September 6

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

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]?.

Births

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

Deaths

• 1966 - South African Prime Minister [Hendrik Verwoerd]? stabbed to death during a parliamentary session.
• 1998 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director

Holidays and observances:

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