September 6

September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 116 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Events

• 3114 BC – According to the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started. (Non-standard interpretation).
• 394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the usurper Eugenius. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later
• 1492 – Christopher 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, the only surviving ship of 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. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
• 1628 – Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• 1634 – Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen the Catholic Imperial army defeats Protestant armies of Sweden and Germany.
• 1642 – The English Parliament led by Puritans issues an Ordinance suppressing all stage plays in theatres.
• 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.
• 1847 – Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
• 1861 – American 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.
• 1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
• 1885 – Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. Bulgarian unification is henceforth accomplished.
• 1890 – Dublin football club Bohemian F.C. are founded in the Gate Lodge, Phoenix Park.
• 1901 – Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
• 1916 – The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders.
• 1930 – Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
• 1939 – World War II: At the Battle of Barking Creek, Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War as a result of friendly fire.
• 1939 – World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
• 1940 – King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.
• 1943 – The Monterrey Institute of Technology, one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America, is founded in Monterrey, Mexico.
• 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.
• 1946 – United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
• 1948 – Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands.
• 1949 – Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.
• 1952 – A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
• 1955 – Istanbul's Greek, Jewish and Armenian minority are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens die in the 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 2nd century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
• 1963 – The Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded.
• 1965 – India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate and follows the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
• 1966 – In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Dr. 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 the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
• 1972 – Munich massacre: Nine Israel athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games by the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group die (as did a German policeman) at the hands of the kidnappers during a failed rescue attempt. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
• 1976 – Cold War: Soviet Air Force pilot Lieutenant Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaidō 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 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, Wisconsin, 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 is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been known as Leningrad since 1924.
• 1992 – Hunters discover the emaciated body of Christopher McCandless at his camp 20 miles (32 km) west of the town of Healy, Alaska.
• 1995 – Cal 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 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.
• 2007 – Israel executes an air strike, Operation Orchard, to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
• 2008 – Turkish President Abdullah Gül attends an association football match in Armenia after an invitation by Armenian President Serzh Sarkisyan, making him the first Turkish head of state to visit the country.
• 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 and 48 others are injured after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands.

Births

• 1535 – Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian and author (d. 1612)
• 1620 – Isabella Leonarda, Italian composer and educator (d. 1704)
• 1633 – Sebastian Knüpfer, German cantor and composer (d. 1676)
• 1656 – Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician (d. 1723)
• 1666 – Ivan V of Russia, Russian tsar (d. 1696)
• 1711 – Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (d. 1787)
• 1729 – Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1786)
• 1732 – Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1796)
• 1757 – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (d. 1834)
• 1766 – John Dalton, English chemist, meteorologist, and physicist (d. 1844)
• 1781 – Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (d. 1861)
• 1795 – Frances Wright, Scottish-American author and activist (d. 1852)
• 1800 – Catharine Beecher, American educator and activist (d. 1878)
• 1802 – Alcide d'Orbigny, French zoologist, palaeontologist, and geologist (d. 1857)
• 1808 – Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian emir (d. 1883)
• 1814 – George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (d. 1873)
• 1815 – St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (d. 1870)
• 1817 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian businessman and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 1893)
• 1819 – William Rosecrans, American general, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico (d. 1898)
