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Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 falls on a Tuesday. It is day 279 of the year, ISO week 41, in Q4.
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Tuesday, October 6
October 6, 2026 is day 279 of 365, ISO week 41, in Q4. The moon is Waning Crescent and the zodiac sign is Libra.
Day of year279
ISO week41
QuarterQ4
Days left86
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent
- Lunar age
- 24.6 days
- Illumination
- 25%
- Season
- Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, spring in the Southern Hemisphere
Zodiac and Holidays
- Zodiac
- Libra
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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- /date/2026-10-06
Today's Celebrations
October 6
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Blessed Marie Rose Durocher
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Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
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Bruno of Cologne
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Faith
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Mary Frances of the Five Wounds
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Pardulphus
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Sagar of Laodicea
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October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Local briefTuesday, October 6, 2026 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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Dave Hobson, American politician (born 1936)
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Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1951)
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Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1955)
2020
Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)
2019
Ginger Baker, English drummer (born 1939)
2019
Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (born 1936)
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