About 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 this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Gemini is the sun 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.
What Happened On June 6
- 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.
- 1654 –Charles X succeeds his abdicated cousin Queen Christina to the Swedish throne.
- 1752 –A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
- 1809 –Sweden promulgates a new Constitution, which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates after 20 years of Enlightened absolutism.
- 1813 –War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek – A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force two times its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
- 1832 –The June Rebellion of Paris is put down by the National Guard.
- 1844 –The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
- 1857 –Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway.
- 1859 –Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
- 1882 –More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed as a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.
- 1882 –The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
- 1892 –Chicago ‘L’begins operation
- 1912 –The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
- 1939 –Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the “Missingest Man in New York”, is declared legally dead.
- 1942 –World War II: Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.
- 1946 –The National Basketball Association is created, with eleven original teams.
- 1971 –Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 launches.
- 1974 –A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.
- 1993 –Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.
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