Tomorrow is Saturday, June 06, 2026
Everything happening on June 06, 2026 — our fun national days, public holidays, religious observances, sports, and notable events in history.
About June 06
June 06, 2026 falls on a Saturday, week 23 of 2026. It is day 157 of the year, with 208 days remaining. Calendar.cx lists 10 national days and fun holidays on June 6, plus public holidays, religious observances, sports events, and notable historical moments. Scroll down to explore everything happening on this date.
Public Holidays on June 6
- 🌍 Memorial Day (South Korea)
- 🌍 National Day of Sweden (Sweden)
- 🌍 Nationaldagen (Sweden)
- 🌍 현충일 (South Korea)
On This Day in History — June 6
- 2005 — In Gonzales v. Raich, the United States Supreme Court upholds a federal law banning cannabis, including medical marijuana.
- 2004 — Tamil is established as a "classical language" by the President of India, Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
- 2002 — Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26...
- 1993 — Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.
- 1985 — The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
- 1982 — The Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
Notable Births on June 6
Notable Deaths on June 6
- 2016 — Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player (b. 1931)
- 2016 — Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 2015 — Pierre Brice, French actor (b. 1929)
- 2015 — Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author (b. 1934)
- 2015 — Ronnie Gilbert, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
- 2015 — Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author (b. 1926)