Today
Saturday June 6 2026
- Day of the year
- 157/ 365
- Week
- 232,026
- Days left
- 20843%
- Moon
- 68%Waning gibbous
Today is Saturday, June 6, 2026. It is day 157 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 208 remain, and 43% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 23.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- June 8World Oceans Day
- June 12World Day Against Child Labour
- June 14World Blood Donor Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Norbert of Xanten12th‑century German bishop and founder of the Premonstratensians, Catholic saint, reformer of clergy and defender of the Eucharist
- AgobardSpanish saint
- Odoardo FocheriniItalian resistance fighter (1907-1944)
- Rafael Guízar y ValenciaCatholic bishop and saint (1878–1938)
- Claudius of BesançonFrench abbot and bishop
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:25
- Sunset
- 20:24
- Length of day
- 14h 59m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:55
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 15 days, June 21, 2026 (June solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Juneteenth National Independence Day — June 19, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 68%
Moon age : 20.8 days
- Next full moon
- June 29, 2026
- Next new moon
- June 15, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Gemini
until June 21, 2026 — Cancer
Zodiac dates are an astrological convention, not the Sun's actual position among the constellations. The astronomy above is measured; this is not.
On this day in history
1513
War of the League of Cambrai: In the Battle of Novara, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing them to abandon Milan; Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored. Wikipedia
1523
Swedish regent Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden and, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day. Wikipedia
1654
Swedish Queen Christina abdicates her throne in favour of her cousin Charles Gustav and converts to Catholicism. Wikipedia
1844
The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London. Wikipedia
1862
American Civil War: The First Battle of Memphis, a naval engagement fought on the Mississippi River, results in the capture of Memphis, Tennessee by Union forces from the Confederates. Wikipedia
1912
The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century. Wikipedia
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1944
World War II: Commencement of Operation Overlord: The Allied invasion of Normandy begins with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, Wikipedia
1971
Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June. Wikipedia
1982
1982 Lebanon War: The war begins as forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut. Wikipedia
1985
The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day June 6
- 1714Joseph I of Portugal, King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death (died 1777)
- 1850Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 1909 for physics (died 1918)
- 1875Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
- 1901Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (died 1970)
- 1903Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (died 1978)
- 1917Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (died 2015)
- 1943Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 1996 for chemistry (died 2005)
- 1956Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive Wimbledonsturns 70 years
Died on this day June 6
- 1548João de Castro, Portuguese soldier and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (born 1500)aged 48 years
- 1832Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (born 1748)aged 84 years
- 1861Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (born 1810)aged 51 years
- 1946Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862)aged 84 years
- 1961Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (born 1875)aged 86 years
- 1962Yves Klein, French painter (born 1928)aged 34 years
- 1968Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (born 1925)aged 43 years
- 2005Anne Bancroft, American film actress; winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Miracle Worker (born 1931)aged 74 years
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
The day in words
In New York the sun rises at 05:25 and sets at 20:24, giving 14h 59m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 15 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 68% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 6 to Norbert of Xanten, Agobard and Odoardo Focherini.
No United Nations international day falls on June 6. The next one on the calendar is World Oceans Day, on June 8.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: War of the League of Cambrai: In the Battle of Novara, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing them to abandon Milan; Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored (1513); Swedish regent Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden and, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day (1523). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Joseph I of Portugal was born on June 6, 1714; João de Castro died on June 6, 1548.
202 days remain until Christmas and 209 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 6 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 43%
- of the year elapsed
- 202
- until Christmas
- 209
- until New Year
- 633
- until the next 29 February
2026 — Common year (365 days)
Work with dates
Sources
Every block on this page names where its data comes from. Nothing here is generated when the source is silent.
- United Nations — International Days— What's celebrated today
- Wikidata (P841)— Saints and name days · CC0 1.0
- Wikipedia (en)— On this day in history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26