What are the important events that happened on June 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 6: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 6 is the 158th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 208 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 24, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,717,632,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontaoctagon’ day.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 237 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,185 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 6 Historical Events
- 1654 –Charles X succeeds his abdicated cousin Queen Christina to the Swedish throne.
- 1752 –A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
- 1844 –The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
- 1889 –The Great Seattle fire destroys the entirety of downtown Seattle, Washington.
- 1934 –New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
- 1939 –Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the “Missingest Man in New York”, is declared legally dead.
- 1971 –A midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet fighter near Duarte, California claims 50 lives.
- 1971 –Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins.
- 2002 –Eastern Mediterranean Event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 meters diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
- 2004 –Tamil is established as a Classical language by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
Who were born on June 6?
- 1699 –Johann Georg Estor, German jurist (d. 1773)
- 1900 –Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (d. 1957)
- 1906 –Max August Zorn, German-born mathematician (d. 1993)
- 1926 –Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter (d. 2009)
- 1944 –David Penhaligon, British politician (d. 1986)
- 1961 –Bill Bates, American football player
- 1974 –Danny Strong, American actor
- 1975 –Staci Keanan, American actress
- 1984 –Jason Trusnik, American football player
- 1984 –Shannon Stewart, American model
Who died on June 6?
- 1784 –Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (b. 1741)
- 1861 –Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
- 1881 –Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (b. 1820)
- 1934 –Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (b. 1864)
- 1954 –Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1910)
- 1961 –Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1875)
- 1962 –Yves Klein, French artist (b. 1928)
- 1975 –Larry Blyden, American actor (b. 1925)
- 1981 –Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist (b. 1904)
- 1999 –Anne Haddy, Australian actress (b. 1930)
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