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This is historically much more common in east asia and the arab world, the western world seems to have picked it up more widely after 11 Sept 2001. I think one of the reasons it was historically more prevalent in these cultures is that simply referening a date is a very neutral way of referencing an event without using a name that itself contains some judgement about the event. Consider the US Civil War vs the War of Northern Aggression. Now imagine your culture goes back another 2000 years and has dozens of these that some people are still upset about centuries later. Date-names allow some discussion of the event without immediately starting a fight by referencing "The Hopeless Rebellion of the Foolish People" or w/e the winners of that conflict called it.
Downthread the Jan 6 events are referenced. This is a good example.
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