6th of October explained

6th of October (October 6) is the 279th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

The date may also refer to:

• the Yom Kippur War, a war between Israel and Egypt and allied Syria which broke on October 6, 1973.

Things in Egypt named after the war

• 6th of October Governorate a defunct governorate in Egypt
• 6th October City, a planned city built in Giza governorate
• 6th October Bridge, an elevated highway in Cairo, Egypt