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Birthday September 06, 1757 Marquis de Lafayette, American patriot, French revolutionary |
Birthday September 06, 1766 John Dalton, chemist, developed atomic theory of matter |
Birthday September 06, 1805 Horatio Greenough, American neoclassical sculptor, writer |
Birthday September 06, 1811 James Melville Gilliss, founded Naval Observatory in Washington |
Birthday September 06, 1814 Sir George Cartier, (C), Canadian co-prmie minister (1858-62) |
Birthday September 06, 1860 Jane Addams, American pacifist/social worker/feminist (Nobel 1931) |
Birthday September 06, 1888 Joseph P. Kennedy, Financier-diplomat |
Birthday September 06, 1899 Billy Rose, Theatrical producer |
Birthday September 06, 1937 Jo Anne Worley Lowell, Indiana, (Laugh-in) |
Birthday September 06, 1944 Linda Kaye Henning, in Cal (Petticoat Junction) |
Birthday September 06, 1944 Swoosie Kurtz |
Birthday September 06, 1947 Jane Curtin, in Cambridge Mass (SNL, Kate & Allie |
History September 06, 1522 Magellan's expedition circumnavigates globe |
History September 06, 1620 149 Pilgrims set sail from England aboard the Mayflower |
History September 06, 1628 Puritans land at Salem form Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
History September 06, 1716 1st lighthouse in US built in Boston |
History September 06, 1781 Arnold orders burning of New London |
History September 06, 1839 Great fire in NY. |
History September 06, 1844 John C. Fremont reaches the Great Salt Lake |
History September 06, 1847 Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden and moves in with the Emersons |
History September 06, 1863 Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island, South Carolina |
History September 06, 1869 1st westbound train arrives in SF. |
History September 06, 1873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street |
History September 06, 1876 Southern Pacific line from Los Angeles to SF completed |
History September 06, 1883 Cub's Burns (extra bases) Williamson & Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn |
History September 06, 1901 President William McKinley is shot |
History September 06, 1901 Pres William McKinley assassinated in Buffalo N.Y. |
History September 06, 1909 Word received Adm. Peary discovered the North Pole five months ago |
History September 06, 1910 Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughriders formed. |
History September 06, 1914 Battle of the Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris. |
History September 06, 1914 First Battle of the Marne begins |
History September 06, 1943 Train derails on way to New York |
History September 06, 1944 Italian resistance fighters persevere |
History September 06, 1946 All-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev. 44 Miami 0). |
History September 06, 1954 Yankees record a record with 10 pinch hitters |
History September 06, 1966 Star Trek appears on TV for the 1st time (on NBC) |
History September 06, 1966 Architect of apartheid assassinated |
History September 06, 1968 Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day). |
History September 06, 1969 Ho Chi Minh to be succeeded by committee |
History September 06, 1972 John & Yoko appear on Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon |
History September 06, 1972 More Israeli hostages killed in Munich |
History September 06, 1972 Thieu abolishes popular elections |
History September 06, 1976 Soviet pilot lands Russian MIG fighter plane in Japan |
History September 06, 1981 Bob Lemon named Yankee manager |
History September 06, 1982 Polish dissidents seized the Polish Embassy in Bern Switzerland |
History September 06, 1995 Ripken breaks record for consecutive games played |
History September 06, 1997 Elton John performs a re-written Candle in the Wind at Princess Diana's funeral |
History September 06, 1997 Some 2.5 billion TV viewers watch Princess Diana’s funeral |
History September 06, 2007 Volkswagen moves to Virginia |
History September 06, 2012 Former police sergeant Drew Peterson is convicted of killing his third wife |