6 December in internet history

Things that can be dated to 6 December: the day something was posted, a record that changed hands, an event research has pinned to a date. Every entry links to where it was read.

1. 2004

   Gary Brolsma posts Numa Numa Dance to Newgrounds. He said he had found the song in a Japanese Flash animation of cartoon cats. Numa Numa Wikipedia — Numa Numa (video)

2. 2013

   The currency is launched, as a joke. Dogecoin Wikipedia — Dogecoin

These did not happen on 6 December. They are shown because the day itself is thin, and each one carries its own date.

1. 3 December 2003

   The suit is dismissed. In the month after it was filed the site had more than 420,000 visits. The Streisand effect Wikipedia — Streisand effect

2. 3 December 2018

   Lil Nas X releases the song independently, a day after recording it in Atlanta. Old Town Road Wikipedia — Old Town Road

3. 3 December 2018

   Tumblr announces a ban on explicit images and videos. The Tumblr adult content ban Wikipedia — Tumblr

4. 4 December 2023

   Oxford University Press names it word of the year. Rizz Wikipedia — Rizz

5. 5 December 2004

   The site is launched. Digg Wikipedia — Digg

6. 5 December 2011

   The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs the episode “Malibu Beach Party From Hell”. A still of Taylor Armstrong crying and pointing circulates after a Daily Mail article the next day. Woman yelling at a cat Wikipedia — Woman yelling at a cat

7. 9 December 2005

   Yahoo buys it, for what its founder says was less than thirty million dollars. Delicious Wikipedia — Delicious (website)

8. 9 December 2019

   Pete Frates dies, aged 34. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Wikipedia — Ice Bucket Challenge