September 6

September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). There are 116 days remaining. \n

Events

\n*3761 BC - The first day of the Hebrew Calendar. \n*394 - Battle of Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankishish general Arbogast. \n*1522 - The Vittoria, one of the surviving ships of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to San Lucar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world. \n*1620 - The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. \n*1628 - Puritans settle Salem which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony. \n*1847 - Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts. \n*1861 - American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, which gives the Union control the mouth of the Tennessee River. \n*1863 - American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina. \n*1901 - American anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. \n*1915 - The first prototype tank is tested for the British Army for the first time. \n*1939 - World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany. \n*1941 - Holocaust: The requirement to wear the Star of David with the word "Jew" inscribed, is extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas. \n*1948 - Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands. \n*1949 - Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control. \n*1965 - War of 1965: India attacks Pakistan and announces that its forces will capture Lahore (city of Pakistan) in an hour. \n*1966 - In Cape Town, the South African architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting. \n*1968 - Swaziland becomes independent. \n*1972 - Munich Massacre: Israeli athletes and coaches are killed when police assault Black September members in a failed hostage rescue in West Germany. \n*1976 - Cold War: Soviet 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 from the United States. \n*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. \n*1985 - Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31. \n*1986 - In Istanbul, two Arab terrorists from Abu Nidal's terror organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Sabbath services. \n*1991 - The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states. \n* 1991 - The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed "Leningrad" in 1924. \n*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. \n* 1995 - Cal Ripken Jr breaks Lou Gehrig's record of playing 2131 consecutive baseball games. \n*1997 - The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales at Westminster Abbey draws large crowds \n*2000 - In New York City, the United Nations Millennium Summit begins with more than 180 world leaders present. \n*2001 - Microsoft antitrust case: The United States Justice Department announces that it was no longer seeking to break-up software maker Microsoft and will instead seek a lesser antitrust penalty.

Births

\n*1757 - Marquis de Lafayette, Revolutionary War soldier (d. 1834)\n*1766 - John Dalton, British chemist and physicist (d. 1844)\n*1781 - Anton Diabelli, music publisher, editor and composer\n*1859 - Boris Yakovlovic Bukreev, Russian mathematician (d. 1962)\n*1860 - Jane Addams, social worker (d. 1935)\n*1869 - Felix Salten, author (d. 1945)\n*1877 - Buddy Bolden, American jazz musician (d. 1930)\n*1888 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr, head of the Kennedy family (d. 1969)\n*1890 - Claire Chennault, soldier (d. 1958)\n*1899 - Billy Rose, composer (d. 1966)\n*1900 - W.A.C. Bennett, British Columbia politician (d. 1979)\n*1901 - Ernst Weber, physicist\n*1904 - Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, boxer (d. 1976)\n*1928 - Robert M. Pirsig, author, creator of the Metaphysics of Quality\n*1929 - Yash Johar, Indian film producer\n*1937 - Jo Anne Worley, comedienne\n* 1937 - Sergio Aragonés, illustrator\n* 1937 - Brigid Berlin, actor and artist\n*1944 - Roger Waters, musician (Pink Floyd)\n* 1944 - Swoosie Kurtz, actress\n*1947 - Jane Curtin, actress\n*1958 - Jeff Foxworthy, comedian, actor, author\n*1964 - Rosie Perez, actress\n*1969 - Brian Graftaas, master angler\n*1972 - China Miéville, writer\n*1974 - Justin Whalin, actor\n* 1974 - Tim Henman, tennis player

Deaths

\n*972 - Pope John XIII\n*1683 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance\n*1688 - James II of England\n*1902 - Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist\n*1951 - Joan Vollmer, wife of William S. Burroughs\n*1952 - Gertrude Lawrence, actress\n*1962 - Hanns Eisler, composer\n*1966 - Hendrik Verwoerd, South African prime minister\n*1966 - Margaret Sanger, birth control activist\n*1984 - Ernest Tubb, country music singer\n*1998 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director

Holidays and observances

• Pakistan - Defence Day

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