December 6

December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by December 5, and succeeded by December 7. Following December 6, there are 25 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"The wise man is he who can either take or leave those so-called necessities of life with which other people are intemperate."

Events

• 1876 – the Theosophical Society organizes the First Cremation in America, of Baron de Palm's body.

Births

• YEAR – NAME, SOMETHING ABOUT PERSON (d. YEAR) - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Deaths

• 1882 – D. M. Bennett, editor of Freethought newspaper Truth Seeker (b. 1818)

Holidays and observances

• NAME OF HOLIDAY, SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOLIDAY - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

External links

• This Date in Wikipedia