January 6 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on January 6, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Dec 22 – Jan 19
Birth stone
Garnet
Birth flower
Carnation
How common
#299 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous January 6 birthdays
Heinrich Schliemann · German businessman and archaeologist1822
Eduard Bernstein · German politician and theorist1850
Victor Horta · Belgian architect1861
Alexander Scriabin · Russian composer and pianist1872
Carl Sandburg · American writer and editor1878
Kahlil Gibran · Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter1883
Loretta Young · American actress1913
Alan Watts · British American author and lecturer1915
Kim Dae-jung · 8th President of the Republic of Korea1924
Adriano Celentano · Italian musician and actor1938
Syd Barrett · British musician1946
Anthony Minghella · British film director, playwright and screenwriter1954
Rowan Atkinson · English actor, comedian, and screenwriter1955
Elizabeth Strout · American novelist1956
Norman Reedus · American actor1969
Eddie Redmayne · English actor1982
Gilbert Arenas · American basketball player1982
Eric Trump · American businessman and reality television personality1984
Kate McKinnon · American actress and comedian1984
Irina Shayk · Russian model and television personality1986
On this day in history
1941During his State of the Union address, U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt presented his Four Freedoms (composite poster depicted) as fundamental freedoms that all people ought to enjoy.
1994Two-time American Olympic figure-skating medalist Nancy Kerrigan was hit on the leg with a police baton by an assailant hired by the ex-husband of her rival Tonya Harding.
2005A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
2014The first episode of the documentary series Benefits Street aired on Channel 4, prompting discussion in the United Kingdom about welfare dependency.
1967Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
1972A brawl broke out between players, fans, and police officers during an ice hockey game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the St. Louis Blues in Philadelphia.
1974In response to the 1973 oil crisis, the United States implements the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act, switching to permanent daylight saving time for a trial period.
1992President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
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