September 6

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

Births:

• 1944: [Roger Waters]?, Musician (Pink Floyd)

Deaths:

• 1966: South African Prime Minister [Hendrik Verwoerd]? stabbed to death during a parliamentary session.

Events:

• 1620: The Pilgrims left on the Mayflower from Plymouth?, England to settle in the New World.
• 1901: US President William McKinley was shot and fatally wounded.
• 1939: South Africa declared war on Germany.
• 1991: Soviet Union recognizes independence of the Baltic? states.
• 1991: The name [St. Petersburg]? was restored to Russia's second largest city, having previously been renamed as Leningrad in (1924).
• 1997: The funeral service of Princess Diana is held at [Westminster Abbey]?.

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