January 6 in history — What Happened Today in History

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.

In 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.

Aeroflot Flight H-75 crashes near Mukachevo, killing 24.

Allegheny Airlines Flight 737 crashes in Lafayette Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States, killing 11.

Aeroflot Flight 1668 crashes near Olyokminsk, killing 45.

Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.

National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.

The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.

Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.

Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.

The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.

King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution, starting the January 6th Dictatorship.

Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.

New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.

German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.

Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.

The Night of the Big Wind, the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.

Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).

Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.

In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.

J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, a chorale cantata for Epiphany.

Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65, a Bach cantata, for Epiphany, is performed the first time.

The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.

English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England. The revolt is suppressed after a few days.

Arauco War: The first Parliament of Quillín is celebrated, putting a temporary hold on hostilities between Mapuches and Spanish in Chile.

The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain.

King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.

Catriona Gray, Filipino-Australian model, singer and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2018

Denis Suárez, Spanish footballer

Jameis Winston, American football player

Jay B, South Korean singer

Pat Connaughton, American basketball player

Jesús Manuel Corona, Mexican footballer

Jérôme Roussillon, French-Guadeloupean footballer

Corey Conners, Canadian professional golfer

Duarte Alves, Portuguese politician

Will Barton, American basketball player

Kevin Gausman, American baseball player

Cristian Erbes, Argentine footballer

Sean Kilpatrick, American basketball player

Octavio Lepage, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (born 1923)

Om Puri, Indian actor (born 1950)

Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter (born 1929)

Florence King, American journalist and author (born 1936)

Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (born 1948)

Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (born 1925)

Basil John Mason, English meteorologist and academic (born 1923)

Marina Ginestà, French Resistance soldier and photographer (born 1919)

Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1947)

Julian Rotter, American psychologist and academic (born 1916)

Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (born 1923)

Bob Holness, South African-English radio and television host (born 1928)

Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (born 1967)