• 1829 – Maria Zakrzewska, German-American physician (d. 1902)
• 1838 – Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (d. 1906)
• 1852 – Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (d. 1918)
• 1855 – Ferdinand Hummel, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1928)
• 1857 – Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (d. 1933)
• 1859 – Macpherson Robertson, Australian businessman and philanthropist, founded MacRobertson's (d. 1945)
• 1860 – Jane Addams, American sociologist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
• 1861 – William Lane, English-Australian journalist, founded New Australia (d. 1917)
• 1868 – Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1947)
• 1869 – Walford Davies, English organist and composer (d. 1941)
• 1869 – Felix Salten, Austrian-Swiss author and critic (d. 1945)
• 1876 – John James Rickard Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
• 1877 – Buddy Bolden, American cornet player (d. 1930)
• 1879 – Max Schreck, German actor (d. 1936)
• 1879 – Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1956)
• 1888 – Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 1969)
• 1890 – Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (d. 1960)
• 1891 – John Charles Thomas, American actor and singer (d. 1960)
• 1892 – Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
• 1893 – Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (d. 1958)
• 1899 – Billy Rose, American composer and manager (d. 1966)
• 1900 – W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Julien Green, French-American author (d. 1998)
• 1905 – Otto Liiv, Estonian historian and archivist (d. 1942)
• 1906 – Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Anthony Wagner, English genealogist and academic (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Korczak Ziolkowski, American sculptor, designed the Crazy Horse Memorial (d. 1982)
• 1909 – Michael Gordon, American actor and director (d. 1993)
• 1910 – Walter Giesler, American soccer player, referee, and coach (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Harry 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)
• 1912 – Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Julie Gibson, American actress and singer
• 1915 – Franz Josef Strauss, German lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (d. 1988)
• 1917 – John 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)
• 1919 – Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and philanthropist (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Elvira Pagã, Brazilian actress, singer, and author (d. 2003)
• 1921 – Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (d. 2004)
• 1921 – Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, co-created the bar code (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Peter II of Yugoslavia (d. 1970)
• 1924 – John Melcher, American veterinarian and politician
• 1925 – Andrea Camilleri, Italian author, screenwriter, and director
• 1925 – Jimmy Reed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
• 1926 – Prince 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)
• 1928 – Fumihiko Maki, Japanese architect and academic, designed the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium and Makuhari Messe
• 1928 – Robert M. Pirsig, American philosopher and author
• 1928 – Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor and composer (d. 2002)
• 1928 – Sid Watkins, English neurosurgeon and academic (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Ljubov Rebane, Estonian physicist and mathematician (d. 1991)
• 1930 – Charles Foley, American game designer, co-created Twister (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Akiji Kobayashi, Japanese actor (d. 1996)
• 1930 – Helmut Piirimäe, Estonian historian and academic
• 1931 – Bud Shrake, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1932 – Colin McColl, English intelligence officer
• 1932 – Gilles Tremblay, Canadian composer and educator
• 1932 – Bernie Winters, English comedian and actor (d. 1991)
• 1935 – Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French-American actress and author (d. 2014)
• 1935 – Gaetano Fidanzati, Italian mob boss (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-Mexican author and illustrator
• 1937 – Janusz Kurczab, Polish fencer and mountaineer (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Jo Anne Worley, American actress, comedian, and singer
• 1938 – Joan Tower, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1939 – Brigid Berlin, American actress, painter, and photographer
• 1939 – Errol Black, Canadian academic and politician (d. 2012)
• 1939 – David Allan Coe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 – Dan Cragg, American soldier and author
• 1939 – Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – John M. Hayes, scientist emeritus at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• 1940 – Elizabeth Murray, American painter and illustrator (d. 2007)
• 1940 – Jackie Trent, English-Spanish singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2015)
• 1941 – Roger Law, English illustrator
• 1941 – Monica Mason, South African ballerina and director
• 1942 – Dave Bargeron, American trombonist and tuba player (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1942 – Richard Hutton, English cricketer
• 1942 – Mel McDaniel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 1942 – Carol Wayne, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1943 – Gordon 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 (Pink Floyd and The Bleeding Heart Band)
• 1944 – Donna Haraway, American author, academic, and activist
• 1944 – Swoosie Kurtz, American actress
• 1945 – Larry Lucchino, American businessman
