On this day: December 6
Events
Halifax explosionDecember 6, 1917 · World History
Irish Free StateDecember 6, 1922 – December 29, 1937 · World History
Founding of GrummanDecember 6, 1929 · Companies
Release of Beggars BanquetDecember 6, 1968 · Music
Release of Final Fantasy VDecember 6, 1992 · Gaming- Release of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith LordsDecember 6, 2004 · Gaming
- Release of The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earthDecember 6, 2004 · Gaming
- Release of Curtain Call: The HitsDecember 6, 2005 · Music
- Release of See You on the Other SideDecember 6, 2005 · Music
Launch of France 24December 6, 2006 · Internet
Release of Android GingerbreadDecember 6, 2010 · Technology- Release of Unorthodox JukeboxDecember 6, 2012 · Music
Release of So UndercoverDecember 6, 2012 · Film
Release of The Last GuardianDecember 6, 2016 · Gaming- Release of Dark WatersDecember 6, 2019 · Film
Release of Marvel RivalsDecember 6, 2024 · Gaming
Born on this day
Orazio VecchiDecember 6, 1550 – February 19, 1605 · Music
Jan JeseniusDecember 6, 1566 – June 21, 1621 · Culture
Niccolò ZucchiDecember 6, 1586 – May 31, 1670 · Science
Johann Christoph Bach IDecember 6, 1642 – March 31, 1703 · Music- Maria de DominiciDecember 6, 1645 – March 18, 1703 · Art
Nicolas LeblancDecember 6, 1742 – January 16, 1806 · Science
Nicolas IsouardDecember 6, 1775 – March 23, 1818 · Music
Joseph Louis Gay-LussacDecember 6, 1778 – May 9, 1850 · Science
Nikolay OgarevDecember 6, 1813 – June 12, 1877 · Music
Emmanuel FrémietDecember 6, 1824 – September 10, 1910 · Art
Frédéric BazilleDecember 6, 1841 – November 28, 1870 · Art
Louise Catherine BreslauDecember 6, 1856 – May 12, 1927 · Art
Charles Martin HallDecember 6, 1863 – December 27, 1914 · Technology
William S. HartDecember 6, 1864 – June 23, 1946 · Film
Otto NordenskjöldDecember 6, 1869 – June 2, 1928 · Exploration
Birger SjöbergDecember 6, 1885 – April 30, 1929 · Music
Joseph LambDecember 6, 1887 – September 3, 1960 · Music
Yoshio NishinaDecember 6, 1890 – January 10, 1951 · Science
Heinrich ZimmerDecember 6, 1890 – March 20, 1943 · Culture
Ira GershwinDecember 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983 · Music
Gunnar MyrdalDecember 6, 1898 – May 17, 1987 · Politics
George UhlenbeckDecember 6, 1900 – October 31, 1988 · Science
Princess Fahrelnissa ZeidDecember 6, 1901 – September 5, 1991 · Art
Marian SpychalskiDecember 6, 1906 – June 7, 1980 · Culture
Mykola AmosovDecember 6, 1913 – December 12, 2002 · Culture- Paul de ManDecember 6, 1919 – December 21, 1983 · Culture
Clyde CowanDecember 6, 1919 – May 24, 1974 · Science
George PorterDecember 6, 1920 – August 31, 2002 · Science
Dave BrubeckDecember 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012 · Music- Sergio CorbucciDecember 6, 1927 – December 1, 1990 · Film
Vladimir NaumovDecember 6, 1927 – November 29, 2021 · Film
Nikolaus HarnoncourtDecember 6, 1929 – March 5, 2016 · Music
Alain TannerDecember 6, 1929 – September 11, 2022 · Film
Wojciech ZabłockiDecember 6, 1930 – December 5, 2020 · Culture
Henryk Mikolaj GóreckiDecember 6, 1933 – November 12, 2010 · Music
Bruce NaumanDecember 6, 1941 – present · Art
Bertrand HalperinDecember 6, 1941 – present · Science
Peter HandkeDecember 6, 1942 – present · Film
Shekhar KapurDecember 6, 1945 – present · Film
Geoffrey HintonDecember 6, 1947 – present · Science
Miroslav VitoušDecember 6, 1947 – present · Music
JoBeth WilliamsDecember 6, 1948 – present · Film
Joe HisaishiDecember 6, 1950 – present · Film
Steven WrightDecember 6, 1955 – present · Film
Peter BuckDecember 6, 1956 – present · Music
Nick ParkDecember 6, 1958 – present · Film
Diezani Alison-MaduekeDecember 6, 1960 – present · Culture
Janine TurnerDecember 6, 1962 – present · Film
Judd ApatowDecember 6, 1967 – present · Film
Olaf LubaszenkoDecember 6, 1968 – present · Film
Noel ClarkeDecember 6, 1975 – present · Film
Tommy WirkolaDecember 6, 1979 – present · Film
Dulce MaríaDecember 6, 1985 – present · Music
Sabrina OuazaniDecember 6, 1988 – present · Film
EjaeDecember 6, 1991 – present · Music
Molly GordonDecember 6, 1994 – present · Film