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6 June 2023
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2021 - A man rammed a pickup truck into Muslim Pakistani Canadian pedestrians in Ontario, Canada, killing four members of the same family.Terrorist attack in Ontario, Canada
Anniversary
2017 - 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.2011–2024 armed conflict in Syria
Anniversary
1985 - The remains of Josef Mengele, a Nazi physician notorious for performing human experiments on Auschwitz inmates, were exhumed in Embu das Artes, Brazil.Nazi SS doctor at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
Anniversary
1982 - Falklands War: The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Cardiff engaged and destroyed a British Army helicopter in a friendly-fire incident.1982 undeclared Argentina–United Kingdom war
Anniversary
1976 - A plane crashed near Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Malaysia, killing politicians Fuad Stephens (pictured) and Peter Joinud Mojuntin, along with nine others.Air accident at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Historical events
History
2024 - The launch of SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4 (IFT-4)Fourth launch of SpaceX Starship
History
2023 - Russo-Ukrainian war: The Kakhovka Dam is destroyed.Ongoing conflict since 2014
History
2017 - Syrian civil war: The Battle of Raqqa begins with an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to capture the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).2011–2024 armed conflict in Syria
History
2002 - 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.Atmospheric explosion above the Mediterranean Sea, caused by small asteroid
History
1994 - China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 crashes near Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, killing all 160 people on board.1994 aviation accident
History
1993 - Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.1st President of Mongolia from 1990 to 1997
History
1992 - Copa Airlines Flight 201 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes into the Darién Gap in Panama, killing all 47 aboard.1992 aviation accident in Panama
History
1985 - 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.Municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo
History
1982 - 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.1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
History
1976 - 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.Head of government of Sabah
Notable births
Born
2000 - Haechan, South Korean singerSouth Korean singer and dancer (born 2000)
Born
1998 - Kenny Pickett, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1998)
Born
1996 - Jack Hetherington, Australian rugby league playerAustralian rugby league footballer
Born
1995 - Julian Green, American soccer playerAmerican soccer player (born 1995)
Born
1992 - DeAndre Hopkins, American football playerAmerican football player and coach (born 1992)
Notable deaths
Died
2016 - Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess grandmaster; arguably the best player never to become World Chess Champion (born 1931)Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster (1931–2016)
Died
2016 - Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter; works included Equus and Amadeus (born 1926)English playwright and screenwriter (1926–2016)
Died
2015 - Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author; prosecuting attorney in the Tate–LaBianca murders case (born 1934)American lawyer and true crime writer (1934–2015)
Died
2015 - Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author; noted for The Two Thousand Words which inspired the Prague Spring (born 1926)Czech writer and journalist (1926–2015)
Died
2014 - Lorna Wing, English psychiatrist and physician; pioneered studies of autism (born 1928)British psychiatrist and autism researcher (1928–2014)
Died
2013 - Jerome Karle, American crystallographer and academic; awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the molecular structure of chemical compounds (born 1918)American physical chemist (1918–2013)
Died
2013 - Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (born 1921)American swimmer and actress (1921–2013)
Died
2012 - Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player; together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, formed the famed KLM Line. (born 1960)Russian ice hockey player (1960–2012)
Sky
Moon phase
Waning Gibbous
92.3% illuminated
Lunar age: 17.4 days
Sun zodiac
Gemini
15.55 degrees
Constellation: Taurus
Moon zodiac
Capricorn
17.35 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius
Astronomy events
Moon
Moon at ApogeeThe Moon reaches a relatively distant point in its orbit around Earth.