680 |website=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Upadhyay |first1=Brajesh |last2=Honerich |first2=Holly |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Canada's Trudeau resigns citing 'internal battles' in governing party |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clyjmy7vl64t |website=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lévesque |first1=Catherine |last2=Taylor |first2=Stephanie |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Trudeau stepping down, leaving uncertainty about race to replace him |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/justin-trudeau-resignation-prime-minister |website=National Post}}</ref>