September, 6th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Tuesday 06, 2005:
The California Legislature becomes the first legislative body in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage without a pre-emptive judicial order to do so.

Thursday 06, 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.

Wednesday 06, 2000:
In New York City, the United Nations Millennium Summit begins with more than 180 world leaders present.

Saturday 06, 1997:
The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, at Westminster Abbey draws large crowds.

Friday 06, 1996:
Eddie Murray becomes the 15th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Oriole Park in Baltimore, Maryland.

Wednesday 06, 1995:
Cal Ripken Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig's record of playing 2131 consecutive baseball games.

Friday 06, 1991:
The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.

Saturday 06, 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.

Friday 06, 1985:
Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.

Tuesday 06, 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.

Monday 06, 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.

Sunday 06, 1970:
Four passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinians. Two are taken to Dawson's Field in Jordan.

Friday 06, 1968:
Swaziland becomes independent.

Tuesday 06, 1966:
In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.

Monday 06, 1965:
War of 1965: India attacks Pakistan and announces that its forces will capture Lahore (city of Pakistan) in an hour.

Tuesday 06, 1955:
Istanbul Pogrom: Istanbul's Greek minority is the target of a government-sponsored pogrom.

Tuesday 06, 1949:
Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.

Monday 06, 1948:
Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands.

Saturday 06, 1941:
Holocaust: The requirement to wear the Star of David with the word Jew inscribed, is extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas.

Wednesday 06, 1939:
World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.

Monday 06, 1937:
Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.

Sunday 06, 1936:
The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in his cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.

Monday 06, 1915:
The first prototype tank is tested for the British Army for the first time.

Friday 06, 1901:
Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

Thursday 06, 1888:
a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).

Sunday 06, 1885:
Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished.

Tuesday 06, 1870:
Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming, votes in the morning, becoming the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

Sunday 06, 1863:
American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.

Friday 06, 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.

Monday 06, 1847:
Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.

Thursday 06, 1781:
The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British minor victory

Friday 06, 1776:
Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, killing more than 6000.

Wednesday 06, 1628:
Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Sunday 06, 1620:
The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America.

Wednesday 06, 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.

Tuesday 06, 394:
Battle of Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankish general Arbogast.

Tuesday 06, -3114:
On this date in the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/06-september/on-this-day.html


People born on September 06

2000:
Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, first Kleihauer-Betke stillbirth (b: September 6, 2000 ; d: September 6, 2000) (Biography of Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart)

1979:
Foxy Brown, American rapper (b: September 6, 1979) (Biography of Foxy Brown)

1974:
Nina Persson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)) (b: September 6, 1974) (Biography of Nina Persson)
Justin Whalin, American actor (b: September 6, 1974) (Biography of Justin Whalin)
Tim Henman, English tennis player (b: September 6, 1974) (Biography of Tim Henman)

1973:
Greg Rusedski, Canadian-born tennis player (b: September 6, 1973) (Biography of Greg Rusedski)

1972:
China Miéville, English writer (b: September 6, 1972) (Biography of China Miéville)

1971:
Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (The Cranberries) (b: September 6, 1971) (Biography of Dolores O'Riordan)

1970:
Paul Miller, American composer, artist, and author (b: September 6, 1970) (Biography of Paul Miller)

1964:
Rosie Perez, American actress (b: September 6, 1964) (Biography of Rosie Perez)

1961:
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian guitarist (a-ha) (b: September 6, 1961) (Biography of Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)

1960:
Michael Winslow, American actor and comedian (b: September 6, 1960) (Biography of Michael Winslow)

1958:
Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, and author (b: September 6, 1958) (Biography of Jeff Foxworthy)

1957:
Michaëlle Jean: 27th Governor general of Canada (2005-), first black he (b: September 6, 1957) (Biography of Michaëlle Jean)

1947:
Jane Curtin, American actress (b: September 6, 1947) (Biography of Jane Curtin)

1944:
Roger Waters, English musician (Pink Floyd) (b: September 6, 1944) (Biography of Roger Waters)
Swoosie Kurtz, American actress (b: September 6, 1944) (Biography of Swoosie Kurtz)

1939:
Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b: September 6, 1939) (Biography of Susumu Tonegawa)

1937:
Jo Anne Worley, American actress (b: September 6, 1937) (Biography of Jo Anne Worley)
Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-born illustrator (b: September 6, 1937) (Biography of Sergio Aragones)
Brigid Berlin, American actor and artist (b: September 6, 1937) (Biography of Brigid Berlin)

1929:
Yash Johar, Indian film producer (b: September 6, 1929 ; d: June 26, 2004) (Biography of Yash Johar)

1928:
Robert M. Pirsig, American author (b: September 6, 1928) (Biography of Robert M. Pirsig)

1911:
Harry Danning, baseball player (b: September 6, 1911 ; d: November 29, 2004) (Biography of Harry Danning)

1904:
Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (b: September 6, 1904 ; d: March 6, 1976) (Biography of Max Rosenbloom)

1900:
W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b: September 6, 1900 ; d: February 23, 1979) (Biography of W.A.C. Bennett)

1899:
Billy Rose, American composer (b: September 6, 1899 ; d: February 10, 1966) (Biography of Billy Rose)

1892:
Sir Edward Appleton, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 6, 1892) (Biography of Edward Appleton)

1890:
Claire Chennault, American pilot (b: September 6, 1890 ; d: July 27, 1958) (Biography of Claire Chennault)
Clara Kimball Young, American actress (b: September 6, 1890 ; d: October 15, 1960) (Biography of Clara Kimball Young)

1888:
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American politician (b: September 6, 1888 ; d: November 18, 1969) (Biography of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.)

1879:
Max Schreck, German actor (b: September 6, 1879 ; d: February 19, 1936) (Biography of Max Schreck)

1877:
Buddy Bolden, American musician (b: September 6, 1877 ; d: November 4, 1930) (Biography of Buddy Bolden)

1869:
Felix Salten, Austrian author (b: September 6, 1869 ; d: October 8, 1945) (Biography of Felix Salten)

1860:
Jane Addams, American social worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: September 6, 1860 ; d: May 21, 1935) (Biography of Jane Addams)

1859:
Boris Yakovlovic Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b: September 6, 1859 ; d: October 2, 1962) (Biography of Boris Yakovlovic Bukreev)

1857:
Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (b: September 6, 1857) (Biography of Zelia Nuttall)

1829:
Marie Zakrzewska, Polish physician (b: September 6, 1829) (Biography of Marie Zakrzewska)

1814:
George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian politician (b: September 6, 1814 ; d: May 20, 1873) (Biography of George-Étienne Cartier)

1800:
Catharine Beecher, American educator (b: September 6, 1800) (Biography of Catharine Beecher)

1795:
Frances Wright, English writer, activist, and lecturer (b: September 6, 1795) (Biography of Frances Wright)

1781:
Anton Diabelli, Austrian music publisher and composer (b: September 6, 1781 ; d: April 7, 1858) (Biography of Anton Diabelli)

1766:
John Dalton, British chemist and physicist (b: September 6, 1766 ; d: July 27, 1844) (Biography of John Dalton)

1757:
Marquis de Lafayette, French soldier (b: September 6, 1757) (Biography of Marquis de Lafayette)

1666:
Tsar Ivan V of Russia (b: September 6, 1666 ; d: February 8, 1696) (Biography of Ivan V of Russia)

1656:
Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b: September 6, 1656 ; d: August 10, 1723) (Biography of Guillaume Dubois)

1535:
Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (b: September 6, 1535 ; d: April 11, 1612) (Biography of Emanuel van Meteren)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/06-september/births.html