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 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 23, 2022 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,670,284,800 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 47 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 3,637 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 6 Historical Events
- 1790 –The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1907 –A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia kills 362 workers.
- 1917 –Halifax Explosion: In Canada, a munitions explosion kills more than 1,900 people and destroys part of the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- 1917 –World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine ship SM.
- 1933 –U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce’s novel Ulysses is not obscene.
- 1947 –The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
- 1957 –Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
- 1973 –The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3).
- 1988 –The Australian Capital Territory is granted self-government.
- 2005 –Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China.
Who were born on December 6?
- 1586 –Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)
- 1812 –Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884)
- 1909 –Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (d. 2002)
- 1945 –Larry Bowa, American baseball player and manager
- 1948 –JoBeth Williams, American actress
- 1955 –Rick Buckler, British drummer (The Jam)
- 1956 –Peter Buck, American guitarist (R.E.M.)
- 1966 –Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete
- 1971 –Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player
- 1982 –Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
Who died on December 6?
- 1618 –Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
- 1675 –John Lightfoot, English churchman (b. 1602)
- 1983 –Lucienne Boyer, French singer (b. 1903)
- 1989 –John Payne, American actor (b. 1912)
- 1989 –Sammy Fain, American popular music composer (b. 1902)
- 1991 –Sir Richard Stone, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 1996 –Pete Rozelle, commissioner of the National Football League (b. 1926)
- 1997 –Willy den Ouden, Dutch freestyle swimmer. (b. 1918)
- 2003 –Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (b. 1909)
- 2005 –Danny Williams, South African singer (b. 1942)
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