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This article is about the day of the year. For the LDS intellectuals, see September Six .
September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in Leap Year s). There are 116 days remaining.
Events
- 3114 BC - On this date in the Proleptic Julian Calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started.
- Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the Pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frank ish '' Magister Militum '' Arbogast .
- 1522 - The '' Victoria '', one of the surviving ships of Ferdinand Magellan 's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar De Barrameda in Spain , becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
- 1620 - The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth , England , on the Mayflower to settle in North America .
- 1628 - Puritan s settle Salem , which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony .
- 1776 - Hurricane hits Guadeloupe , killing more than 6000.
- 1781 - The Battle Of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British minor victory
- 1847 - Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts .
- General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky , which gives the Union control of the mouth of the Tennessee River .
- evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina .
- 1870 - Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807 .
- 1885 - Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria . The Unification Of Bulgaria is accomplished.
- 1888 - Charles Turner becomes the first Bowler to take 250 Wicket s in an English season - a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne , Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).
- 1901 - Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York .
- 1915 - The first prototype Tank is tested for the British Army for the first time.
- 1936 - The last surviving member of the Thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania .
- .
- declares war on Germany .
- with the word Jew inscribed, is extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in German -occupied areas.
- 1948 - Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands .
- 1949 - Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.
- 1952 - Canada 's first television station, CBFT-TV , opens in Montreal .
- 's Greek Minority is the target of a government-sponsored Pogrom .
- 1963 - The Centre For International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded.
- attacks Pakistan and announces that its forces will capture Lahore (city of Pakistan ) in an hour.
- 1966 - In Cape Town , South Africa , the architect of Apartheid , Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd , is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.
- 1968 - Swaziland becomes independent.
- 1970 - Jimi Hendrix plays what turns out to be his last ever performance, at the badly controlled and rained out Love and Peace Festival, on the Isle Of Fehmarn, Germany.
- 1970 - Four passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian Terrorist members of PFLP . Two are taken to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
- air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido in Japan and requests Political Asylum in the United States .
- 1983 - The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Flight KAL-007 , stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian Aircraft when it violated Soviet airspace.
- 1985 - Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 , a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin , killing 31.
- 1986 - In Istanbul , two Arab terrorists from Abu Nidal 's terror organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
- , Latvia and Lithuania .
- 1991 - The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia 's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924 .
- 1995 - With the jury absent, Los Angeles Police detective Mark Fuhrman invokes his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in the murder trial of O. J. Simpson .
- 1995 - Cal Ripken Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig 's record of 2,130 consecutive Major League Baseball games played at Camden Yards in Baltimore , Maryland .
- 1997 - The funeral of Diana, Princess Of Wales , at Westminster Abbey draws large crowds.
- 2000 - In New York City , the United Nations Millennium Summit begins with more than 180 world leaders present.
- announces that it was no longer seeking to break-up Software maker Microsoft and will instead seek a lesser Antitrust penalty.
- 2005 - The California Legislature becomes the first legislative body in the United States to legalize Same-sex Marriage without a pre-emptive judicial order to do so.
Births
- 1535 - Emanuel Van Meteren , Flemish historian (d. 1612 )
- 1656 - Guillaume Dubois , French cardinal and statesman (d. 1723 )
- 1666 - Tsar Ivan V Of Russia (d. 1696 )
- 1711 - Henry Muhlenberg , German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (d. 1787 )
- 1732 - Johan Wilcke , Swedish physicist (d. 1796 )
- 1757 - Marquis De Lafayette , French soldier and statesman (d. 1834 )
- 1766 - John Dalton , British chemist and physicist (d. 1844 )
- 1781 - Anton Diabelli , Austrian music publisher and composer (d. 1858 )
- 1795 - Frances Wright , English writer, activist, and lecturer (d. 1852 )
- 1800 - Catharine Beecher , American educator (d. 1878 )
- 1802 - Alcide D'Orbigny , French naturalist (d. 1857 )
- 1814 - George-Étienne Cartier , Canadian politician (d. 1873 )
- 1829 - Marie Zakrzewska , Polish physician (d. 1902 )
- 1857 - Zelia Nuttall , American archeologist and historian (d. 1933 )
- 1859 - Boris Yakovlovic Bukreev , Russian mathematician (d. 1962 )
- 1860 - Jane Addams , American social worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1935 )
- 1868 - Heinrich Häberlin , Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1947 )
- 1869 - Felix Salten , Austrian author (d. 1945 )
- 1876 - John James Richard Macleod , Scottish-born physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935 )
- 1877 - Buddy Bolden , American musician (d. 1930 )
- 1879 - Max Schreck , German actor (d. 1936 )
- 1879 - Joseph Wirth , Chancellor Of Germany (d. 1956 )
- 1888 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. , American politician (d. 1969 )
- 1890 - Claire Chennault , American pilot (d. 1958 )
- 1890 - Clara Kimball Young , American actress (d. 1960 )
- 1892 - Sir Edward Appleton , English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965 )
- 1899 - Billy Rose , American composer (d. 1966 )
- 1900 - W.A.C. Bennett , Canadian politician (d. 1979 )
- 1904 - Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom , American boxer (d. 1976 )
- 1906 - Luis Federico Leloir , French-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987 )
- 1911 - Harry Danning , baseball player (d. 2004 )
- 1915 - Franz Josef Strauß , German Politician (d. 1988 )
- 1928 - Robert M. Pirsig , American author
- 1929 - Yash Johar , Indian film producer (d. 2005 )
- 1937 - Sergio Aragonés , Spanish-born illustrator
- 1937 - Brigid Berlin , American actor and artist
- 1937 - Jo Anne Worley , American actress
- 1939 - Susumu Tonegawa , Japanese molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- 1939 - Dan Cragg , an American soldier, essayist, and science-fiction author.
