December 6th (1917) was a Thursday. It's the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 6th December, 1917
» Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax (former city) e.g Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions Rank order of largest conventional explosions/detonations by magnitude known as larg
» World War I: USS Jacob Jones DD-61 6 is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine ship SM U-53.
Famous Birthdays on December 6 in 1917
» Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese politician (d. 1977)
» Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008)
» Waldemar von Gazen, German general and lawyer (d. 2014)
December 6th Holidays in History
» Public holidays in Ecuador named Anniversary of the Founding of Quito (Ecuador)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Abraham of Kratia
» Saint Aemilianus known as Aemilianus (Roman Catholic Church)
» Saint Nicholas named Nicholas of Myra, and its related observances:
» December 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Spanish Constitution of 1978 named Constitution Day (Public holidays in Spain or Spain)
» Public holidays in Azerbaijan known as Day of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan)
» Independence Day (Finland) named Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Finland from Russia in 1917.