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6 October 2024
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
2008 - The MESSENGER probe discovered Mercury's Rembrandt (pictured) – the second largest impact crater on the planet.NASA mission to Mercury
Anniversary
2002 - Al-Qaeda bombed the oil tanker Limburg, causing oil to leak into the Gulf of Aden.Pan-Islamist militant organization
Anniversary
2000 - Denouncing corruption in Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa's administration and the Senate, Vice President Carlos Álvarez resigned.President of Argentina from 1999 to 2001
Anniversary
1998 - Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was attacked and fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming, U.S., dying six days later.American hate crime and murder victim (1976–1998)
Anniversary
1995 - Astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz reported the discovery of a planet orbiting 51 Pegasi (depicted) as the first known exoplanet around a main-sequence star.Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics
Historical events
History
2025 - The 2025 Alberta teachers' strike begins, leaving approximately 51,000 teachers off-work, impacting about 730,000 Albertan students.Public education labour dispute
History
2022 - Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.French writer (born 1940)
History
2018 - The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process.Upper house of the US Congress
History
2010 - Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.Social media platform owned by Meta
History
2007 - Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.English author and sustainability advocate
History
1995 - The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.Exoplanet orbiting 51 Pegasi
History
1990 - Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun's polar regions.Space Shuttle orbiter (1984–2011)
History
1985 - Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.1985 murder in England
History
1981 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981
Notable births
Born
2004 - Bronny James, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 2004)
Born
2002 - Jonathan Kuminga, Congolese basketball playerCongolese basketball player (born 2002)
Born
2001 - Hitomi Honda, Japanese singer based in South KoreaJapanese singer and actress (born 2001)
Born
2000 - Jazz Jennings, American internet personalityAmerican internet personality (born 2000)
Born
2000 - Kyle Pitts, American football playerAmerican football player (born 2000)
Born
2000 - Addison Rae, American social media personality, dancer, and singerAmerican singer (born 2000)
Born
1999 - Trevor Lawrence, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1999)
Notable deaths
Died
2024 - Dave Hobson, American politician (born 1936)American politician (1936–2024)
Died
2024 - Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1951)Dutch football manager and player (1951–2024)
Died
2020 - Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1955)American rock guitarist and songwriter (1955–2020)
Died
2020 - Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)American singer (1940–2020)
Died
2019 - Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (born 1936)Australian rugby league footballer and administrator (1936–2019)
Died
2019 - Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (born 1931)American actor and comedian (1931–2019)
Sky
Moon phase
Waxing Crescent
12.4% illuminated
Lunar age: 3.4 days
Sun zodiac
Libra
13.73 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Scorpio
24.17 degrees
Constellation: Libra
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.