Day Guide for Thursday December 6th 2018 What are the holidays on December 6th 2018?

This is our day guide for Thursday December 6th 2018 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Holidays on December 6th 2018

International: Feast of St. Nicholas

A day when many children across Europe receive gifts in honour of Saint Nicholas

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Ecuador (regional): Foundation of Quito Day

Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded on December 6th 1534 by 204 Spanish settlers.

Finland: Independence Day

Celebrates Finland's declaration of independence from the Russian Empire in 1917

Regional

India (regional): Kagyed Dance

Kagyed is a masked dance performed by Buddhist monks in Sikkim as reverence to the almighty and as a means to ward off evils.

Spain: Constitution Day

Constitution day is a celebration of the day Spain became a democracy in December 1978.

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General Information for December 6th 2018
There are 5 public holidays today.
Day 340 of 2018
25 days left in 2018
Week 49 of the year
On this Day in History
2005 - An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground.
1975 - The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.
1957 - Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.