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?
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| General Information for December 6th 2018 | |
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| 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. |