September 6 is 906 Day - Celebrating the Upper Peninsula

What is 906 Day?

September 6 is 906 Day, a celebration of America’s greatest area code. No area code in America is so unique in its defined borders. And no area code is as tightly tied to its demonym as (906), for Yoopers, it means something speical.

During the early morning of September 6, 2012, I had an epiphany, “Today’s date 9-6 looks awfully like 906.” Quickly I rushed off to send a message out on Yooper Steez and (906) Day was born.

New to the 906? Here’s a blog post from 2008 that began our obsession with this sphenic number. At the time, 906 was only loosely associated with the Upper Peninsula. Today, the presence of 906 can be seen everywhere, from business names, to #906life, countless products, and if you’re in the Upper Peninsula it won’t take you very long to spot a 906 bumper sticker. In fact it has become so synonymous with the U.P. that some people simple call it The 906.

-Bugsy
Official Unofficial Ambassador of the Upper Peninsula
yoopersteez.com

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Participating Businesses

These businesses are making it happen. Please visit their stores, their websites, and social media accounts. If you see them on the sidewalk give them a high five, a hug, and tell them thanks for all their quality work. The same goes for the countless other Upper Peninsula businesses who keep our community amazing. Thanks for being awesome.

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Ways to Celebrate

Take a sauna
Buy a friend a pasty
Swim in the Great Lakes
Give Phil of Phil’s 550 a high five
Play a game of Euchre or Cribbage
Test your nerves at the Paulding Light
Make a toast with some Upper Peninsula brews
Pay for the car behind you at the Mackinac Bridge
Send a really nice tweet to Vicky Crystal @TV6AMNews
Sing “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot
Go hiking, kayaking, fishing, stone skipping and other things that end with -ing

All about the 906

Area code 906 was created in March 19, 1961 as a split from what was area code 616
Area code 906 is not expected to be exhausted until at least 2023
Area code 906 is the 6th largest area code east of the Mississippi River
906 is a sphenic number, a positive integer that is the product of three distinct prime numbers (2 × 3 × 151)
906 is the number of Perfect graphs with 7 vertices
In 906 AD in China the Tang Dynasty fell to the Sung rule
And yes, if you flip it, it is identical!