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What happened in history on this day: September 6?
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- 1519 - An estimated 149,000 Tlascalans attack the Spanish camp, failing to defeat them.
- 1522 - Basque navigator Juan Sebastian de Elcano on the Vittoria arrives at the Spanish port of Sanlucar de Barrameda, becoming the first to circumnavigate the globe, having left September 20, 1519 with Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan. The cargo of 30 tons of cloves is enough to pay for the entire 97-day expedition and realize a profit despite the loss of three ships and 242 of the original 260 men.
- 1620 - 102 passengers embark from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower ship to begin the journey to a new life in the New World.
- 1622 - Gold ship Nuestra Senora de Atocha treasure ship hits reef and sinks near Florida Keys.
- 1628 - Puritans land at Salem, from Mass Bay Colony, witches soon to settle.
- 1642 - English Parliament declares the cost of the civil war would be recouped from losers as well as those who did not support Parliament.
- 1701 - James II king of England (1685-88), dies at age 68.
- 1711 - Birth of Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg founder of US Lutheran church.
- 1757 - Birth of Marquis de Lafayette American patriot, French revolutionary.
- 1766 - Birth of John Dalton chemist, developed atomic theory of matter.
- 1811 - Birth of James Melville Gilliss; founded Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, USA.
- 1814 - Birth of George Cartier; Canadian co-Prime Minister (Conservative, 1858-62).
- 1817 - Birth of Alexander Tilloch Galt; a Canadian founding father.
- 1839 - Great fire in New York.
- 1860 - Birth of Jane Addams; US pacifist/social worker/feminist (Nobel Prize 1931).
- 1862 - CSA General Thomas Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland.
- 1863 - After 59-day siege, Confederates evacuate Fort Wagner, South Carolina.
- 1869 - The White Star Line is founded, with 400,000 pounds sterling capital.
- 1869 - Mine fire kills 179 at Avondale, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1876 - Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1876 - Southern Pacific rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco is completed.
- 1881 - Birth of Leo Carrillo in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Pancho - Cisco Kid).
- 1883 - Birth of Lord Birkett in England; judge (Nüremburg Trials).
- 1885 - Birth of Otto Kruger in Toledo, Ohio, USA; actor (Lux Video Theater, High Noon).
- 1888 - Birth of Joseph P Kennedy; financier/diplomat, father of John, Robert, and Edward.
- 1888 - Queen Victoria grants a charter to the Imperial British East Africa Company.
- 1899 - Birth of Billy Rose; theatrical producer (Diamond Horse Show).
- 1899 - Carnation processes its first can of evaporated milk.
- 1901 - President William McKinley is shot by Leon Czologosz in Buffalo, New York (dies 8 days later).
- 1902 - Birth of Morgan Beatty in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; news anchor (Du Mont Evening News).
- 1904 - Birth of Maxie Rosenbloom; light heavyweight boxing champion (1930-34).
- 1908 - Birth of Paul Lavalle in Beacon, New York, USA; bandleader (Cities Service Band of America).
- 1912 - Birth of Vincent DiMaggio; baseball player (New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Bees).
- 1913 - First aircraft to loop the loop (Adolphe Pégoud - France).
- 1914 - Battle of the Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris.
- 1915 - Birth of Franz Josef Strauss in Germany; minister of defense (1956-62).
- 1920 - First radio broadcast of a boxing prizefight.
- 1923 - Birth of Peter; King Peter II of Yugoslavia.
- 1924 - Charles Paddock captures 100- and 200-yard Amateur Athletic Union national senior outdoor track and field championships.
- 1925 - Birth of Jimmy Reed in Mississippi, USA; blues singer ("Soulin'", "Big Boss Man").
- 1928 - Birth of Evgeny Svetlanov in Moscow, Russia; conductor (Siberian Fantasy).
- 1928 - Birth of Rudolph Plukfelder in USSR; light heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1964).
- 1930 - Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies 22-8.
- 1934 - Birth of Jody McCrea in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Ben Matheson - Wichita Town).
- 1937 - Birth of Jo Anne Worley in Lowell, Indiana, USA; comedienne (Laugh-in).
- 1938 - Birth of Joan Tower in New Rochelle, New York, USA; composer (Breakfast Rhythms).
- 1939 - Birth of David Allan Coe; country musician (Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy).
- 1939 - Germans capture Cracow, Poland.
- 1939 - General Jan Christiaan Smuts becomes new Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa. He pledges to cooperate with Britain, and declares war on Germany.
- 1939 - Sweden is partially mobilized for war.
- 1939 - (evening) The Iraqi government breaks off relations with Germany, and begins deporting Germans.
- 1941 - All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star.
- 1941 - Jews of Vilna, Poland are confined to a ghetto.
- 1943 - "Congressional Limited" train derails near Frankfort, Pennsylvania, USA, kills 79.
- 1944 - Birth of Linda Kaye in Henning, California, USA; actress (Betty Joe - Petticoat Junction).
- 1944 - Birth of Swoosie Kurtz in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actress (Slap Shot, Garp).
