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 157^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 208 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 24, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,152,800 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 ‘hectapentacontaheptagon’ 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 256 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 4,550 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 6 Historical Events

• 1644 –
  The Qing Dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming Dynasty. The Manchus would rule China until 1912 when the Republic of China is established.
• 1822 –
  Alexis St. Martin accidentally shot in the stomach, which leads way to William Beaumont’s studies on digestion.
• 1832 –
  The June Rebellion of Paris is put down by the National Guard.
• 1833 –
  U.S. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride on a train.
• 1859 –
  Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
• 1909 –
  French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire.
• 1939 –
  Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the “Missingest Man in New York”, is declared legally dead.
• 1971 –
  Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins.
• 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.

Who were born on June 6?

• 1606 –
  Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (d. 1684)
• 1892 –
  Donald F. Duncan Sr., American entrepreneur (d. 1971)
• 1943 –
  Richard Smalley, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
• 1949 –
  Ioannis Matzourakis, Greek association football manager and former player
• 1954 –
  Władysław Żmuda, Polish footballer
• 1955 –
  Sandra Bernhard, American actress and comedian
• 1959 –
  Colin Quinn, American comedian
• 1970 –
  Sarah Dessen, American author
• 1972 –
  Natalie Morales, American television journalist
• 1978 –
  Mariana Popova, Bulgarian singer

Who died on June 6?

• 1393 –
  Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)
• 1843 –
  Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and dramatist (b. 1770)
• 1865 –
  William Quantrill, American confederate raider (b. 1837)
• 1878 –
  Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (b. 1790)
• 1948 –
  Louis Lumière, French movie pioneer (b. 1864)
• 1981 –
  Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist (b. 1904)
• 2002 –
  Robbin Crosby, American guitarist (Ratt) (b. 1959)
• 2005 –
  Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931)
• 2009 –
  Jim Owens, American college football head coach (b. 1927)
• 2009 –
  Mary Howard de Liagre, American actress (b. 1913)