• 1945 – Go Nagai, Japanese illustrator
• 1946 – Roger Knight, English cricketer and educator
• 1947 – Sylvester, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1988)
• 1947 – Jane Curtin, American actress
• 1947 – Bruce Rioch, English footballer and manager
• 1947 – Jacob Rubinovitz, Polish-Israeli engineer and academic
• 1948 – Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist (Kool & the Gang) (d. 2006)
• 1949 – Iris Robinson, Northern Irish politician
• 1951 – Melih Kibar, Turkish composer (d. 2005)
• 1952 – Simon Burns, English politician, Minister of State for Transport
• 1952 – Vladimir Kazachyonok, Russian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1952 – Buddy Miller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Band of Joy)
• 1952 – Deyan Sudjic, English journalist and curator
• 1953 – Anne Lockhart, American actress
• 1954 – Carly Fiorina, American businesswoman and activist
• 1954 – Demetris Kizas, Cypriot footballer
• 1954 – Ève Luquet, French engraver and designer
• 1954 – Patrick O'Hearn, American bassist and composer (Missing Persons)
• 1954 – John Sauven, English economist and environmentalist
• 1955 – Raymond Benson, American author and playwright
• 1956 – Bill Ritter, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Colorado
• 1956 – Steven Yearley, English sociologist and academic
• 1957 – Ali 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
• 1958 – Buster Bloodvessel, English singer-songwriter (Bad Manners)
• 1958 – Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Arsinée Khanjian, Lebanese-Canadian actress and producer
• 1958 – Nigel Westlake, Australian composer and conductor
• 1958 – Michael Winslow, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Bill Root, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 – Simon Reeve, Australian journalist and game show host
• 1961 – Scott Travis, American drummer (Judas Priest, Racer X, and Animetal USA)
• 1961 – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (A-ha and Savoy)
• 1962 – Chris 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
• 1963 – Kirsten Bishopric, Canadian actress (d. 2014)
• 1963 – Mark Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 – Skye Gyngell, Australian chef and author
• 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
• 1964 – Rosie Perez, American actress, dancer, and director
• 1965 – Terry Bickers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The House of Love and Levitation)
• 1965 – Darren Clark, Australian sprinter
• 1965 – Christopher Nolan, Irish author and poet (d. 2009)
• 1965 – Van Tiffin, American football player
• 1967 – William DuVall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alice in Chains, Comes with the Fall, Madfly, Neon Christ, and No Walls)
• 1967 – Kalli Kalde, Estonian painter and illustrator
• 1967 – Igor Štimac, Croatian footballer and manager
• 1968 – Saeed Anwar, Pakistani cricketer
• 1968 – Christopher Brookmyre, Scottish author
• 1968 – Paul Rea, American journalist
• 1969 – Tony DiTerlizzi, American author and illustrator
• 1969 – Ben Finegold, American chess player and educator
• 1969 – Macy Gray, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1969 – Michellie Jones, Australian-American triathlete
• 1970 – Cheyne Coates, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1970 – Emily Maitlis, Canadian-English journalist
• 1971 – Devang Gandhi, Indian cricketer
• 1971 – Asko Künnap, Estonian poet and illustrator
• 1971 – Dolores O'Riordan, Irish singer-songwriter
• 1972 – Dylan Bruno, American actor
• 1972 – Idris Elba, British actor, rapper, and producer
• 1972 – Saulius Mikalajūnas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1972 – Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer
• 1973 – Carlo Cudicini, Italian footballer
• 1973 – Greg Rusedski, Canadian-English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1973 – Alessandro Troncon, Italian rugby player and coach
• 1974 – Tim Henman, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Nina Persson, Swedish singer-songwriter (The Cardigans and A Camp)
• 1975 – Derrek Lee, American baseball player and coach
• 1976 – N.O.R.E., American rapper (Capone-N-Noreaga)
• 1976 – Rodrigo Amarante, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Jon Ander López, Spanish footballer (d. 2013)
• 1976 – Tom Pappas, American decathlete and coach
• 1978 – Cisco Adler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Whitestarr)
• 1978 – Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1978 – Mathew Horne, English actor and screenwriter
• 1978 – Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer
• 1979 – Mike Arnaoutis, Greek boxer
• 1979 – Foxy Brown, American rapper (The Firm)
• 1979 – Massimo Maccarone, Italian footballer
• 1979 – Carlos Adrián Morales, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Kerry Katona, English singer and actress (Atomic Kitten)
• 1980 – Samuel Peter, Nigerian boxer
• 1980 – Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
• 1981 – Yuki Abe, Japanese footballer
• 1981 – Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1981 – Mark Teahen, American baseball player
• 1982 – Paul Mullen, English musician, multi-instrumentalist & singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Dimitri Champion, French cyclist
• 1983 – Braun Strowman, American wrestler and strongman
• 1984 – Helena Ekholm, Swedish skier
• 1984 – William Porterfield, Northern Irish cricketer
• 1987 – Ramiele Malubay, Saudi Arabian-American singer
• 1987 – Emir Preldžić, Turkish basketball player
• 1988 – Ray Fujita, French-Japanese actor and singer (Dustz)
• 1988 – Max George, English singer-songwriter and actor (The Wanted and Avenue)
• 1988 – Denis Tonucci, Italian footballer
• 1989 – Nikos Boutzikos, Greek footballer
