Summary of the Day ✨ 6 January (06/01)
Political upheaval shook multiple nations as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation after nine years while supporters of outgoing U.S. President Trump violently stormed the Capitol to disrupt electoral certification, and in Malaysia, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong became the first monarch to resign; meanwhile, violence continued with a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale airport killing five and a suicide bombing at a Damascus police station claiming 26 lives.
Historical Events 📜
- 2025: Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister of Canada after nine years in office.
- 2021: Supporters of U.S. president Donald Trump storm the United States Capitol Building to disrupt certification of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in four deaths and evacuation of the U.S. Congress.
- 2019: Muhammad V of Kelantan resigns as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, becoming the first monarch to do so.
- 2017: Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.
- 2012: Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus.
- 2005: Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner during the American Civil Rights Movement.
- 2005: A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
- 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: U.S. figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked and injured by an assailant hired by her rival Tonya Harding’s ex-husband during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
- 1993: Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
- 1993: Four people are killed when Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634 crashes on approach to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, France.
- 1992: President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
- 1989: Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.
- 1974: In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
- 1974: Aeroflot Flight H-75 crashes near Mukachevo, killing 24.
Famous Births 👶
- 2006: Stefanos Tzimas, Greek footballer
- 2003: MattyBRaps, American rapper, singer, and YouTuber
- 2000: Fiete Arp, German footballer
- 2000: Mohamed Camara, Malian footballer
- 2000: Kwon Eun-bin, South Korean singer and actress
- 2000: Jack McBain, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2000: Shuhua, Taiwanese singer
- 2000: Tyler Oliveira, American YouTuber
- 1999: Polo G, American rapper
- 1999: Mac McClung, American basketball player
- 1997: Michel Aebischer, Swiss footballer
- 1996: Courtney Eaton, Australian model and actress
- 1994: Catriona Gray, Filipino-Australian model, singer and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2018
- 1994: Denis Suárez, Spanish footballer
- 1994: Jameis Winston, American football player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2023: Mary Lou Kownacki, American Roman Catholic nun, peace activist, and writer (born 1941)
- 2022: Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)
- 2022: Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat (born 1927)
- 2022: Francisco Sionil Jose, Philippine novelist (born 1924)
- 2021: Ashli Babbitt, American participant in the January 6 United States Capitol attack
- 2021: Gordon Renwick, Canadian ice hockey administrator and businessman (born 1935)
- 2021: James Cross, British diplomat kidnapped during the 1970 October crisis in Québec (born 1921)
- 2020: Richard Maponya, South African businessman (born 1920)
- 2019: José Ramón Fernández, Cuban revolution leader (born 1923)
- 2019: Lamin Sanneh, Gambian-born American professor (born 1942)
- 2019: W. Morgan Sheppard, British actor (born 1932)
- 2019: Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (born 1917)
- 2017: Octavio Lepage, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (born 1923)
- 2017: Om Puri, Indian actor (born 1950)
- 2016: Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian Feast day:
André Bessette (Roman Catholic Church) - Christian Feast day:
January 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Christmas:
Christmas (Armenian Apostolic Church) - Christmas:
Christmas Eve (Russia) - Christmas:
Christmas Eve (Ukraine) - Epiphany or Three Kings’ Day (Western Christianity) or Theophany (Eastern Christianity), and its related observances:
Little Christmas (Ireland) - Epiphany or Three Kings’ Day (Western Christianity) or Theophany (Eastern Christianity), and its related observances:
Þrettándinn (Iceland)