On this day

January 6

2 verified events

January 6, 1895 resistance

1895 Wilcox Rebellion (Counter-Revolution)

Royalists led by Robert Wilcox mounted an armed attempt to restore Queen Liliʻuokalani and the Hawaiian Kingdom; the Republic crushed it in three days, then arrested the Queen on Jan 16 and forced her abdication on Jan 24.

January 6, 1975 achievement

March Fong Eu Sworn In as California Secretary of State

On January 6, 1975, March Fong Eu was sworn in as California Secretary of State — the first Asian American elected to statewide constitutional office in the United States, and earlier the first Asian American woman elected to the California legislature.