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, 490,272 hours 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
- 1648 –Colonel Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King’s trial to go ahead; came to be known as “Pride’s Purge”.
- 1704 –Battle of Chamkaur.
- 1907 –A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia kills 362 workers.
- 1956 –A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
- 1957 –Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
- 1978 –Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
- 1988 –The Australian Capital Territory is granted self-government.
- 1991 –In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People’s Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May.
- 1997 –A Russian Antonov An-124 cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
- 2005 –Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China.
Who were born on December 6?
- 1792 –King William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
- 1876 –Fred Duesenberg, German-born American automobile maker (d. 1932)
- 1887 –Lynn Fontanne, British-American actress (d. 1983)
- 1920 –Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer
- 1945 –Dan Harrington, American poker player
- 1952 –Ric Charlesworth, Australian field hockey player
- 1963 –Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor
- 1967 –Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer
- 1970 –Jeff Rouse, American swimmer
- 1972 –Monica Santa Maria, Peruvian model and TV host (Nubeluz) (d. 1994)
Who died on December 6?
- 1618 –Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
- 1672 –King John II Casimir of Poland (b. 1609)
- 1878 –Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek artist (b. 1814)
- 1879 –Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814)
- 1882 –Anthony Trollope, British author (b. 1815)
- 1989 –Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1989 –John Payne, American actor (b. 1912)
- 1998 –César Baldaccini, French sculptor. (b. 1921)
- 2005 –Devan Nair, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
- 2006 –Betty Moschona, Greek actress (b. 1927)
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