Ferdinand Magellan's Spanish expedition, now led by Juan Sebastián Elcano, returns to Seville without its captain after a three-year epic voyage, becoming the first to circumnavigate the globe
What happened on September 6, 1666?
After St. Paul's Cathedral and much of the city burned down over four days, the Great Fire of London is finally extinguished
What happened on September 6, 1901?
US President William McKinley is shot and assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz while visiting the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York
What happened on September 6, 1909?
New York Times headline announces American explorer Robert Peary discovered the North Pole 5 months earlier (now thought unlikely)
What happened on September 6, 1914?
The First Battle of the Marne or known in France as the Miracle on the Marne (French: miracle de la Marne) was a battle of the First World War fought from 5 to 12 September 1914.
Ferdinand Magellan's Spanish expedition, now led by Juan Sebastián Elcano, returns to Seville without its captain after a three-year epic voyage, becoming the first to circumnavigate the globe
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around Massachusetts Bay, one of the several...
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula.
The Battle of Groton Heights (also known as the Battle of Fort Griswold, and occasionally called the Fort Griswold massacre) was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on September 6, 1781...
La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621, is an opera seria in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Caterino Mazzolà, after Pietro Metastasio.
Emma, Lady Hamilton, was an English model, dancer and actress. She began her career in London's demi-monde, becoming the mistress of a series of wealthy men, culminating in the naval hero Lord...
Thomas Blanchard (June 24, 1788 – April 16, 1864) was an American inventor who lived much of his life in Springfield, Massachusetts, where in 1819, he pioneered the assembly line style of mass...
The San Francisco and Oakland Railroad (SF&O) was built in 1862 to provide ferry-train service from a San Francisco ferry terminal connecting with railroad service through Oakland to San Antonio.
Felix Salten, Austrian austro-hungarian jewish author and literary critic, known for austro-hungarian jewish author and literary critic, was born on 1869-09-06.
Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the...
After the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, the 1878 Treaty of Berlin set up an autonomous state, the Principality of Bulgaria, within the Ottoman Empire.
Carnation is a brand of food products. The brand was especially known for its evaporated milk product created in 1899, then called Carnation Sterilized Cream and later called Carnation Evaporated...
Billy Rose, American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist, known for american impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist, was born on 1899-09-06.
The First Battle of the Marne or known in France as the Miracle on the Marne (French: miracle de la Marne) was a battle of the First World War fought from 5 to 12 September 1914.
Carol II (15 October 1893 [O.S. 3 October 1893] – 4 April 1953) was King of Romania from 8 June 1930 following a coup that deposed his son until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940.
Roger Waters, English musician, known for english musician, co-founder of pink floyd, was born on 1944-09-06. George Roger Waters is an English singer-songwriter, musician and political activist.
All-America Football Conference begins regular season play as the Cleveland Browns beat the Miami Seahawks 44-0 before 60,135 at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium
Jane Curtin, American actress and comedian, known for american actress and comedian, was born on 1948-09-06. Jane Therese Curtin is an American actress and comedian.
Howard Barton Unruh (January 21, 1921 – October 19, 2009) was an American mass murderer who shot and killed thirteen people during a twelve-minute walk through his neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey,...
La Strada, also translated into English as The Road, is a 1954 Italian road tragedy film directed by Federico Fellini and co-written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano.
Jan van Tilburg (16 June 1900 – 21 October 1977) was a Dutch politician for the Labour Party who was a member of the Senate between 1951 and 1955 and Governor of Suriname between 1956 and 1962.
The US performs a nuclear test over the South Atlantic Ocean, the third and final part of Operation Argus to study the Christofilos effect, a theoretical defensive shield to cloud Soviet radar
American Otis Davis runs a world record 44.9 to win the gold medal in the 400 m at the Rome Olympics; German Carl Kaufmann records the same time but is ruled second via photo finish
Kapustin Yar is a Russian military training area and a rocket launch complex in Astrakhan Oblast, about 100 km east of Volgograd. It was established by the Soviet Union on 13 May 1946.
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
The India–Pakistan war of 1965, also known as the second India–Pakistan war, was an armed conflict between Pakistan and India that took place from August 1965 to September 1965.
The conflict began...
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County.
Patrick and Benjamin Binder were conjoined twins, joined at the head, born in Germany in February 1987, and separated at Johns Hopkins Children's Center on 6 September 1987.
Tom Fogerty, American musician, known for american musician, died on 1990-09-06. Thomas Richard Fogerty (November 9, 1941 – September 6, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the rhythm…
Beaux Arts Trio (Menahem Pressler, piano; Daniel Hope, violin; Antonio Meneses, cello) performs its final concert after 53 years in Lucerne, Switzerland
German police confirm more than 13,000 refugees have arrived in southern Germany in the last two days, fleeing conflicts in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan
Sri Lankan cricket fast bowler Lasith Malinga takes 4 wickets in 4 balls and finishes with 5 for 6 as New Zealand is all out for 88 in a 37-run defeat in the 3rd T-20 International in Pallekele
Philadelphia Eagles win 34-29 over Green Bay Packers at Corinthians Arena in São Paulo, Brazil, in the first NFL football game in the Southern Hemisphere
Red Bull's Max Verstappen sets fastest Formula One lap in history with 1:18.792, surpassing Lewis Hamilton's record of 1:18.887, at the Italian Grand Prix [1]
An estimated 1,500 people protest the ban on the group Palestine Action in Parliament Square, Westminster, with 890 arrested under the Terrorism Act [1]