Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 6

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This is a list of selected January 6 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
Epiphany (Gregorian calendar); refimprove section, lots of CN tags
Armed Forces Day in Iraq refimprove
1579 – Several provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands signed the Union of Arras about their intent to offer a vigorous defense of the Catholic Church against Calvinism. unreferenced section
1661Thomas Venner and the Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempted to seize control of London from the newly restored government of Charles II. needs more footnotes
1781American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Jersey, British forces stopped France's last attempt to militarily invade Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. unreferenced section
1838Samuel Morse and his assistant Alfred Vail successfully tested the electrical telegraph for the first time at Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown, New Jersey. refimprove section
1912 - New Mexico was admitted as the 47th U.S. state. refimprove section
1929 – King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes abolished his country's constitution and introduced a dictatorship. Alexander: refimprove section, close paraphrasing; Dictatorship: refimprove section
1978 – The Holy Crown of Hungary, used to crown Hungarian kings from the 13th century onward, was returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II. refimprove section
1993 – Indian Border Security Force (BSF) units allegedly killed 55 civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, as revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol. kind of short, seems like may need an update
1995 – A suspicious fire in a Manila flat led to the foiling of the Bojinka plot, a precursor to the September 11, 2001 attacks. unreferenced section, refimprove section
2001 – A joint session of the U.S. Congress certified George W. Bush as the winner of the 2000 U.S. presidential election, despite 20 members of the House of Representatives filing objections to the electoral votes of Florida. refimprove section
2005 – About 60 tons of chlorine gas were released when two Norfolk Southern trains collided in Graniteville, South Carolina, U.S. refimprove
2021 – Rioters supporting President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol, disrupting the certification of the presidential election and forcing Congress to evacuate. Yellow "too long" maintenance tag
John of Ávila |b|1499 citation neededs
Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence |d|1537| uncited death date
Jane Dormer |b|1538| citeation needed, verification needed
Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack |d|1917| short lead

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January 6: Little Christmas

Constantine XI Palaiologos
Constantine XI Palaiologos
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