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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 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 .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 .1861 – American Civil War : Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah , 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 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 .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 , 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 Hokkaidō in 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 , 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 Russia 's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924 .
1997 – Diana is laid to rest in front of a television audience of more than 2.5 billion.2000 – The Millennium Summit takes place.2003 – Tropical Depression 9 formed in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean, later to become Hurricane Isabel , the 9th named storm of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season .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 )1888 – Joseph P. Kennedy , 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 )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 Hitler1919 – Wilson Greatbatch , American Inventor1923 – 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 author1928 – Evgeny Svetlanov , Russian conductor and composer (d. 2002 )
1929 – Yash Johar , Indian film producer (d. 2005 )1937 – Sergio Aragonés , Spanish-born illustrator1937 – 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
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 actress1945 – Larry Lucchino , American baseball executive1947 – Jane Curtin , American actress1947 – Bruce Rioch , Scottish footballer and coach
1954 – Ève Luquet , French stamp designer1956 – Bill Ritter , American politician1957 – Michaëlle Jean , 27th Governor-General of Canada 1957 – José Sócrates , Prime Minister of Portugal
1958 – Jeff Foxworthy , American comedian1958 – 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 )
1962 - Kevin Willis , American basketball player1962 – Elizabeth Vargas , American journalist
1963 – Alice Sebold , American novelist1963 – Geert Wilders , Dutch politician
1963 – Bryan Simonaire , American politician
1963 - Pat Nevin , Scottish footballer
1964 – Rosie Perez , American actress1965 – John Polson , Australian actor and film director1968 – Paul Rea , American television journalist 1969 – Ben Finegold , American chess player1969 – CeCe Peniston , American dance music singer
1970 – Paul Miller , American composer and author1971 – Dolores O'Riordan , Irish musician (The Cranberries )1972 – China Miéville , English writer1972 – 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 footballer1973 – Greg Rusedski , Canadian-born tennis player
1974 – Tim Henman , English tennis player1974 – Sarah Danielle Madison , American actress
1974 – Nina Persson , Swedish musician (The Cardigans )
1974 – Sarah Strange , Canadian actress
1975 – Derrek Lee , American baseball player1974 – Justin Whalin , American actor
1976 – N.O.R.E. , American rapper1976 – Hyun Young , South Korean actress and pop singer
1976 – Naomie Harris , American actress
1977 – Kiyoshi Hikawa , Japanese enka singer1978 - Cisco Adler , American singer1978 – Alex Escobar , Venezuelan baseball player
1978 – Tony Thaxton , drummer (Motion City Soundtrack )
1978 – Foxy Brown , American rapper1979 – Brandon Silvestry , American professional wrestler
1979 – Massimo Maccarone , Italian footballer
1979 – Carlos Adrián Morales , Mexican footballer
1980 – Joseph Yobo , Nigerian footballer1980 – Yuji Hamano , Japanese archer
1980 – Jillian Hall , American professional wrestler
1980 – Samuel Peter , Nigerian heavyweight boxer
1981 – Yumiko Cheng , Hong Kong singer1983 – Ljubisa Bojic , Serbian student movement leader1985 – Webbie , American rapper1986 – Raven Riley , American porn star1989 – Nikos Boutzikos , Greek footballer2000 – Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart , first Kleihauer-Betke stillbirth (d. 2000 )2006 – Prince Hisahito of Akishino , Japan Imperial Family memberDeaths [ ] 957 – Liudolf 972 – Pope John XIII 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 , 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. 1896 )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 )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 ) Holidays and observances [ ] External links [ ]
142 Familypedia people were born on September 6
138 Familypedia people died on September 6
95 Familypedia people were first married on September 6