Talk:June 6

Selected anniversaries for the "On this day" section of the Main Page

Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before editing this box.

June 6: National Day of Sweden; Queen's Official Birthday (New Zealand); Foundation Day (Western Australia); Queensland Day in the Australian state of Queensland; Duanwu/Dragon Boat Festival (2011) 1813 – War of 1812: The British ambushed an American encampment near present-day Stoney Creek, Ontario, capturing two senior officers. 1882 – The Shewa kingdom made big strides towards gaining supremacy over the Ethiopian Empire by defeating the Gojjam and gaining control of territories south of the Gibe River. 1944 – Second World War: The Invasion of Normandy, the largest amphibious military operation in history, began with Allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy in France (pictured). 1984 – Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all time, was released. 2004 – During a joint sitting of both houses of the Indian Parliament, President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam announced that Tamil was to be made the first legally recognised classical language of India. More anniversaries: June 5 – June 6 – June 7 It is now February 3, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

Misc.

I decided to change the picture from the Swedish Coat of Arms to the D-Day picture as this year is the 60th anniversary of the landings. Also in the selected anniversaries deleted the entry for 1523 - Gustav Vasa was elected King of Sweden And added 1844 - The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London Considering that there are already three entries about Sweden selected for June 6

Moved/removed

Moved to June 9:

• 1942 - World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice as reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.

From what I could tell, this was on June 9th (which is the date also given in the article). --mav

Moved to June 8:

• 1949 - Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell, is published.

My research indicates a June 8 date (which is also the date given in the article). --mav 05:06, 6 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Moved to June 16:

• 1976 - The Soweto riots in South Africa mark the beginning of the end of apartheid.

Nope - was on the 16th. --mav 05:06, 6 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Removed:

• 1985 - The body of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele located and exhumed.

I could not confirm this outside of 'this day in history'-type websites and Wikipedia mirrors. --mav 05:06, 6 Jun 2004 (UTC)]

Moved to June 1:

• 1918 - World War I: The Battle of Belleau Wood begins

Nope - was on June 1. -- mav 06:59, 6 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Jerusalem Day

is it really appropriate to list Jerusalem Day here? it changes from year to year, as it is observed by the Jewish calendar 66.57.43.44 15:16, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

6/6/2006

June 6, 2006 in refrence to the Number of the Beast (666).DragonMaster 18:57, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I added that sources were needed to back up, the statement made that on the date 06/06/06 (6/6/2006) the Number of the beast will be envoked. I understand this is a belief, but, if you check that article it says that the number could also be 616 not 666. Mrs.amberj 23:15, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Isnt there some sort of Belife that the world will end on Said date? --24.175.175.139 07:03, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, again its a belief and if you check the page, there is also proof that it could happen on 6/1/06. So, it is not a fact. No one knows. its a belief. mrs.amberj 05:05, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I am deleting The Number of the beast but, will keep the fact that it is the 21st time that this has ever happened.mrs.amberj 05:05, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't recall the world ending on 06/06/1906.--Greasysteve13 05:02, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Me neither, and it is pure speculation to continually post this. Perhaps repeat posters are part of the promotion crew for some similarly-themed film. These pages should only list facts and notable items (release dates of every movie to hit theatres are not notable - see Wikipedia:Notability on a global scale over time. Fabricationary 05:11, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

06/06/06 is a popular superstition. Anyways, 06/06 only happens on - guess what? June 6th. It would only take up one entry out of 365 days for the articles about dates; I vote that it wouldn't hurt to add it in to the article. --FlyingPenguins 03:23, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps, but 06/06/06 has occured almost two dozen times since the establishment of the Gregorian calendar (which in itself is off by several years). Like you said, this date is a popular superstition - not a documented fact. Please see Wikipedia:Notability on a global scale over time for some criteria we've established on this matter. Fabricationary 03:40, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

This kind of thing is trivia with no real meaning. Superstitious significance is not real significance. Jim Michael (talk) 23:28, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Editing

How come this page cannot be edited. I don't see any messages that says editing has been disabled? The Legendary Ranger 19:39, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree or think that a bit should be added in about speculation of the end of the world being today. ... Well I'm still alive. How about you? But still, It couldn't hurt to add that in.--Labine50 19:43, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

The page was protected due to constant 6/6/06 vandalism. Speculation about the world ending today does not belong in this article. The world did not end in 1906, 1806, 1706, etc. --Coredesat 22:30, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Sheesh, what's with people and this stupid 6/6/06 nonsense?-- The Legendary Ranger 11:18, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't know why but 1968 does not show up in edit page. It's listing RFK's assassination June 6, which is wrong. The shooting was June 5 and he died on June 6. The error is protected from correction?!

Vandalism

Slayer Day does not seem appropriate. It is also out of order. Vandalism? I think it should go. 71.141.124.109

666

Should we mention that in any year that the last digit is a 6 (1976,1986,1996,2006), the date would be 6/6/x6/ x=the second last digit of the year. Both Omens did this in the advertising.

D-Day

Instead of the D-Day link going to the term D-Day, shouldn't it go the Battle of Normandy page?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.101.126.231 (talk • contribs)

I think the current listing, since it starts with the Battle of Normandy and also links Operation Overlord to the battle of Normandy is right. The linking of D-Day to the generic D-Day page, which has at its top the pointer to the Battle of Normandy and in its text points out that the Battle of Normandy is a well known use of the generic D-Day H-Hour military coding, allows people to understand that the Normandy landings were just one use of the designator D-Day rather than its only use. --BotleyBoy 14:09, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

6/6/1993: Carl Joseph Zanatian was born —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.169.170.106 (talk) 16:56, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Dungeons and Dragons

Really? Is that notable? 71.11.215.216 (talk) 02:00, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually, it is. But what does that have to do with June 6? 66.31.9.250 (talk) 13:20, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Intro

June 6 was D-Day. Surely more significant than the bombing of the WTC in 2001. The WTC bombing is mentioned, why not this? Wallie (talk) 12:45, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Please centralize these discussions at WT:DAYS. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 15:43, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

D-Day image

I saw there was some discussion about D-Day that got moved over to WT:DAYS, but I didn't see anything concerning adding an image. It looks as if it was placed here during these 2 edits Kentholke (talk) 14:33, 14 March 2009 (UTC)