October 6th (2012) was a Saturday. It's the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days left to the end of the year.
October 6th Famous Deaths for 2012
» Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Algeria (b. 1929)
» Antonio Cisneros, Peruvian poet (b. 1942)
» Anthony John Cooke, English organist and composer (b. 1931)
» Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) (b. 1977)
» Raoul De Keyser, Belgian painter (b. 1930)
» Albert, Margrave of Meissen (1934–2012) known as Albert, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1943)
» Joseph Meyer (Wyoming politician) named Joseph Meyer, American lawyer and politician, 19th Secretary of State of Wyoming (b. 1941)
» B. Satya Narayan Reddy, Indian politician, 19th Governor of West Bengal (b. 1927)
» J. J. C. Smart, English-Australian philosopher and academic (b. 1920)
October 6th Holidays in History
» Armed Forces Day Montenegro or Armed Forces Day (Montenegro)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher
» Bruno of Cologne
» St Faith or Faith
» Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus
» Pardulphus
» Sagar of Laodicea
» William Tyndale (commemoration, Anglicanism), with Miles Coverdale (Episcopal Church (USA))
» October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Turkmenistan named Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (Turkmenistan)
» Remembrance days in Slovakia named Dukla Pass Victims Day (Slovakia)
» German-American Day (United States)
» Public holidays in Hungary named Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (Hungary)
» Yom Kippur War commemoration, and its related observance:
» Armed Forces Day Egypt named Armed Forces Day (Egypt)