deaths
January 6, 2015
Basil John Mason, English meteorologist and academic (born 1923)
John Mason (meteorologist)
Sir Basil John Mason was an expert on cloud physics and former Director-General of the Meteorological Office from 1965 to 1983 and Chancellor of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) from 1994 to 1996.
January 6
January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 359 days remain until the end of the year.