What are the important events that happened on December 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 6: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 6 is the 340th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 23, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,764,979,200 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 ‘trihectatetracontagon’ day.
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Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 73 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 4,733 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 6 Historical Events
- 1704 –Battle of Chamkaur.
- 1877 –The first edition of the Washington Post is published.
- 1897 –London becomes the world’s first city to host licensed taxicabs.
- 1917 –Finland declares independence from Russia.
- 1922 –One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
- 1928 –The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
- 1975 –Balcombe Street Siege: An IRA Active Service Unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London.
- 1978 –Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
- 2001 –The Canadian province of Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador.
- 2005 –Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China.
Who were born on December 6?
- 1721 –James Elphinston, British philologist (d. 1809)
- 1872 –Arthur Henry Adams, Australian writer (d. 1936)
- 1887 –Joseph Lamb, American ragtime composer (d. 1960)
- 1922 –John Brunt, English soldier, Victoria Cross holder (d. 1944)
- 1945 –Dan Harrington, American poker player
- 1949 –Linda Creed, American songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1953 –Kin Shriner, American actor
- 1958 –Nick Park, British filmmaker and animator
- 1976 –Lindsay Price, American actress
- 1977 –Kevin Cash, American baseball player
Who died on December 6?
- 1779 –Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
- 1889 –Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
- 1964 –Consuelo Vanderbilt, American socialite (b. 1877)
- 1983 –Lucienne Boyer, French singer (b. 1903)
- 1997 –Willy den Ouden, Dutch freestyle swimmer. (b. 1918)
- 1998 –César Baldaccini, French sculptor. (b. 1921)
- 2000 –Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer (b. 1942)
- 2001 –Charles McClendon, Hall of Fame college football coach (b. 1923)
- 2002 –Philip Berrigan, American civil rights activist (b. 1923)
- 2003 –Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
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