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September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 116 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

  • 0394Battle of the Frigidus: Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later.
  • 1492Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
  • 1522 – The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known 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.)
  • 1628Puritans settle Salem which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • 1634Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
  • 1642 – England's Parliament bans public stage-plays.
  • 1781 – The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
  • 1803 – British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
  • 1861American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
  • 1863 – American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
  • 1870Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
  • 1885Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
  • 1901Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, 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.
  • 1936Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.[1]
  • 1939World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.
  • 1939 – World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.
  • 1940 – King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
  • 1943 – The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
  • 1943 – Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
  • 1944 – World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
  • 1944 – World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
  • 1946United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
  • 1952 – A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
  • 1955Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
  • 1962 – The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
  • 1962 – Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
  • 1965 – India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
  • 1966Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
  • 1968Swaziland becomes independent.
  • 1970 – Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
  • 1972Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
  • 1976Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.
  • 1983 – The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
  • 1986 – In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants 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 Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1, 1991.
  • 1995Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
  • 1997 – The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2​12 billion watched around the world on television.
  • 2003Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister.[2]
  • 2007Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
  • 2009 – The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
  • 2012 – Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands.
  • 2013 – Forty one elephants are poisoned with cyanide in salt pans, by poachers in Hwange National Park.[3][4]
  • 2018Supreme Court of India decriminalised all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands.[5][6]

Births[]

  • 1475Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy, French nobleman and politician (d. 1519)
  • 1475 – Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (d. 1554)
  • 1517Francisco de Holanda, Portuguese artist (d. 1585)
  • 1535Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian and author (d. 1612)
  • 1610Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, Italian noble (d. 1658)
  • 1620Isabella Leonarda, Italian composer and educator (d. 1704)
  • 1631Charles Porter, English-born judge (d. 1696)
  • 1633Sebastian Knüpfer, German cantor and composer (d. 1676)
  • 1656Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician (d. 1723)
  • 1666Ivan V of Russia, Russian tsar (d. 1696)[7]
  • 1711Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (d. 1787)
  • 1729Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1786)
  • 1732Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1796)
  • 1757Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (d. 1834)
  • 1766John Dalton, English chemist, meteorologist, and physicist (d. 1844)
  • 1781Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (d. 1861)
  • 1795Frances Wright, Scottish-American author and activist (d. 1852)
  • 1800Catharine Beecher, American educator and activist (d. 1878)
  • 1802Alcide d'Orbigny, French zoologist, palaeontologist, and geologist (d. 1857)
  • 1814George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (d. 1873)
  • 1815St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (d. 1870)
  • 1817Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian businessman and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 1893)
  • 1819William Rosecrans, American general, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico (d. 1898)
  • 1838Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (d. 1906)
  • 1852Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (d. 1918)
  • 1855Ferdinand Hummel, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1928)
