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January 6

Definition: January 6

January 6

Noun

1. Twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: January 6

Synonym: epiphany (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: January 6

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 359 days remaining (360 in leap years).

Events

Births

Deaths

Holidays and observances

See Also:

January 5 - January 7 - December 6 - February 6 -- listing of all days

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "January 6."

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Crosswords: January 6

Specialty definitions using "January 6": Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1961Farm Credit Act of 1971PRECCXSmall Hog Operation Payment. (references)

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Commercial Usage: January 6

DomainTitle

Books

  • Saint Joan of Arc: Born, January 6, 1412-Burned As a Heretic, May 20, 1431-Canonized As a Saint, May 16, 1920 (reference)

  • Alfredo Ramos Martínez (1872-1946) : October 1, 1991 to January 6, 1992 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: January 6

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Governor Edwin P. Morrow signing the Anthony Amendment--Ky. was the twenty-fourth state to ratify, January 6, 1920. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: January 6

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Egypt

Haidar's book had been the subject of student demonstrations in May 2000. On January 6, the Prime Minister dismissed several Ministry of Culture officials following protests by Islamist members of the People's Assembly regarding three allegedly pornographic books ("Sons of Romantic Sins," by Yasser Sha'aban, "Forbidden Dreams," by Mahmoud Hamed, and "Before and After," by Tawfik Abdel Rahman) published by the Ministry. (references)

Economic History

Liberia

Constitution: January 6, 1986. (references)

Lebanon

A cooperation agreement with the Cairo and Kuwait Stock Markets became effective January 6, 1997. The BSE and Paris Bourse signed an agreement whereby the latter will supply electronic trading software to the BSE. (references)

Human Rights

Somalia

For example, on January 6, in the Bakol region, approximately 200 militia members, reportedly from the RRA, attacked a convoy of TNG officials and killed at least 9 persons and injured numerous others. (references)

Minorities

Yugoslavia

The European Roma Rights Center reported that on January 6, a Serb attacked and shot at a group of boys, believing that they were Roma. (references)

Political Economy

Thailand

National elections for Members of Parliament were last held on January 6, 2001. The maximum term of Parliament extends for four years. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

On January 6, 2000, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers passed a resolution regulating import licenses. (references)

Travel

Mexico

Furthermore, many business contacts may be unavailable during the Christmas holiday season, which informally begins around December 16 with the holding of traditional evening "posadas," or festive gatherings for friends, and extends to January 6, the Day of the Epiphany (Twelfth Night, Day of the Three Kings). (references)

Worker Rights

Morocco

The minimum employment age was raised from 12 to 15, to be effective January 6, 2002. The minimum age applies to all sectors and includes apprenticed children and those in family businesses. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Anagrams: January 6

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "6-a-a-j-n-r-u-y"

-3 letters: ruana, unary.

-4 letters: ajar, aura, jura, jury, nary, raja, raya, yarn, yuan.

-5 letters: ana, any, jar, jay, jun, nay, raj, ran, ray, run, rya, urn, yar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: January 6


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 61 6E 75 61 72 79      36

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01100001 01101110 01110101 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 00110110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#97 &#110 &#117 &#97 &#114 &#121 &#32 &#54

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0061 006E 0075 0061 0072 0079      0036

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

44678087678491224

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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