September 6
September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
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, 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 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, 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, Britsh singer
- 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., African 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
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)
Holidays and observances
External links
September 5 - September 7 - August 6 - October 6 – Historical anniversaries
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