  • 1857Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (d. 1933)
  • 1859Macpherson Robertson, Australian businessman and philanthropist, founded MacRobertson's (d. 1945)
  • 1860Jane Addams, American sociologist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
  • 1860 – May Jordan McConnel, Australian trade unionist and suffragist (d. 1929)[8]
  • 1861William Lane, English-Australian journalist, founded New Australia (d. 1917)
  • 1863Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (d. 1935)
  • 1868Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1947)
  • 1869Walford Davies, English organist and composer (d. 1941)
  • 1869 – Felix Salten, Austrian-Swiss author and critic (d. 1945)
  • 1876John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
  • 1879Max Schreck, German actor (d. 1936)
  • 1879 – Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1956)
  • 1885Otto Kruger, American actor (d. 1974)[9]
  • 1888Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 1969)
  • 1889Louis Silvers, American composer (d. 1954)
  • 1890Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (d. 1960)
  • 1892Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
  • 1893Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (d. 1958)
  • 1899Billy Rose, American composer and manager (d. 1966)
  • 1900W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (d. 1979)
  • 1900 – Julien Green, French-American author (d. 1998)
  • 1906Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
  • 1908Anthony Wagner, English genealogist and academic (d. 1995)
  • 1908 – Korczak Ziolkowski, American sculptor, designed the Crazy Horse Memorial (d. 1982)
  • 1909Michael Gordon, American actor and director (d. 1993)
  • 1910Walter Giesler, American soccer player, referee, and coach (d. 1976)
  • 1911Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)
  • 1911 – Charles Deutsch, French aerodynamics engineer and automobile maker, co-founder of the brand "DB (d. 1980)
  • 1912Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director (d. 1996)
  • 1913Julie Gibson, American actress and singer (d. 2019)
  • 1913 – Leônidas, Brazilian footballer (d. 2004)
  • 1915Ed Oliver, American golfer (d. 1961)
  • 1915 – Franz Josef Strauss, German lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (d. 1988)
  • 1917John Berry, American-French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
  • 1917 – George Mann, English cricketer (d. 2001)
  • 1917 – Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (d. 2008)
  • 1919Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and philanthropist (d. 2011)
  • 1920Elvira Pagã, Brazilian actress, singer, and author (d. 2003)
  • 1921Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (d. 2004)
  • 1921 – Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, co-created the bar code (d. 2012)
  • 1923Peter II of Yugoslavia (d. 1970)
  • 1924John Melcher, American veterinarian and politician (d. 2018)
  • 1925Andrea Camilleri, Italian author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2019)
  • 1925 – Jimmy Reed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
  • 1926Prince Claus of the Netherlands (d. 2002)
  • 1926 – Jack English Hightower, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
  • 1926 – Arthur Oldham, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)
  • 1926 – Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (d. 2001)
  • 1928Fumihiko Maki, Japanese architect and academic, designed the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium and Makuhari Messe
  • 1928 – Robert M. Pirsig, American novelist and philosopher (d. 2017)
  • 1928 – Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor and composer (d. 2002)
  • 1928 – Sid Watkins, English neurosurgeon and academic (d. 2012)
  • 1929Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (d. 2005)
  • 1929 – Ljubov Rebane, Estonian physicist and mathematician (d. 1991)
  • 1930Charles Foley, American game designer, co-created Twister (d. 2013)
  • 1930 – Helmut Piirimäe, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2017)
  • 1931Bud Shrake, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
  • 1932Colin McColl, English intelligence officer
  • 1932 – Gilles Tremblay, Canadian composer and educator (d. 2017)
  • 1935Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress and author (d. 2014)[10]
  • 1935 – Jock Wallace, Jr., Scottish footballer and coach (d. 1996)
  • 1937Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-Mexican author and illustrator
  • 1937 – Janusz Kurczab, Polish fencer and mountaineer (d. 2015)
  • 1937 – Jo Anne Worley, American actress, comedian, and singer
  • 1938Joan Tower, American pianist, composer, and conductor
  • 1939Brigid Berlin, American actress, painter, and photographer (d. 2020)
  • 1939 – David Allan Coe, American outlaw country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1939 – Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1940John M. Hayes, American scientist (d. 2017)
  • 1940 – Elizabeth Murray, American painter and illustrator (d. 2007)
  • 1940 – Jackie Trent, English-Spanish singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2015)
  • 1941Roger Law, English illustrator
  • 1941 – Monica Mason, South African ballerina and director
  • 1942Dave Bargeron, American trombonist and tuba player
  • 1942 – Richard Hutton, English cricketer
  • 1942 – Mel McDaniel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
  • 1943Gordon Birtwistle, English engineer and politician
  • 1943 – Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1943 – Roger Waters, English singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1944Donna Haraway, American author, academic, and activist
  • 1944 – Swoosie Kurtz, American actress
  • 1946Roger Knight, English cricketer and educator
  • 1946 – Shirley M. Malcom, American scientist, academic and educator
  • 1947Jane Curtin, American actress and comedian
  • 1947 – Bruce Rioch, English footballer and manager
  • 1947 – Jacob Rubinovitz, Polish-Israeli engineer and academic
  • 1947 – Sylvester, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
  • 1948Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist (d. 2006)
  • 1949Iris Robinson, Northern Irish politician
  • 1951Melih Kibar, Turkish composer (d. 2005)
  • 1952Simon Burns, English politician, Minister of State for Transport
  • 1952 – Vladimir Kazachyonok, Russian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2017)
  • 1952 – Buddy Miller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1954Carly Fiorina, American businesswoman and activist
  • 1954 – Demetris Kizas, Cypriot footballer
  • 1954 – Patrick O'Hearn, American bassist and composer
  • 1954 – John Sauven, English economist and environmentalist
  • 1955Raymond Benson, American author and playwright
  • 1956Bill Ritter, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Colorado
  • 1956 – Steven Yearley, English sociologist and academic
  • 1957Ali Divandari, Iranian painter, sculptor, and journalist
  • 1957 – Michaëlle Jean, Haitian-Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Governor-General of Canada
  • 1957 – José Sócrates, Portuguese engineer and politician, 119th Prime Minister of Portugal
  • 1958Buster Bloodvessel, English singer-songwriter
  • 1958 – Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1958 – Nigel Westlake, Australian composer and conductor
  • 1958 – Michael Winslow, American actor
  • 1958 – The Barbarian, Tongan wrestler
  • 1959Bill Root, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1961Simon Reeve, Australian journalist and game show host
  • 1961 – Wendi Richter, American wrestler
  • 1961 – Scott Travis, American rock drummer
  • 1961 – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian musician and songwriter
  • 1962Chris Christie, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New Jersey
  • 1962 – Marina Kaljurand, Estonian badminton player and diplomat, Estonia Ambassador to Russia
  • 1962 – Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist
  • 1962 – Kevin Willis, American basketball player and fashion designer
  • 1963Mark Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1963 – Pat Nevin, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
  • 1963 – Alice Sebold, American author
  • 1963 – Bryan Simonaire, American engineer and politician
  • 1963 – Geert Wilders, Dutch lawyer and politician
  • 1964Rosie Perez, American actress, dancer, and director
  • 1965Terry Bickers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1965 – Darren Clark, Australian sprinter
  • 1965 – Christopher Nolan, Irish author and poet (d. 2009)
  • 1965 – Van Tiffin, American football player
  • 1967William DuVall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1967 – Macy Gray, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 1967 – Kalli Kalde, Estonian painter and illustrator
  • 1967 – Milan Lukić, Bosnian Serb convicted of war crimes by the ICTY
  • 1967 – Igor Štimac, Croatian footballer and manager
  • 1968Saeed Anwar, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1968 – Christopher Brookmyre, Scottish author
  • 1968 – Paul Rea, American journalist
  • 1969Tony DiTerlizzi, American author and illustrator
  • 1969 – Ben Finegold, American chess player and educator
  • 1969 – Michellie Jones, Australian-American triathlete
  • 1969 – CeCe Peniston, American singer-songwriter, actress, and former beauty pageant winner
  • 1970Cheyne Coates, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1970 – Emily Maitlis, Canadian-English journalist
  • 1970 – Rhett Miller, American alternative country singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1971Devang Gandhi, Indian cricketer
  • 1971 – Asko Künnap, Estonian poet and illustrator
  • 1971 – Dolores O'Riordan, Irish singer-songwriter (d. 2018)[11]
  • 1972Idris Elba, English actor
  • 1972 – Saulius Mikalajūnas, Lithuanian footballer
  • 1972 – Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer
  • 1973Carlo Cudicini, Italian footballer
  • 1973 – Greg Rusedski, Canadian-English tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1973 – Alessandro Troncon, Italian rugby player and coach
  • 1974Tim Henman, English tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1974 – Nina Persson, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1975Derrek Lee, American baseball player and coach
  • 1975 – Ryoko Tani, Japanese judoka and politician
