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SEPTEMBER 6, 1976
Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko landed his MiG-25 in Hakodate, Japan, declaring his intention to defect to the West.
Viktor Ivanovich Belenko was a Russian-born American aerospace engineer and Soviet pilot who defected in 1976 to the West while flying his Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 1997
An estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide watched the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, on television.
The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, started on Saturday 6 September 1997 at 9:08 am in London, when the tenor bell of Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 1963
The Kennedy administration sent Victor H. Krulak and Joseph Mendenhall on a mission to assess the progress of the Vietnam War.
John F. Kennedy's tenure as the 35th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1961, and ended Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 1492
Christopher Columbus set sail from San Sebastián de La Gomera in the Canary Islands on his first voyage across the Atlantic, discovering the Americas.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 1781
American Revolutionary War: General Benedict Arnold led British forces to victory at the Battle of Groton Heights.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 1995
Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2,131st consecutive Major League Baseball game, breaking the 56-year-old record set by Lou Gehrig.
Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr., nicknamed "the Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played his entire 21-season Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 1901
William McKinley, President of the United States, was fatally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, and died eight days later.
William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 1916
The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was founded in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
A grocery store (AE), grocery shop or grocer's shop (BE) or simply grocery is a retail store that primarily retails a general Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 1944
World War II: Soviet forces captured the city of Tartu on their way to re-establishing their rule in Estonia.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Liz Truss succeeded Boris Johnson as prime minister following the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
Mary Elizabeth Truss is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 1930
Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen was deposed in a military coup by José Félix Uriburu.
Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union who served as President of Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 1970
Black September: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked four airliners, landing two at Dawson's Field in Jordan and one in Cairo, while the last hijacking attempt was foiled near London.
Black September, also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein, and the Palestine Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
Hurricane Irma (pictured) reached peak intensity near the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Virgin Gorda.
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 2000
The Los Angeles Dodgers host the first Pride Night in Major League Baseball history.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 1566
Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, died at the age of 71.
Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the Western world and as Suleiman the Lawgiver in his own realm, was Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 1863
General John S. Marmaduke fatally wounded his Confederate Army colleague Lucius M. Walker in a formal duel in Arkansas.
John Sappington Marmaduke was an American politician and soldier. He was the 25th governor of Missouri from 1885 until his death in Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising homosexuality in India.
The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judicial authority and the highest court of the Republic of India. It is the Read More
SEPTEMBER 6, 1952
A prototype aircraft crashed at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing the pilot and test observer on board, and 29 spectators.
On 6 September 1952, a prototype de Havilland DH.110 jet fighter crashed during an aerial display at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, Read More

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