June 6th (1946) was a Thursday. It's the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 209 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 6th June, 1946
» The National Basketball Association is created with eleven teams.
Famous Birthdays on June 6 in 1946
» Tony Levin, American bass player and songwriter (King Crimson, Liquid Tension Experiment, and Bruford Levin Upper Extremities)
June 6th Famous Deaths for 1946
» Gerhart Hauptmann, German author and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
June 6th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Claudius of Besançon e.g Claude the Thaumaturge
» Marcellin Champagnat
» Norbert of Xanten
» Ini Kopuria (Church of England, Episcopal Church (USA) e.g Episcopal Church)
» June 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Memorial Day (South Korea)
» National Day of Sweden (Sweden)
» Normandy landings of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (D-Day), aka Operation Neptune, part of Operation Overlord (1944)