• 1990 – Matt McAndrew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1990 – John Wall, American basketball player
• 1993 – Mattia Valoti, Italian footballer

Deaths

• 394 – Eugenius, Roman usurper
• 957 – Liudolf, Duke of Swabia (b. 930)
• 926 – Emperor Taizu of Liao (b. 872)
• 972 – Pope John XIII (b. 930)
• 1276 – Vicedomino de Vicedominis, Italian cardinal (b. 1210)
• 1431 – Demetrios Laskaris Leontares, Byzantine admiral and diplomat
• 1511 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1481)
• 1625 – Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1579)
• 1635 – Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b. 1571)
• 1649 – Robert Dudley, English geographer and explorer (b. 1574)
• 1683 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (b. 1619)
• 1708 – Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet, English merchant and philanthropist, founded Morden College (b. 1623)
• 1724 – Jonathan Singletary Dunham, American settler (b. 1640)
• 1748 – Edmund Gibson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1669)
• 1782 – Martha Jefferson, American wife of Thomas Jefferson (b. 1748)
• 1783 – Bertinazzi, Italian actor and author (b. 1710)
• 1808 – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian and author (b. 1723)
• 1833 – Antoine le Blanc, French-American murderer (b. 1800)
• 1868 – Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
• 1885 – Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
• 1891 – Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
• 1902 – Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
• 1907 – Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
• 1919 – Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
• 1938 – John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
• 1939 – Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1945 – John S. McCain Sr., American admiral (b. 1884)
• 1949 – Walter Widdop, English tenor and actor (b. 1892)
• 1950 – Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (b. 1886)
• 1951 – James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (b. 1867)
• 1952 – Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1898)
• 1956 – Lee Jung-seob, North Korean painter (b. 1916)
• 1959 – Edmund Gwenn, English actor (b. 1877)
• 1959 – Kay Kendall, English actress, comedian, and singer (b. 1926)
• 1962 – Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian composer (b. 1898)
• 1962 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
• 1966 – Margaret 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)
• 1969 – Arthur 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)
• 1972 – Allauddin Khan, Indian sarod player and composer (b. 1862)
• 1974 – Olga Baclanova, Russian-Swiss actress, singer, and ballerina (b. 1896)
• 1978 – Max Decugis, French tennis player (b. 1882)
• 1978 – Tom Wilson, American record producer (b. 1931)
• 1979 – Ronald Binge, English organist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1982 – Azra Erhat, Turkish archaeologist, author, and academic (b. 1915)
• 1984 – Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 1985 – Johnny Desmond, American singer and actor (b. 1919)
• 1985 – Franco Ferrara, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
• 1986 – Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1987 – Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)
• 1988 – Leroy Brown, American wrestler (b. 1950)
• 1988 – Bill Northam, Australian sailor and businessman (b. 1905)
• 1990 – Tom Fogerty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Creedence Clearwater Revival and Ruby) (b. 1941)
• 1990 – Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1916)
• 1991 – Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1922)
• 1992 – Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1912)
• 1994 – James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1994 – Nicky Hopkins, English pianist (The Jeff Beck Group, The Kinks, Jerry Garcia Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Sweet Thursday) (b. 1944)
• 1994 – Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Ester Soré, Chilean singer and actress (b. 1915)
• 1997 – P. H. Newby, English author and broadcaster (b. 1918)
• 1998 – Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Swedish actor (b. 1928)
• 1998 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1998 – Ric Segreto, American-Filipino singer-songwriter, actor, and journalist (APO Hiking Society) (b. 1952)
• 1999 – Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician, 3rd President of Nauru (b. 1938)
• 1999 – René Lecavalier, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
• 2005 – Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Eugenia Charles, Dominican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935)
• 2008 – Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Anita Page, American actress (b. 1910)
• 2009 – Catherine Gaskin, Irish-Australian author (b. 1929)
• 2010 – Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (b. 1926)
• 2010 – Clive Donner, English director and editor (b. 1926)
• 2011 – Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Elisabeth 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)
• 2013 – Ann 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)
• 2014 – Odd 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)
• 2015 – Ralph 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)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast days:
  • Begga
  • Chagnoald
  • Gondulphus of Metz
  • 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
• Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (several U.S. states and Canadian provinces)
• National Coffee Ice Cream Day (United States)
• Unification Day (Bulgaria)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada