About December 6

December 6, 2025 is the 340th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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Sagittarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 73 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On December 6

  • 1060 –
    Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary.
  • 1534 –
    The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
  • 1768 –
    The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
  • 1790 –
    The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • 1865 –
    The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
  • 1877 –
    The first edition of the Washington Post is published.
  • 1916 –
    World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
  • 1921 –
    The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
  • 1956 –
    A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
  • 1969 –
    Meredith Hunter is killed by the Hells Angels during a The Rolling Stones’s concert at the Altamont Speedway in California.
  • 1971 –
    Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India following New Delhi’s recognition of Bangladesh.
  • 1973 –
    The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3).
  • 1977 –
    South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
  • 1978 –
    Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
  • 1982 –
    Droppin Well bombing: The Irish National Liberation Army detonate a bomb in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven British soldiers and six civilians.
  • 1989 –
    The École Polytechnique Massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.
  • 1992 –
    The Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1500 people.
  • 2001 –
    The Canadian province of Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • 2005 –
    Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China.
  • 2008 –
    The 2008 Greek riots break out upon the killing of a 15-year-old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a police officer.

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