September 6 in history
Events on September 6
Notable events that happened on September 6 in past years.
- 2026
21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767 freighter operating on behalf of Amazon Air, overruns the runway upon landing at Miami International Airport, striking multiple ground vehicles, killing at least five people, and injuring five others.
Wikipedia article: 21 Air Flight 7598 - 2018
Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro survives a stabbing at a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais.
Wikipedia article: Jair Bolsonaro - 2009
The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
Wikipedia article: Roll-on/roll-off - 1997
Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 839 crashes in the Lambir Hills National Park while on approach to Miri Airport in Malaysia, killing 10.
Wikipedia article: Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 839 - 1988
End of the last stage of the Anfal campaign of Ba'athist Iraq against its Kurdish population, which resulted in major destructions and major civilian losses.
Wikipedia article: Anfal campaign - 1976
Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.
Wikipedia article: Cold War - 1968
Swaziland becomes independent.
Wikipedia article: Eswatini - 1962
Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
Wikipedia article: Blackfriars shipwrecks - 1944
World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
Wikipedia article: Ypres - 1940
King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
Wikipedia article: Carol II of Romania - 1930
Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
Wikipedia article: Hipólito Yrigoyen - 1870
Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
Wikipedia article: Louisa Swain - 1803
British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
Wikipedia article: John Dalton - 1622
The Spanish treasure galleon Atocha sinks during a hurricane off Key West in the Straits of Florida, taking 40 short tons (36 t) of gold and silver and 260 of its 265 passengers and crew to the bottom.
- 394
Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later.
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