September 6 in History

Historical Events on September 6

1863 American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.

1930 Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.

1939 World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.

1955 Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.

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.

1983 The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.

1986 In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.

1991 The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

2007 Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.

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Famous Birthdays on September 6

1954 Carly Fiorina

1962 Chris Christie

1963 Geert Wilders

1971 Dolores O'Riordan

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Famous Deaths on September 6

1966 Margaret Sanger

1972 Munich massacre

1990 Len Hutton

1998 Akira Kurosawa

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