September 6
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September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). There are 116 days remaining.
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Events
- 3761 BC - The first day of the Hebrew Calendar.
- 394 - Battle of Frigdus The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankish general Arbogast.
- 1522 - The one surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition returns to Portugal.
- 1620 - The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America.
- 1628 - Puritans settle Salem, Massachusetts
- 1847 - Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family
- 1901 - US President William McKinley is shot and fatally wounded.
- 1915 - The first prototype tank is developed for the British Army
- 1939 - South Africa declares war on Germany
- 1948 - Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands
- 1959 - First Barbie doll goes on sale
- 1965 - India attacks Pakistan and announces that its forces will capture Lahore (city of Pakistan) in an hour.
- 1968 - Swaziland becomes independent
- 1972 - Munich massacre, Israeli athletes and coaches killed when police assault Black September members in a failed hostage rescue, Germany
- 1978 - Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland
- 1991 - Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states.
- 1991 - The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed "Leningrad" in 1924.
- 1995 - Cal Ripken Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig's record of playing 2131 consecutive games
- 1997 - Princess Diana's funeral at Westminster Abbey draws large crowds
Births
- 1757 - Marquis de Lafayette, Revolutionary War soldier († 1834)
- 1766 - John Dalton, British chemist and physicist († 1844)
- 1781 - Anton Diabelli, music publisher, editor and composer
- 1860 - Jane Addams, social worker († 1935)
- 1869 - Felix Salten, author († 1945)
- 1877 - Buddy Bolden, American jazz musician
- 1888 - Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., head of the Kennedy family († 1969)
- 1890 - Claire Chennault, soldier († 1958)
- 1899 - Billy Rose, composer († 1966)
- 1900 - W.A.C. Bennett, British Columbia politician († 1979)
- 1901 - Ernst Weber, physicist
- 1904 - Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, boxer († 1976)
- 1928 - Robert M. Pirsig, author, creator of the Metaphysics of Quality
- 1937 - Jo Anne Worley, comedienne
- 1937 - [[Sergio Aragon�s]], illustrator
- 1944 - Roger Waters, musician (Pink Floyd)
- 1944 - Swoosie Kurtz, actress
- 1947 - Jane Curtin, actress
- 1958 - Jeff Foxworthy, comedian, actor, author
- 1964 - Rosie Perez, actress
- 1974 - Justin Whalin, actor
Deaths
- 1688 - James II of England
- 1902 - Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist
- 1952 - Gertrude Lawrence, actress
- 1966 - Hendrik Verwoerd, South African prime minister
- 1966 - Margaret Sanger, birth control activist
- 1984 - Ernest Tubb, country music singer
- 1998 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director
Holidays and observances
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
September 5 - September 7 - August 6 - October 6 - Historical anniversaries
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "September 6" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_6 September 6, 2003
