Friday, October 6, 1690 is a Friday. It is day 279 of 1690 (76.4% through the year), ISO week 40, in Q4.
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Friday, October 6, 1690 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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Historical Milestones
The MESSENGER probe discovered Mercury's Rembrandt (pictured) – the second largest impact crater on the planet.
MESSENGER →Al-Qaeda bombed the oil tanker Limburg, causing oil to leak into the Gulf of Aden.
Al-Qaeda →Denouncing corruption in Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa's administration and the Senate, Vice President Carlos Álvarez resigned.
Fernando de la Rúa →Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was attacked and fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming, U.S., dying six days later.
Matthew Shepard →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.
Michel Mayor →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.
Castro Sweep →Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London.
Murder of Keith Blakelock →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.
Anwar Sadat →Two bombs placed by the CIA-linked Cuban dissident group Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations exploded on Cubana Flight 455, killing all 73 people aboard.
Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations →The Egyptian Armed Forces crossed the Suez Canal (pictured) to attack occupying Israeli forces at the Bar Lev Line in the Sinai Peninsula, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
Egyptian Armed Forces →Catalonia's autonomous government, led by Lluís Companys (pictured), declared a general strike, an armed insurgency, and the establishment of the Catalan State in reaction to the inclusion of conservatives in the Spanish republi...
Catalonia →The Jazz Singer, one of the first feature-length motion pictures with a synchronized recorded music score, was released.
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Questions & Answers
Friday, October 6, 1690 falls on a Friday.
122,698 days ago (335 years, 11 months, 7 days ago). It is day 279 of 1690 with 86 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Friday, October 6, 1690 is written as VI.X.MDCXC (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waxing Crescent (approx. 11% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Libra.