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September 6

September 6 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1492 and 2018. Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.

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What happened on September 6?

September 6 is the 249th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1492 and 2018. Famous people born on September 6 include John Dalton, Franz Josef Strauss and Max Schreck.

The shape of the day

From 1492 to 2018, September 6 gathers 526 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

Virgo is the sign for September 6 — read more on the Virgo page, or see September's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on September 6

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • Game Astro Bot
  • Game NBA 2K25

2023

  • Game Starfield

2022

  • Game Railbound
  • Game Train Sim World 3
  • Game Temtem

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.

  2. 1634

    Thirty Years' War

    Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.

  3. 1781

    American Revolutionary War

    American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.

  4. 1914

    World War I

    World War I: The First Battle of the Marne, which would halt the Imperial German Army's advance into France, begins.

  5. 1930

    Hipólito Yrigoyen

    Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.

  6. 1939

    World War II

    World War II: The British Royal Air Force suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.

  7. 1952

    1952 Farnborough Airshow crash

    A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.

  8. 1995

    Cal Ripken Jr.

    Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.

  9. 1997

    Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales

    The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people line the streets and 21⁄2 billion watch around the world on television.

  10. 2018

    Supreme Court of India

    Supreme Court of India decriminalised all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands.

Famous birthday twins

Born on September 6

John Dalton

b. 1766

English chemist, meteorologist, and physicist

Franz Josef Strauss

b. 1915

German lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria

Max Schreck

b. 1879

German actor

Joseph Wirth

b. 1879

German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany

Philipp von Boeselager

b. 1917

German soldier and economist

Chris Christie

b. 1962

American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New Jersey

Sebastian Knüpfer

b. 1633

German cantor and composer

Moses Mendelssohn

b. 1729

German philosopher and theologian

Deaths

  • 2019Robert Mugabe
  • 2011Michael S. Hart
  • 1998Akira Kurosawa
  • 1994Nicky Hopkins
  • 1566Suleiman the Magnificent
  • 926Abaoji

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast days: Begga
  • —Christian feast days: Chagnoald
  • —Christian feast days: Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria
  • —Christian feast days: Gondulphus of Metz
  • —Christian feast days: Magnus of Füssen
  • —Christian feast days: Onesiphorus
  • —Christian feast days: Zechariah (Hebrew prophet) (Catholic church)
  • —Christian feast days: September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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