January 6

January 6 is known as "Epiphany" or Three Kings Day in Christian Culture and these other holidays according to Checkiday.com and Daysoftheyear.com:

C: "National Smith Day", "National Take a Poet to Lunch Day", "National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day", "National Technology Day" and "World Day for War Orphans"

Both: "Apple Tree Day", "Bean Day", "Cuddle Up Day" and "National Shortbread Day"

Births

 * 1412 - Joan of Arc (saint)
 * 1955 - Rowan Atkinson (actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
 * 1952 - Armelia McQueen (actress)
 * 1964 - Colin Cowherd (sports media personality)
 * 1976 - Johnny Yong Bosch (actor, martial artist, voice actor, and musician)
 * 1979 - Cristela Alonzo (comedian, actress, screenwriter, and producer)
 * 1984 - Kate McKinnon (actress and comedian)
 * 1990 - Natalie Palamides (actress, comedian, and screenwriter)

Deaths

 * 1977 - Niall MacGinnis (actor)
 * 1993
 * Dizzy Gillespie (composer and singer)
 * Rudolf Nureyev (dancer and actor)
 * 2006 - Lou Rawls (soul, jazz, and blues singer)
 * 2009 - Cheryl Holdridge (actress and Mouseketeer)
 * 2013 - Huell Howser (television personality)
 * 2016 - Pat Harrington Jr. (actor, voice actor and screenwriter)
 * 2017
 * Francine York (actress)
 * Sylvester Potts (musician)
 * 2019 - William Morgan Sheppard (actor and voice actor)

Events

 * 1482 - The Feast of Fools is celebrated in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Films

 * 1950 - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (General release)
 * 1995 - Houseguest

Shorts

 * 1950 - Pluto's Heart Throb

Television

 * 1985 - The Disney Channel Premiere film "Black Arrow" premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 1990 - The Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears season five finale "Return to Ursalia" premieres on ABC.
 * 1995 - The Aladdin premiere in syndication with the episode "Shark Treatment".
 * 1998 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Raiders of the Lost Cheese" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
 * 2000
 * The Recess season five finale (And original series finale) "Lawson and his Crew" and the Teacher's Pet episode "Tallulahpalooza" premiere on ABC.
 * Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "Ancient Evil" premiere on ABC.
 * 2006 - The American Dragon: Jake Long premiere on the Disney Channel with the episode "Keeping Shop".
 * 2007 - The American Dragon: Jake Long premiere on the Disney Channel with the episode "Switcheroo".
 * 2012 - The Wizards of Waverly Place finale, "Who Will Be the Family Wizard?", premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 2015 - Agent Carter premieres on ABC.
 * 2017 - The Sofia the First premiere on the Disney Channel with the episode "Hexley Hall".
 * 2019 - The Avengers Assemble two-part episode "The Vibranium Curtain" premieres on Disney XD.

Books

 * 2009 - Designing Disney
 * 2015
 * All Hail the Queen
 * Memory and Magic
 * Cinderella is My Babysitter

Home Media releases

 * 2015 - Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Battle for the Book