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January 6
What happened on this day
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US Capitol attacked
5 years ago
A crowd breaches the Capitol in 2021 as Congress counts the electoral votes, delaying the certification of the presidential election by hours.
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Epiphany / Three Kings' Day
Christian feast marking the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus, widely celebrated as Three Kings' Day across Latin America and Europe.
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Wegener proposes continental drift
114 years ago
Alfred Wegener tells a Frankfurt geological society in 1912 that the continents have drifted apart; the idea is ridiculed for fifty years, then vindicated by plate tectonics.
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