September 6
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September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 116 days remaining until the end of the year.
[edit] Events
3114 BC - According to 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. 1492 - Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic for the first time. 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. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.) 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. 1930 - Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup. 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. 1949 - A former sharpshooter in World War II, Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in Camden, New Jersey, with a souvenir Luger to become the first U.S. single-episode mass murderer. 1952 - Canada's first television station, CBFT-TV, opens in Montreal. 1955 - Istanbul Pogrom: Istanbul's Greek and Armenian minority are 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 - 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. 1976 - Cold War: Soviet air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of HokkaidŠin 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 terrorists from Abu Nidal's 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. 1992 - Hunters discover the emaciated body of Christopher Johnson McCandless at his camp 20 miles west of the town of Healy, Alaska. 1995 - Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that stood for 56 years. 1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales is laid to rest in front of a television audience of more than 2.5 billion.
[edit] Births
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 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) 1815 - St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (d. 1870) 1817 - Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician (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 - Joseph Wirth, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1956) 1879 - Max Schreck, German actor (d. 1936) 1888 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American banker and diplomat (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 - Max Rosenbloom, American boxer (d. 1976) 1906 - Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987) 1909 - Michael Gordon, American actor and director (b. 1993) 1910 - Walter Giesler, American soccer coach, (d. 1976) 1911 - Harry Danning, American baseball player (d. 2004) 1915 - Franz Josef Strauß, German Politician (d. 1988) 1917 - Philipp von Boeselager, German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler (d. 2008) 1917 - George Mann, England cricketer (d. 2001) 1919 - Wilson Greatbatch, American Inventor 1921 - Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (d. 2004) 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) 1926 - Claus von Amsberg, Prince Consort of the Netherlands (d. 2002) 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 1937 - Jo Anne Worley, American actress 1939 - Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1939 - Dan Cragg, American soldier and author 1939 - David Allan Coe, American country singer 1942 - Richard Hutton, England cricketer 1942 - Carol Wayne, American actress 1943 - Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1943 - Roger Waters, British musician (Pink Floyd) 1944 - Swoosie Kurtz, American actress 1945 - Larry Lucchino, American baseball executive 1947 - Jane Curtin, American actress 1947 - Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer and coach 1948 - Claydes Charles Smith, American musician (Kool & the Gang) (d. 2006) 1954 - Ève Luquet, French stamp designer 1954 - Carly Fiorina, Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard 1956 - Bill Ritter, American politician 1957 - Michaëlle Jean, 27th Governor-General of Canada 1957 - José Sócrates, Prime Minister of Portugal 1957 - Tim Whitnall, English actor and narrator 1958 - Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian 1958 - Michael Winslow, American actor and comedian 1958 - Buster Bloodvessel, British singer 1958 - Nigel Westlake, Australian musician and composer 1961 - Scott Travis, American musician (Judas Priest) 1961 - Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian musician (a-ha) 1961 - Simon Reeve, Australian journalist 1962 - Kevin Willis, American basketball player 1962 - Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist 1963 - Alice Sebold, American novelist 1963 - Geert Wilders, Dutch politician 1963 - Bryan Simonaire, American politician 1963 - Pat Nevin, Scottish footballer 1964 - Rosie Perez, American actress 1965 - John Polson, Australian actor and film director 1968 - Tommy Snider, American actor 1968 - Saeed Anwar, Pakistani cricketer 1968 - Paul Rea, American television journalist 1968 - Christopher Brookmyre, Scottish writer 1969 - Ben Finegold, American chess player 1969 - CeCe