On January 6
No pivotal events are recorded on exactly January 6 in the Human Saga — here is the surrounding week in history.
This week in history (Jan 3 – Jan 9)
On 3 January 1868 a coalition of reformist samurai from the Satsuma and Chōshū domains, together with court nobles, proclaimed the restoration of direct rule by the young Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito), ending more than two and a half centuries…
5 January – 21 August 1968Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact invasion of CzechoslovakiaMilitary & conflict
The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalisation in Czechoslovakia that began on 5 January 1968 when the reformist Alexander Dubček became First Secretary of the Communist Party.