June 6th (2012) was a Wednesday. 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.
June 6th Famous Deaths for 2012
» Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
» Nolan Miller, American fashion designer (b. 1933)
» Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1957)
» Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (b. 1946)
» Mykola Volosyanko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972)
» Li Wangyang, Chinese activist (b. 1950)
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)