What day of the week was December 6, 2005?

The day of the week December 6th, 2005 fell on was a Tuesday.

There were 19 days until Christmas.

Charly Gaul the Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932) died on this day in 2005. As did Devan Nair the Malaysian-Singaporean politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923) , Danny Williams the South African singer (b. 1942) , William P. Yarborough the American general (b. 1912) .

Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou the China. An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran the killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground.