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: June 6
June 6, 2025 is the 157th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 208 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Gemini is your zodiac sign. Pearl is your modern birthstone. Moonstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: June 6
- 1654 –Charles X succeeds his abdicated cousin Queen Christina to the Swedish throne.
- 1674 –Shivaji, founder of the Maratha empire is crowned.
- 1808 –Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte is crowned King of Spain.
- 1822 –Alexis St. Martin accidentally shot in the stomach, which leads way to William Beaumont’s studies on digestion.
- 1833 –U.S. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride on a train.
- 1909 –French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire.
- 1932 –The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1/4 ¢/L) sold.
- 1981 –Bihar train disaster A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the actual figure is closer to 1,000 killed.
- 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.
- 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?
- 1542 –Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (d. 1591)
- 1892 –Donald F. Duncan Sr., American entrepreneur (d. 1971)
- 1916 –Hamani Diori, former President of Niger (d. 1989)
- 1957 –Christian Rach, German chef
- 1959 –Amanda Pays, English actress
- 1961 –Bill Bates, American football player
- 1964 –Jay Bentley, American bassist (Bad Religion)
- 1974 –Sonya Walger, British actress
- 1978 –Joy Enriquez, American singer
- 1980 –Matt Belisle, American baseball player
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