Peniston, American dance music singer 1969 - Michellie Jones, Australian triathlete 1969 - Michael Davis, American softball player (Solvents, et al) 1970 - Paul Miller, American composer and author 1971 - Devang Gandhi, Indian Cricketer 1971 - Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (The Cranberries) 1972 - China Miéville, English writer 1972 - Justina Machado, Puerto Rican actress 1972 - Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer 1972 - Idris Elba, English/American actor 1972 - Dylan Bruno, American actor (Numb3rs) 1973 - Carlo Cudicini, Italian footballer 1973 - Greg Rusedski, Canadian-born tennis player 1974 - Tim Henman, English tennis player 1974 - Sarah Danielle Madison, American actress 1974 - Nina Persson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans) 1974 - Sarah Strange, Canadian actress 1974 - Justin Whalin, American actor 1975 - Derrek Lee, American baseball player 1976 - N.O.R.E., American rapper 1976 - Hyun Young, South Korean actress and pop singer 1976 - Naomie Harris, American actress 1977 - Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer 1978 - Cisco Adler, American singer 1978 - Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player 1978 - Mathew Horne, English Actor 1978 - Tony Thaxton, drummer (Motion City Soundtrack) 1979 - Foxy Brown, American rapper 1979 - Brandon Silvestry, American professional wrestler 1979 - Massimo Maccarone, Italian footballer 1979 - Carlos Adrián Morales, Mexican footballer 1980 - Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer 1980 - Yuji Hamano, Japanese archer 1980 - Jillian Hall, American professional wrestler 1980 - Samuel Peter, Nigerian heavyweight boxer 1981 - Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer 1981 - Mark Teahen, American baseball player 1985 - Webbie, American rapper 1985 - Ali Ashfaq, Maldivian footballer 1985 - Alberto Valerio, Brazilian racing driver 1986 - Raven Riley, American porn star 1987 - Ramiele Malubay, American singer 1989 - Nikos Boutzikos, Greek footballer 2000 - Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, first Kleihauer-Betke stillbirth (d. 2000) 2006 - Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Japan Imperial Family member
[edit] Deaths
957 - Liudolf, Duke of Swabia 972 - Pope John XIII 1276 - Vicedomino de Vicedominis, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (b. ca. 1215) 1511 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1481) 1536 - William Tyndale, Protestant bible translator (b. c. 1494) 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 (b. 1748) 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) 1938 - John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (b. 1907) 1950 - Olaf Stapledon, British writer and philosopher (b. 1886) 1951 - James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat (b. 1867) 1952 - Gertrude Lawrence, English actress (b. 1898) 1962 - Hanns Eisler, German-born composer (b. 1898) 1962 - Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892) 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) 1978 - Tom Wilson, American record producer (b. 1931) 1981 - Christy Brown, Irish author (b. 1932) 1984 - Ernest Tubb, American singer (b. 1914) 1985 - Johnny Desmond, American singer (b. 1919) 1986 - Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1895) 1987 - Quinn Martin, American television producer (b. 1922) 1988 - Leroy Brown, professional wrestler (b. 1950) 1990 - Len Hutton, English cricketer (b. 1916) 1990 - Tom Fogerty, American singer (b. 1941) 1991 - Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1922) 1994 - Nicky Hopkins, British musician (b. 1944) 1997 - P. H. Newby, British author and BBC radio director (b. 1918) 1998 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (b. 1910) 1999 - René Lecavalier, French Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918) 2000 - Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, first Kleihauer-Betke stillbirth (b. 2000) 2001 - Carl Crack, German musician (Atari Teenage Riot) (b. 1971) 2003 - Harry Goz, American actor (b. 1932) 2003 - Mohammad Oraz, Iranian mountain climber (b. 1969) 2005 - Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet (b. 1929) 2007 - Madeleine L'Engle, American author (b. 1918) 2007 - Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935) 2007 - Alex, African Grey parrot "student" of Dr. Irene Pepperberg (b. 1976) 2008 - Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racing driver and trainer (b. 1917) 2008 - Anita Page, silent film vixen, last living attendee of the 1st Annual Academy Awards, (b. 1910)
[edit] Holidays and observances
RC Saints – Saint Begga of Cumbria; Saint Gondulphus 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) Since 1965 Swaziland – Independence Day (from the United Kingdom, 1968). United States – Stillbirth Remembrance Day in 39 states, in remembrance of Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart