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Sunday, October 6, 2024 falls on a Sunday. It is day 280 of the year, ISO week 40, in Q4.

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Sunday, October 6

October 6, 2024 is day 280 of 366, ISO week 40, in Q4. The moon is Waxing Crescent and the zodiac sign is Libra.

Day of year280
ISO week40
QuarterQ4
Days left86

Sun and Moon Cycles

Moon phase
Waxing Crescent
Lunar age
3.4 days
Illumination
12%
Season
Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, spring in the Southern Hemisphere

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Libra
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Today's Celebrations

October 6
Observance Blessed Marie Rose Durocher
Observance Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
Observance Bruno of Cologne
Observance Faith
Observance Mary Frances of the Five Wounds
Observance Pardulphus
Observance Sagar of Laodicea
Observance October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Sunday, October 6, 2024 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2008: The MESSENGER probe discovered Mercury's Rembrandt (pictured) – the second largest impact crater on the planet.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to October 6.

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The MESSENGER probe discovered Mercury's Rembrandt (pictured) – the second largest impact crater on the planet.

Al-Qaeda bombed the oil tanker Limburg, causing oil to leak into the Gulf of Aden.

Denouncing corruption in Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa's administration and the Senate, Vice President Carlos Álvarez resigned.

Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was attacked and fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming, U.S., dying six days later.

Astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz reported the discovery of a planet orbiting 51 Pegasi (depicted) as the first known exoplanet around a main-sequence star.

About 200 members of the San Francisco Police Department instigated a police riot in the Castro following a peaceful protest held by the political group ACT UP.

Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London.

Egyptian president Anwar Sadat (pictured) was assassinated while attending a parade in Cairo to mark the eighth anniversary of the Crossing of the Bar Lev Line at the start of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.

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