September 6

September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). There are 106 days remaining.

Events:

• 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
• 1968 - Swaziland becomes independent
• 1972 - Israeli athletes and coaches killed when police attack Palestinian terrorists at Munich, 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)
• 1937 - Jo Anne Worley[?], comedienne
• 1937 - Sergio Aragonés[?], 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:

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