Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: December 6
December 6, 2024 is the 341st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: December 6
- 1240 –Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
- 1534 –The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
- 1704 –Battle of Chamkaur.
- 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.
- 1933 –U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce’s novel Ulysses is not obscene.
- 1967 –Adrian Kantrowitz performed the first human heart transplant in the United States.
- 1969 –Meredith Hunter is killed by the Hells Angels during a The Rolling Stones’s concert at the Altamont Speedway in California.
- 1991 –In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People’s Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May.
- 2005 –Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China.
Who were born on December 6?
- 1421 –King Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
- 1805 –Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875)
- 1805 –Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861)
- 1917 –Irv Robbins, Canadian-born American entrepreneur (d. 2008)
- 1948 –Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver
- 1949 –Linda Creed, American songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1953 –Gary Goodman, Australian cricket player
- 1971 –Ryan White, American AIDS victim (d. 1990)
- 1974 –Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist
- 1980 –Steve Lovell, British footballer
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