Starship flight test 4
The launch of SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4 (IFT-4)
What happened on June 6
34 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 1513 to 2024.
Standout on June 6
2024
Starship flight test 4
The launch of SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4 (IFT-4)
About June 6
June 6 is the 157th day of the year. These facts are computed from the calendar, not copied from anywhere.
- Day of the year
- Day 157 of 365 (158 in leap years)208 days left in the year (208 in leap years)
- Falls on
- Saturday in 2026, Sunday in 2027, Tuesday in 2028, Wednesday in 2029, Thursday in 2030
- Week
- ISO week 23 of 2026 · Q2
- Zodiac sign
- ♊ Gemini (May 21 – June 20)
- Season
- Spring in the north · Autumn in the south
- June birthstone
- Pearl / Alexandrite / Moonstonepurity, balance and new beginnings
- June birth flower
- Rose / Honeysucklelove, passion and devoted affection
- Next occurrence
- In 222 days
- Roman numerals
- VI.VIday.month — see the Roman numeral date tool
Anniversaries in 2026
- 60thMarch Against Fear1966
- 50th1976 Sabah Air GAF Nomad crash1976
- 50thChief Minister of Sabah1976
- 50thJ. Paul Getty1976
- 40thGin Wigmore1986
- 30thGeorge Davis Snell1996
- 30thJack Hetherington1996
- 25thRayan Aït-Nouri2001
June 6 through the years
- 10 years ago2016
- Viktor Korchnoi · Peter Shaffer
- 25 years ago2001
- Rayan Aït-Nouri
- 50 years ago1976
- 1976 Sabah Air GAF Nomad crash · Chief Minister of Sabah · J. Paul Getty
- 100 years ago1926
- Nothing recorded
- 200 years ago1826
- Nothing recorded
Born on June 6 — ages this year
- 2001Rayan Aït-Nouriturns 25
- 2000Haechanturns 26
- 1998Kenny Pickettturns 28
- 1996Jack Hetheringtonturns 30
- 1995Julian Greenturns 31
- 1994Yvon Mvogoturns 32
Historical events 34
A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Russo-Ukrainian war
Russo-Ukrainian war: The Kakhovka Dam is destroyed.
2021 London, Ontario truck attack
A man rammed a pickup truck into Muslim Pakistani Canadian pedestrians in Ontario, Canada, killing four members of the same family.
Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces opened the Second Battle of Raqqa, the final phase of the Raqqa campaign, capturing the de facto capital of the Islamic State four months later.
2002 Eastern Mediterranean event
Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303
China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 crashes near Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, killing all 160 people on board.
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.
Copa Airlines Flight 201
Copa Airlines Flight 201 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes into the Darién Gap in Panama, killing all 47 aboard.
Josef Mengele
The remains of Josef Mengele, a Nazi physician notorious for performing human experiments on Auschwitz inmates, were exhumed in Embu das Artes, Brazil.
Embu das Artes
The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
Falklands War
Falklands War: The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Cardiff engaged and destroyed a British Army helicopter in a friendly-fire incident.
1982 Lebanon War
1982 Lebanon War: The war begins as forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
1976 Sabah Air GAF Nomad crash
A plane crashed near Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Malaysia, killing politicians Fuad Stephens (pictured) and Peter Joinud Mojuntin, along with nine others.
Chief Minister of Sabah
Chief Minister of Sabah Faud Stephens, Peter Joinud Mojuntin, and several other politicians are killed in a plane crash near Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Malaysia.
Referendum
British referendum results in continued membership of the European Economic Community, with 67% of votes in favour.
Hughes Airwest Flight 706
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a US Marine Corps jet near Duarte, California, killing 50 people.
Vietnam War
Vietnam War: Australian forces attacked a heavily fortified North Vietnamese base camp at the Battle of Long Khánh.
Soyuz 11
Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June.
March Against Fear
March Against Fear: African-American civil rights activist James Meredith is wounded in an ambush by white sniper James Aubrey Norvell. Meredith and Norvell are photographed by Jack R. Thornell, whose photo will receive the 1967 Pulitzer Prize in Photography, the last one to be awarded in the category.
Operation Overlord
World War II: Commencement of Operation Overlord: The Allied invasion of Normandy begins with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on five invasion beaches and are pushing inland.
World War II
World War II: Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious military operation in history, began with Allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy in France.
Capture of the Caen Canal and Orne River bridges
World War II: Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges by British paratroopers, also known as Operation Coup de Main (incorrectly referred to as Operation Deadstick.)
World War II
World War II: The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turning point in the Pacific Theater. All four Japanese fleet carriers taking part—Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū and Hiryū—are sunk, as is the heavy cruiser Mikuma. The American carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann are also sunk.