  • 1976Rodrigo Amarante, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1976 – Jon Ander López, Spanish footballer (d. 2013)
  • 1976 – Tom Pappas, American decathlete and coach
  • 1978Cisco Adler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1978 – Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1978 – Mathew Horne, English actor and screenwriter
  • 1978 – Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer
  • 1978 – Foxy Brown, American rapper
  • 1979Mike Arnaoutis, Greek boxer
  • 1979 – Massimo Maccarone, Italian footballer
  • 1979 – Carlos Adrián Morales, Mexican footballer
  • 1979 – Low Ki, American wrestler
  • 1980Jillian Hall, American wrestler and singer
  • 1980 – Kerry Katona, English singer and actress
  • 1980 – Samuel Peter, Nigerian boxer
  • 1980 – Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
  • 1981Yuki Abe, Japanese footballer
  • 1981 – Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actress
  • 1981 – Andrew Richardson, Jamaican cricketer
  • 1981 – Mark Teahen, American baseball player
  • 1983Braun Strowman, American wrestler and strongman
  • 1984Helena Ekholm, Swedish skier
  • 1984 – William Porterfield, Northern Irish cricketer
  • 1985Mitch Moreland, American baseball player
  • 1986Matt Keating, Australian rugby league player
  • 1987Ramiele Malubay, Saudi Arabian-American singer
  • 1987 – Emir Preldžić, Turkish basketball player
  • 1988Ray Fujita, French-Japanese actor and singer
  • 1988 – Max George, English singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1988 – Denis Tonucci, Italian footballer
  • 1989Nikos Boutzikos, Greek footballer
  • 1989 – Kim So-eun, South Korean actress
  • 1990Matt McAndrew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1990 – John Wall, American basketball player
  • 1992Young Tonumaipea, Samoan rugby league player
  • 1993Mattia Valoti, Italian footballer
  • 1995Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer
  • 1996Andrés Tello, Colombian footballer
  • 1997Mallory Comerford, American swimmer[12]
  • 1997 – Jai Field, Australian rugby league player
  • 1997 – Tsukushi, Japanese wrestler
  • 1998Michele Perniola, Italian singer
  • 1999Patrick Brasca, Canadian-Taiwanese singer-songwriter

Deaths[]

  • 394Eugenius, Roman usurper
  • 926Taizu of Liao, Khitan ruler (b. 872)
  • 952Suzaku, emperor of Japan (b. 923)
  • 957Liudolf, duke of Swabia (b. 930)
  • 972John XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 930)
  • 1276Vicedomino de Vicedominis, Italian cardinal (b. 1210)
  • 1431Demetrios Laskaris Leontares, Byzantine admiral and diplomat
  • 1511Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1481)
  • 1553Juan de Homedes y Coscon, 47th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. c.1477)
  • 1566Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan (b. 1494)
  • 1625Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1579)
  • 1635Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b. 1571)
  • 1649Robert Dudley, English geographer and explorer (b. 1574)
  • 1683Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (b. 1619)
  • 1708Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet, English merchant and philanthropist, founded Morden College (b. 1623)
  • 1748Edmund Gibson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1669)
  • 1783Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and author (b. 1710)
  • 1808Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian and author (b. 1723)
  • 1836Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (b. 1781)[13]
  • 1868Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
  • 1885Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
  • 1891Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
  • 1902Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
  • 1907Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
  • 1919Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
  • 1927William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
  • 1938John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
  • 1939Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)
  • 1944James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
  • 1945John S. McCain Sr., American admiral (b. 1884)
  • 1949Walter Widdop, English tenor and actor (b. 1892)
  • 1950Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (b. 1886)
  • 1951James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (b. 1867)
  • 1952Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1898)
  • 1956Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1904)
  • 1956 – Lee Jung-seob, North Korean painter (b. 1916)
  • 1959Edmund Gwenn, English actor (b. 1877)
  • 1959 – Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (b. 1927)
  • 1962Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian composer (b. 1898)
  • 1962 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
  • 1966Margaret Sanger, American nurse, educator, and activist (b. 1879)
  • 1966 – Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1901)
  • 1969Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (b. 1892)
  • 1972 – Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre
    • Luttif Afif, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1945)
    • David Mark Berger, American-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
    • Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
    • Yossef Gutfreund, Israeli wrestling judge (b. 1931)
    • Eliezer Halfin, Russian-Israeli wrestler (b. 1948)
    • Amitzur Shapira, Russian-Israeli runner and coach (b. 1932)
    • Kehat Shorr, Romanian shooting coach (b. 1919)
    • Mark Slavin, Israeli wrestler (b. 1954)
    • Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (b. 1945)
    • Yakov Springer, Polish-Israeli wrestler and coach (b. 1921)
  • 1974Olga Baclanova, Russian-Swiss actress and ballerina (b. 1896)
  • 1974 – Otto Kruger, American actor (b. 1885)[9]
  • 1978Max Decugis, French tennis player (b. 1882)
  • 1978 – Tom Wilson, American record producer (b. 1931)
  • 1979Ronald Binge, English organist and composer (b. 1910)
  • 1982Azra Erhat, Turkish archaeologist, author, and academic (b. 1915)
  • 1984Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
  • 1985Franco Ferrara, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
  • 1986Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1896)
  • 1987Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)
  • 1988Leroy Brown, American wrestler (b. 1950)
  • 1988 – Bill Northam, Australian sailor and businessman (b. 1905)
  • 1990Tom Fogerty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
  • 1990 – Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1916)
  • 1991Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1922)
  • 1992Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1912)
  • 1994James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
  • 1994 – Nicky Hopkins, English pianist (b. 1944)
  • 1994 – Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1908)
  • 1997P. H. Newby, English author and broadcaster (b. 1918)
  • 1998Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
  • 1998 – Ric Segreto, American-Filipino singer-songwriter, actor, and journalist (b. 1952)
  • 1998 – Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Swedish actor (b. 1928)
  • 1999Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician, 3rd President of Nauru (b. 1938)
  • 1999 – René Lecavalier, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
  • 2005Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1929)
  • 2000Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian Military (b. 1918)
  • 2005 – Eugenia Charles, Dominican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1919)
  • 2007Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (b. 1918)
  • 2007 – Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935)
  • 2008Anita Page, American actress (b. 1910)
  • 2009Catherine Gaskin, Irish-Australian author (b. 1929)
  • 2010Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (b. 1926)
  • 2010 – Clive Donner, English director and editor (b. 1926)
  • 2011Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (b. 1947)
  • 2012Elisabeth Böhm, German architect (b. 1921)
  • 2012 – Lawrie Dring, Scottish scout leader, founded World Federation of Independent Scouts (b. 1931)
  • 2012 – Jerome Kilty, American actor and playwright (b. 1922)
  • 2012 – Art Modell, American businessman (b. 1925)
  • 2012 – Oscar Rossi, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
  • 2012 – Terry Nutkins, English naturalist, television presenter and author (b. 1946)
  • 2013Ann C. Crispin, American author (b. 1950)
  • 2013 – Khin Maung Kyi, Burmese economist and scholar (b. 1926)
  • 2013 – Santiago Rosario, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
  • 2014Odd Bondevik, Norwegian bishop and theologian (b. 1941)
  • 2014 – Cirilo Flores, American bishop (b. 1948)
  • 2014 – Seth Martin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1933)
  • 2014 – Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player and educator (b. 1919)
  • 2015Ralph Milne, Scottish footballer (b. 1961)
  • 2015 – Martin Milner, American actor (b. 1931)
  • 2015 – Barney Schultz, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
  • 2015 – Calvin J. Spann, American general and pilot (b. 1924)
  • 2017Peter Luck, Australian journalist and television host (b. 1944)
  • 2017 – Kate Millett, American feminist author and activist (b. 1934)[14]
  • 2018Richard DeVos, American billionaire businessman (b. 1926)[15]
  • 2018 – Liz Fraser, English actress (b. 1930)
  • 2018 – Will Jordan, American comedian and actor (b. 1927)
  • 2018 – Burt Reynolds, American actor, director and producer[16] (b. 1936)
  • 2019Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (b. 1924)

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast days:
    • Begga
    • Chagnoald
    • Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria
    • Gondulphus of Metz
    • Magnus of Füssen
    • Onesiphorus
    • Zechariah (Hebrew prophet) (Catholic church)
    • September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • The earliest date on which the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is performed
  • Armed Forces Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
  • Defence Day or Army Day (Pakistan)
  • Flag Day (Bonaire)
  • Independence Day (Swaziland), celebrates the independence of Swaziland from the United Kingdom in 1968
  • Unification Day (Bulgaria)

References[]

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