- 1939 - David Allan Coe , American country singer, one of the key figures in the Outlaw Country movement
- 1943 - Richard J. Roberts , English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- 1943 - Roger Waters , bassist, songwriter, and previous leader of Pink Floyd
- 1944 - Swoosie Kurtz , American actress
- 1947 - Jane Curtin , American actress
- 1954 - Ève Luquet , French stamp designer
- 1957 - Michaëlle Jean . 27th Governor-General Of Canada
- 1958 - Jeff Foxworthy , American comedian, actor, and author
- 1960 - Michael Winslow , American actor and comedian
- 1961 - Paul Waaktaar-Savoy , Norwegian guitarist ( A-ha )
- 1964 - Rosie Perez , American actress
- 1970 - Paul Miller , American composer, artist, and author
- 1971 - Dolores O'Riordan , Irish musician ( The Cranberries )
- 1972 - China Miéville , English writer
- 1973 - Carlo Cudicini , Italian footballer
- 1973 - Greg Rusedski , Canadian-born tennis player
- 1974 - Tim Henman , English tennis player
- 1974 - Nina Persson , Swedish musician ( The Cardigans )
- 1974 - Justin Whalin , American actor
- 1975 - Derrek Lee , Baseball player
- 1979 - Foxy Brown , American rapper
- 1979 - Massimo Maccarone , Italian footballer
- 1980 - Joseph Yobo , Nigerian footballer
- 1980 - Yuji Hamano , Japanese archer
- 1986 - Raven Riley , American adult film star
- 2000 - Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart , first Kleihauer-Betke Stillbirth (d. 2000 )
Deaths
- 972 - Pope John XIII
- 1511 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi , Japanese shogun (b. 1481 )
- 1625 - Thomas Dempster , Scottish historian (b. 1579 )
- 1635 - Metius , Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b. 1571 )
- 1649 - Robert Dudley, Styled Earl Of Warwick , English explorer and geographer (b. 1574 )
- 1683 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert , French minister finance (b. 1619 )
- 1708 - Sir John Morden , English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1623 )
- 1748 - Edmund Gibson , English jurist (b. 1669 )
- 1783 - Bertinazzi , Italian actor and writer (b. 1710 )
- 1808 - Louis-Pierre Anquetil , French historian (b. 1723 )
- 1902 - Frederick Augustus Abel , English chemist (b. 1827 )
- 1907 - Sully Prudhomme , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839 )
- 1952 - Gertrude Lawrence , English actress (b. 1898 )
- 1962 - Hanns Eisler , German-born composer (b. 1898 )
- 1966 - Margaret Sanger , American birth control activist (b. 1879 )
- 1966 - Hendrik Verwoerd , Prime Minister Of South Africa (b. 1901 )
- 1969 - Arthur Friedenreich , Brazilian football player (b. 1892 )
- 1974 - Olga Baclanova , Russian-born actress (b. 1896 )
- 1984 - Ernest Tubb , American singer (b. 1914 )
- 1986 - Blanche Sweet , American actress (b. 1895 )
- 1990 - Len Hutton , English cricketer (b. 1916 )
- 1994 - Nicky Hopkins , British musician (b. 1944 )
- 1998 - Akira Kurosawa , Japanese film director (b. 1910 )
- 2000 - Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart , first Kleihauer-Betke Stillbirth (b. 2000 )
- 2003 - Harry Goz , American actor (b. 1932 )
Holidays and observances
External links
September 5 - September 7 - August 6 - October 6 – Historical Anniversaries
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