- 1946 - All-American Football Conference plays first game (Cleveland Browns 44, Miami Seahawks 0).
- 1946 - Birth of Bryan D O'Connor in Orange, California, USA; Colonel US Marine Corp / astronaut (STS 61B, STS 40).
- 1947 - Birth of Jane Curtin in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Saturday Night Live, Allie Lowell - Kate and Allie).
- 1947 - Birth of Roger Waters; singer (Pink Floyd).
- 1948 - Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands.
- 1953 - Birth of Katherine Cannon in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actress (Father Murphy, The Survivors).
- 1954 - Birth of Jon Erikson in the USA; first to triple cross English Channel (1981).
- 1954 - ABC begins airing the Kukla, Fran, and Ollie puppet children's TV show.
- 1954 - New York Yankees use a record ten pinch hitters.
- 1955 - Birth of Anne Henning; American 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1972).
- 1956 - Death of Alex Raymond at age 47 in a single-vehicle car crash in Westport, Connecticut, USA; comic strip artist (Tillie the Toiler, Tim Tyler's Luck, Blondie, Secret Agent X-9, Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, Rip Kirby).
- 1958 - CBS-TV begins airing series Wanted: Dead or Alive, starring Steve McQueen.
- 1959 - NBC airs the last (until 1967) Dragnet TV show.
- 1960 - Birth of Michael Winslow; actor/comedian (Police Academy).
- 1960 - Jimmy Savo, comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at age 65.
- 1961 - Birth of Pái Waaktaar; rocker (Aha - "Take on Me").
- 1961 - In Bells, Texas, USA a meteorite strikes the roof of a house.
- 1963 - Major league baseball's 100,000th game.
- 1965 - NBC airs the last Hazel TV show.
- 1966 - Dr Verwoerd, South African Prime Minister, assassinated in assembly.
- 1966 - Race riot in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- 1967 - The NBC TV network airs the last The Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre TV show. A total of 114 episodes aired.
- 1967 - The CBS TV network airs the first He and She 30-minute comedy TV show in the USA.
- 1968 - Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day).
- 1973 - New York Times reports almost all Superfecta harness racing run at Yonkers, Roosevelt and Monticello from January to March of 1973 were fixed.
- 1974 - Birth of Justin Whalin in Louisiana, USA; actor (Charles in Charge).
- 1974 - Death of LaVere Redfield at age 76 in Reno, Nevada, eccentric investor and coin hoarder of hundreds of thousands of Morgan and Peace silver dollar coins.
- 1974 - Otto Kruger, actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday.
- 1975 - In eastern Turkey, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs. More than 2,000 deaths, 3,400 injuries, and extensive property damage in the Lice area.
- 1975 - The CBS TV network airs the last The Dick Cavett Show in the USA.
- 1976 - Russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet.
- 1979 - Nicaragua and Uganda recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
- 1980 - Birth of Joseph Yobo; Nigerian football player.
- 1980 - Birth of Samuel Peter; Nigerian boxer and heavyweight champion.
- 1980 - Birth of Kerry Katona; English TV presenter, pop star with Atomic Kitten.
- 1980 - Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100km run (7:27:22).
- 1980 - College football's longest losing streak of 50 games ends for Macalaster University of Saint Paul, Minnesota beating Mount Senario 17-14.
- 1981 - Death of Christy Brown, Irish author, poet, and artist (born 1932).
- 1981 - Bob Lemon becomes the New York Yankees' manager for the second time.
- 1982 - Polish dissidents seize the Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland.
- 1983 - The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Flight 007, stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it violated Soviet airspace.
- 1984 - Death of Ernest Tubb at age 70; singer (Grand Ole Opry).
- 1984 - US TV show Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow, USSR.
- 1984 - E.J. Andre, actor (Eugene Bullock - Dallas), dies at age 74.
- 1985 - Death of Jane Frazee at age 67 of pneumonia; singer (Alice - Beulah), actress.
- 1985 - Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9, crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.
- 1985 - Death of Johnny Desmond at age 64 of cancer; singer (Breakfast Club radio and TV, Your Hit Parade TV show, Face the Music, Songs for Sale).
- 1985 - Death of Isabel Cox-Meighen, wife of Canadian prime minister Arthur Meighen (born 1882).
- 1986 - CBS airs its last show of The Wuzzles.
- 1986 - TV series Casualty is first aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom.
- 1986 - In Istanbul, two Abu Nidal terrorists kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Sabbath services.
- 1986 - USSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying.
- 1987 - Saskatchewan Rough Riders' Dave Ridgway kicks a Canadian Football League record 60-yard field goal.
- 1988 - Crippled Soviet Soyuz TM-5 lands safely with two cosmonauts aboard.
- 1989 - Amateur Atheletic Federation strips Ben Johnson of all track records.
- 1989 - The South African general election (the last under apartheid) returns the National Party with a much-reduced majority.
