September 6

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

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

[edit] Events

3114 BC - On this date in the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started.
394 - Battle of the Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankish 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 - Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1669 - The siege of Candia ends with the Venetian fortress surrendering to the Ottomans
1776 - Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, killing more than 6000.
1781 - The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British victory.
1847 - Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
1861 - American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, which gives the Union control of the mouth of the Tennessee River.
1863 - American Civil War: Confederates 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 wickets 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.
1930 - Fascist, nationalist and conservative groups overthrow democratic government in Argentina.
1937 - Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.
1939 - World War II: The Battle of Barking Creek.
1939 - World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.
1940 - King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.
1944 - World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by allied forces.
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.
1955 - Istanbul Pogrom: Istanbul's Greek minority is the target of a government-sponsored pogrom.
1963 - The Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded.
1965 - War of 1965: India 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 - Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field in Jordan. A third, bound for Beirut, is diverted to Cairo. an attempt to hijack an Israeli plane in Amsterdam is averted and one of the terrorists killed. The terrorists pronounce the north of Jordan as liberated territory and blow up the airliner in Cairo, after evacuation of its passengers.
1976 - Cold War: Soviet air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaidō 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.
1991 - The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, 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 - Funeral and procession for Diana, Princess of Wales.
2000 - In New York City, the United Nations Millennium Summit begins with more than 180 world leaders present.
2001 - United States v. Microsoft: 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.

[edit] Births

106 BC - Pompey the Great, Roman general and politician (d. 48 BC)
1535 - Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (d. 1612)
1620 - Isabella Leonarda, Italian composer (d. 1704)
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)
1729 - Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher (d. 1786)
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)
1808 - Abd al-Qadir, Algerian political and military leader (d. 1883)
1814 - George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian politician (d. 1873)
1817 - Alexander Tilloch Galt, politician, father of Canadian Confederation (d. 1893)
1829 - Marie Zakrzewska, Polish physician (d. 1902)
1838 - Samuel Arnold, Lincoln conspirator (d. 1906)
1857 - Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (d. 1933)
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, or Medicine">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 - Clara Kimball Young, American actress (d. 1960)
1892 - Sir Edward Appleton, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1893 - Claire Chennault, American pilot (d. 1958)
1899 - Billy Rose, American composer (d. 1966)
1900 - W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (d. 1979)
1900 - Julien Green, French born American novelist (d. 1998)
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)
1919 - Wilson Greatbatch, American Inventor
1923 - King Peter II of Yugoslavia (d. 1970)
1925 - Jimmy Reed, American blues singer (d. 1976)
1926 - Maurice Prather, American motion picture and still photographer (d. 2001)
1928 - Robert M. Pirsig, American author
1928 - Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor and composer (d. 2002)
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 or Medicine">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 or Medicine">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1943 - Roger Waters, songwriter and erstwhile leader (Pink Floyd)
1944 - Swoosie Kurtz, American actress
1947 - Jane Curtin, American actress
1947 - Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer, now coach
1954 - Ève Luquet, French stamp designer
1956 - Bill Ritter, American politician from Colorado
1957 - Michaëlle Jean. 27th Governor-General of Canada
1958 - Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, and author
1958 - Michael Winslow, American actor and comedian
1958 - Buster Bloodvessel, British singer
1961 - Scott Travis, American musician, drummer for Judas Priest
1961 - Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian guitarist (a-ha)
1962 - Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist, reporter, former anchor
1963 - Alice Sebold, American novelist
1964 - Rosie Perez, American actress
1969 - Ben Finegold, American Chess International Master
1969 - CeCe Peniston, American dance music singer
1970 - Paul Miller, American composer, artist, and author
1971 - Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (The Cranberries)
1972 - China Miéville, English writer
1972 - Justina Machado, Puerto Rican actress
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
1974 - Sarah Danielle Madison, American actress
1975 - Derrek Lee, baseball player
1976 - N.O.R.E., American rapper
1978 - Alex Escobar, baseball player
1978 - Tony Thaxton, drummer (Motion City Soundtrack)
1979 - Foxy Brown, American rapper
1979 - Massimo Maccarone, Italian footballer
1980 - Hyun Young, South Korean actress and pop singer
1980 - Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
1980 - Yuji Hamano, Japanese archer
1980 - Jillian Hall, American professional wrestler
1981 - Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer
1983 - Ljubisa Bojic, Serbian journalist and student movement leader
2000 - Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, first Kleihauer-Betke stillbirth (d. 2000)
2006 - Prince Hisahito of Akishino, third in line to the throne of Japan

[edit] Deaths

48 BC - Pompey the Great, Roman general and politician (b. 106 BC)
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)
1782 Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, Wife of Thomas Jefferson
1783 - Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (b. 1710)
1808 - Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian (b. 1723)
1868 - Pierre Adolphe Rost, Louisiana judge, Confederate commissioner (b. 1797)
1902 - Frederick Augustus Abel, English chemist (b. 1827)
1907 - Sully Prudhomme, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
1950 - Olaf Stapledon, British writer and philosopher (b. 1886)
1951 - James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat (d. 1867)
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)
1985 - Johnny Desmond, American singer (b. 1919)
1986 - Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1895)
1988 - Leroy Brown, professional wrestler (b. 1950)
1990 - Len Hutton, English cricketer (b. 1916)
1990 - Tom Fogerty, American singer (b. 1941)
1994 - Nicky Hopkins, British musician (b. 1944)
1998 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (b. 1910)
1999 - René Lecavalier, French television play-by-play hockey broadcaster (b. 1918)
2000 - Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, first Kleihauer-Betke stillbirth (b. 2000)
2003 - Harry Goz, American actor (b. 1932)
2005 - Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet (b. 1929)

[ and observances">edit] Holidays and observances

RC Saints - Saint Bega of Cumbria and a Sankt Mang of Füssen.
Also see September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Bulgaria - Unification Day.
Canada - Stillbirth Remembrance Day in New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, and Nova Scotia (as of 2006).
Pakistan - Defence Day (Pak-Army Day)
Swaziland - Independence Day (from the United Kingdom, 1968).
United States - National Stillbirth Remembrance Day in 39 states.

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