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, 28,627,200 minutes 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
1844 –
The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
1882 –
The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
1894 –
Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners’ strike.
1921 –
The Southwark Bridge in London, is opened for traffic by King George V and Queen Mary.
1942 –
World War II: Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers.
1944 –
World War II: Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.
1974 –
A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.
1982 –
1982 Lebanon War begins: Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their “Operation Peace for the Galilee”, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
1984 –
Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all-time, is released.
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.
Who were born on June 6?
1436 –
Regiomontanus, German mathematician (d. 1476)
1622 –
Claude-Jean Allouez, French missionary and explorer (d. 1689)
1699 –
Johann Georg Estor, German jurist (d. 1773)
1907 –
Bill Dickey, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1929 –
Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (d. 2005)
1936 –
A. Venkatesh Naik, Indian politician
1961 –
Bill Bates, American football player
1965 –
Cam Neely, Canadian hockey player
1970 –
Albert Ferrer, Spanish footballer
1972 –
Natalie Morales, American television journalist
Who died on June 6?
1548 –
João de Castro, Portuguese noble and explorer (b. 1500)
1730 –
Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (b. 1646)
1784 –
Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (b. 1741)
1832 –
Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748)
1878 –
Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (b. 1790)
1946 –
Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862)
1947 –
James Agate, British diarist and critic (b. 1877)
1981 –
Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist (b. 1904)
2002 –
Robbin Crosby, American guitarist (Ratt) (b. 1959)
2006 –
Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican jazz pianist (b. 1952)
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