New Deal
New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Drive-in theater
The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
Chrysler
The original Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company.
Novarupta
The largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century began, forming the volcano Novarupta in the Alaska Peninsula.
Davis Hanson Waite
Governor Davis Hanson Waite ordered the Colorado state militia to protect and support miners engaged in a five-month strike in Cripple Creek.
Shewa
The Shewan army defeated Gojjame forces at the Battle of Embabo, an event that contributed to the supremacy of Shewa within the Ethiopian Empire.
Alexis St. Martin
Alexis St. Martin, a Canadian voyageur, was accidentally shot in the stomach; medical investigations of his injury led to a greater understanding of the processes of digestion.
War of 1812
War of 1812: The British ambushed an American encampment near present-day Stoney Creek, Ontario, capturing two senior officers.
1749 Muslim slave revolt plot in Malta
A plot by Muslim slaves in Malta to assassinate Manuel Pinto da Fonseca of the Knights Hospitaller was uncovered.
Shivaji
Shivaji, who led a resistance to free the Maratha from the Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, was crowned the first chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.
War of the League of Cambrai
War of the League of Cambrai: Milanese forces with Swiss mercenaries defeated the French in Novara, forcing them to withdraw from the Duchy of Milan and Italy.
Births 20
A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Becky Sauerbrunn
Becky Sauerbrunn, American footballer; twice a winner of the FIFA Women's World Cup, also an Olympic gold medallist
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth, American author, political commentator and 29th United States Secretary of Defense
Deaths 20
A notable person who died on this day.
Viktor Korchnoi
Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess grandmaster; arguably the best player never to become World Chess Champion (born 1931)
Peter Shaffer
Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter; works included Equus and Amadeus (born 1926)
Vincent Bugliosi
Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author; prosecuting attorney in the Tate–LaBianca murders case (born 1934)
Ludvík Vaculík
Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author; noted for The Two Thousand Words which inspired the Prague Spring (born 1926)
Lorna Wing
Lorna Wing, English psychiatrist and physician; pioneered studies of autism (born 1928)
Jerome Karle
Jerome Karle, American crystallographer and academic; awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the molecular structure of chemical compounds (born 1918)
Vladimir Krutov
Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player; together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, formed the famed KLM Line. (born 1960)
Jean Dausset
Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of the genetic basis of immunological reaction (born 1916)
Billy Preston
Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1946)
Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft, American film actress; winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Miracle Worker (born 1931)
George Davis Snell
George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 for his studies of histocompatibility (born 1903)
Hans Leip
Hans Leip, German author, poet, and playwright who wrote the lyrics of Lili Marleen (born 1893)
J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty, American businessman, founded the Getty Oil Company (born 1892)
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (born 1925)
Holidays & observances 8
A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
Claudius of Besançon
Christian feast day: Claudius of Besançon
Norbert of Xanten
Christian feast day: Norbert
Maria Laura Mainetti
Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Laura Mainetti
Marcellin Champagnat
Christian feast day: Marcellin Champagnat
Iarlaithe mac Loga
Christian feast day: Iarlaithe mac Loga
Bessarion of Egypt
Christian feast day: Bessarion of Egypt
Beatification
Christian feast day: Blessed Innocent Guz
Ini Kopuria
Christian feast day: Ini Kopuria (Anglican Church of Melanesia, Church of England, Episcopal Church)
Spread across the centuries
- 16th century1
- 17th century1
- 18th century1
- 19th century4
- 20th century50
- 21st century17
Earliest: War of the League of Cambrai (1513). Most recent: Starship flight test 4 (2024).
What the categories mean, and how the standout is chosen
- Historical events
- A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Births
- A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Deaths
- A notable person who died on this day.
- Milestones
- A first, a founding or a turning point our editors flagged as a landmark moment.
- Holidays & observances
- A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
- Standout / notable
- Editor-written entries come first, then entries covered by the most Wikipedia language editions. For the standout tile we prefer an entry that has a picture.
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Questions about June 6
What day of the year is June 6?
June 6 is the 157th day of the year, with 208 days left after it.
What star sign is June 6?
June 6 falls under Gemini (May 21 – June 20), a air sign ruled by Mercury. The birthstone for the month is Pearl or Alexandrite or Moonstone.
How many things happened on June 6?
We record 82 entries for June 6: 34 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 1513 to 2024.
Who was born on June 6?
Rayan Aït-Nouri (2001) is among the notable births on June 6. The births section lists the rest.
How often is the June 6 page updated?
The day is filled the first time anyone opens it and then re-checked for new entries about every 90 days. Computed facts such as the weekday and the anniversaries update every year.
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