- 1989 - England holds Sweden to a 0-0 draw in Sweden, qualifying for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The game became famous after Terry Butcher sustained a deep cut to his forehead early in the game. He received stitches but played on the entire game. By the end of the game, the front of Butcher's white shirt and shorts where almost entirely covered in blood.
- 1991 - The Soviet Union's new ruling council recognizes independence of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
- 1991 - The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second-largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.
- 1994 - Death of Nicky Hopkins at age 50 of complications from abdominal and heart ailments, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; keyboard player (Screamin' Lord Sutch's Savages, Cyril Davies R-and-B All-Stars), sessions player (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who).
- 1995 - NATO air strikes continue, after repeated attempts at a solution with the Serbs fail.
- 1995 - Cal Ripken Junior of the Baltimore Orioles breaks the all time consecutive games played record in Major League Baseball with his 2131st game.
- 1997 - The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place at Westminster Abbey, watched by over one billion people worldwide.
- 1997 - A Jean Michel Jarre Oxygene in Moscow concert, celebrating the city's 850th anniversary, draws 3.5 million people.
- 1999 - Death of Allen Funt, American television personality (born 1914).
- 2000 - The last wholly Swedish-owned arms manufacturer, Bofors, is sold to American arms manufacturer United Defense.
- 2000 - (to September 8) World leaders attend the Millennium Summit at United Nations Headquarters.
- 2001 - Barry Bonds becomes the fifth major leaguer to hit 60 home runs in a season, reaching the milestone in the shortest time, just 141 games.
- 2001 - The United States Justice Department announces that it no longer seeks to break-up software maker Microsoft, and will instead seek a lesser antitrust penalty.
- 2006 - Birth of Prince Hisahito of Akishino, son of Princess Akishino and Prince Akishino, the prince is third in line to the throne of Japan.
- 2006 - Death of Frank Middlemass at age 87; actor (Heartbeat, Rocky Hardcastle - As Time Goes By).
- 2007 - A bomb explodes in Batna, Algeria as a crowd gathered to see Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Nineteen people die, while 107 are wounded by the attack.
- 2007 - Death of Madeleine L'Engle, American author (born 1918).
- 2008 - Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is elected Pakistan's new president, with 481 of 702 votes.
- 2008 - At least eight boulders dislodge from a cliff near Cairo, Egypt, killing at least 90 and burying an estimated 500 people.
- 2008 - Death of Anita Page, American actress (Our Dancing Daughters, While the City Sleeps, The Broadway Melody), at age 98.
- 2008 - Death of Antonio Innocenti, Italian cardinal (born 1915).
- 2009 - In Oschersleben, Germany, round 9 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Andy Priaulx; race 2 is won by Augusto Farfus.
- 2009 - In Beverly Hills, California, Ira & Larry Goldberg, Auctioneers, conduct the auction of part one of the Dan Holmes collection of US large cents. Some highlights:
- 1793 Flowing Hair, Chain cent, "AMERI.", AU-58 PCGS: US$368,000;
- 1793 Flowing Hair, Chain cent, "AMERICA", MS-63 brown PCGS: US$402,500;
- 1793 Flowing Hair, Chain cent, "AMERICA", MS-63 brown / AU-50+ PCGS: US$253,000;
- 1793 Flowing Hair, Wreath cent, Strawberry Leaf, "ONE CENT" centered, Fair-2 PCGS: US$264,500;
- 1793 Flowing Hair, Wreath cent, Large Date and "LIBERTY", MS-65 brown / MS-63 prooflike PCGS: US$264,500;
- 1793 Liberty Cap, Wreath cent, bisected obverse, AU-55 / EF-45 PCGS: US$506,000;
- 1795 Liberty Cap, Reeded Edge cent, VG-10 PCGS, finest of seven known: US$1,265,000; first US large cent to sell for over $1 million;
- 1799/8 Draped Bust cent, EF-45 PCGS: US$368,000;
- 1799 Draped Bust cent, MS-61 PCGS: US$977,500;
- 1804 Draped Bust cent, MS-63 brown PCGS: US$661,250.
- 2009 - In Australia, round 10 of the FIA World Rally Championship is won by Mikko Hirvonen.
- 2009 - In Misano, San Marino, round 13 of the FIM MotoGP Championship is won by Valentino Rossi.
- 2010 - New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez reaches 100 RBIs for a record 14th season, passing Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmie Fox, all tied at 13 seasons.
- 2011 - Gold hits record high of US$1923 an ounce.
- 2017 - (to September 10) The Caribbean and United States are struck by Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 hurricane that is the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin outside the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The storm causes at least 146 deaths and $64.2 billion in damage.
- 2018 - The Supreme Court of India decriminalises homosexuality.
- 2019 - Chandrayaan-2, India's second lunar probe, in lunar orbit, deploys lander Vikram which crashes into the surface of the moon.
- 2020 - Typhoon Haishen makes landfall on Japan and then South Korea as a strong category 2-equivalent typhoon.
- 2020 - Death of Lou Brock at age 81; baseball player (Saint Louis Cardinals, Baseball Hall of Fame (1985)).
- 2022 - Liz Truss becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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