December 6 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Chanukah: 3 Candles חנוכה: ג׳ נרות holiday

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2015 — Venezuelan elections are held. For the first time in 17 years the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament. ↗
• 2006 — NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars. ↗
• 2005 — An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran,... ↗
• 1998 — in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez is victorious in presidential elections. ↗
• 1997 — A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1998 — Angelīna Kučvaļska, Latvian figure skater
• 1996 — Davide Calabria, Italian football player
• 1994 — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player
• 1993 — Pedro Rafael Amado Mendes, Portuguese footballer
• 1993 — Tautau Moga, Australian-Samoan rugby league player