Editing September 6 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[394]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Frigidus]]: [[Roman emperor]] [[Theodosius I]] defeats and kills [[Eugenius]] the usurper. His [[Franks|Frank]]ish ''[[magister militum]]'' [[Arbogast (magister militum)|Arbogast]] escapes but commits suicide two days later.
*[[1492]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] sails from [[La Gomera]] in the [[Canary Islands]], his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
*[[1522]] &ndash; The ''[[Victoria (ship)|Victoria]]'' returns to [[Sanlúcar de Barrameda]] in Spain, the only surviving ship of [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s expedition and the first known ship to [[circumnavigate]] the world.

===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] &ndash; The [[Pilgrim Fathers|Pilgrims]] sail from [[Plymouth]], England on the ''[[Mayflower]]'' to settle in North America. ([[Old Style]] date; [[September 16]] per [[New Style]] date.)
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[Puritans]] settle [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], which became part of [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]].
*[[1634]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: In the [[Battle of Nördlingen (1634)|Battle of Nördlingen]], the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Battle of Groton Heights]] takes place, resulting in a British victory.
*[[1803]] &ndash; British scientist [[John Dalton]] begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Forces under [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] bloodlessly capture [[Paducah, Kentucky]], giving the Union control of the [[Tennessee River]]'s mouth.
*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate forces]] evacuate [[Fort Wagner|Battery Wagner]] and [[Morris Island]] in [[South Carolina]].
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Louisa Ann Swain]] of [[Laramie, Wyoming]] becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after [[1807]].
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Eastern Rumelia]] declares its union with [[Bulgaria]], thus accomplishing [[Bulgarian unification]].

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Leon Czolgosz]], an unemployed [[Anarchism|anarchist]], [[Assassination of William McKinley|shoots and fatally wounds]] [[President of the United States|US President]] [[William McKinley]] at the [[Pan-American Exposition]] in [[Buffalo, New York]].
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[First Battle of the Marne]], which would halt the [[Imperial German Army]]'s advance into France, begins.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Battles of World War I {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/list/battles-of-world-war-i|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref> 
*[[1915]] &ndash; World War I: The [[British heavy tanks of the First World War|first tank]] prototype, developed by [[William Foster & Co.]] for the British army, was completed and given its first test drive.<ref>{{cite web|title=On This Day In Automotive History Motoring|website=365 Days Of Motoring|date=6 September 1915 |url=https://365daysofmotoring.com/the-first-tank-prototype-developed-by-william-foster-company-for-the-british-army-was-completed-and-given-its-first-test-drive/}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; Democratically elected [[Argentina|Argentine]] president [[Hipólito Yrigoyen]] is [[1930 Argentine coup d'état|deposed in a military coup]].
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León]] is established.<ref>{{cite book|last=Morán García Robes|first=Julio|title=Las Humanidades en Acatlan - Asturias en la Guerra civil española|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BZL2qxqZdCgC&q=Consejo+Interprovincial+de+Asturias+y+Le%C3%B3n+6+septiembre&pg=PA33|access-date=4 October 2013 |year=1997|publisher=[[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México]]|location=[[México D.F.]]|isbn=968-36-5044-9|page=33}} {{in lang|es}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The British [[Royal Air Force]] suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the [[Battle of Barking Creek]] as a result of friendly fire.
*  1939   &ndash; World War II: [[Union of South Africa]] [[Military history of South Africa during World War II|declares war]] on Germany.
*[[1940]] &ndash; King [[Carol II of Romania]] abdicates and is succeeded by his son [[Michael I of Romania|Michael]]. General [[Ion Antonescu]] becomes the ''[[Conducător]]'' of [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; The [[Monterrey Institute of Technology]] is founded in [[Monterrey]], Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
*  1943   &ndash; [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s premier train [[1943 Frankford Junction train wreck|derails]] at [[Frankford Junction]] in [[Philadelphia]], killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The city of [[Ypres]], Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: Soviet forces [[Tartu Offensive|capture]] the city of [[Tartu]], [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Estonia]].
*[[1946]] &ndash; United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes [[Restatement of Policy on Germany|announces]] that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
*[[1952]] &ndash; A prototype aircraft [[1952 Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash|crashes]] at the [[Farnborough Airshow]] in [[Hampshire]], England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Istanbul]]'s Greek, Jewish, and [[Armenians|Armenian]] minorities are the target of [[Istanbul pogrom|a government-sponsored pogrom]]; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
*[[1962]] &ndash; The United States government begins the [[Federal Emergency Plan D-Minus|Exercise Spade Fork]] nuclear readiness drill.
*  1962   &ndash; Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the [[Blackfriars Ships]] dating back to the second century AD in the [[Blackfriars, London|Blackfriars]] area of the banks of the [[River Thames]] in London.
*[[1965]] &ndash; India retaliates following Pakistan's [[Operation Grand Slam]] which results in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the [[Tashkent Declaration]].
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Prime Minister of South Africa|Prime Minister]] [[Hendrik Verwoerd]], the architect of [[apartheid]], is stabbed to death in [[Cape Town]], South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Eswatini|Swaziland]] becomes independent.
*[[1970]] &ndash; Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] [[terrorism|terrorist]] members of the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine|PFLP]] and taken to [[Dawson's Field hijackings|Dawson's Field, Jordan]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Paninternational Flight 112]] crashes on the [[Bundesautobahn 7]] highway near [[Hamburg Airport]], in [[Hamburg]], Germany, killing 22.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven 515FB D-ALAR Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710906-0|access-date=2021-06-09|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Munich massacre]]: Nine [[Israel]]i athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] "[[Black September Organization|Black September]]" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the [[Munich Olympic Games]]. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: [[Soviet Air Defence Forces]] pilot [[Viktor Belenko]] lands a [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25]] jet fighter at [[Hakodate]] in Japan and requests [[refugee|political asylum]] in the United States; his request is granted.
*[[1983]] &ndash; 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.
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105]] crashes near [[Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport]] in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], killing all 31 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 N100ME Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI (MKE)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850906-0|access-date=2021-03-22|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; In [[Istanbul]], two [[terrorist]]s from [[Abu Nidal]]'s organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the [[Neve Shalom Synagogue]] during [[Shabbat]] services.
*[[1991]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]] recognizes the independence of the [[Baltic state]]s [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], and [[Lithuania]].
*  1991   &ndash; The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to [[Saint Petersburg]]. The change is effective October 1.
*[[1992]] &ndash; A group of hunters at the Stampede trail near [[Healy, Alaska]] came across a male corpse in abandoned bus, later identified as [[Christopher McCandless]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Death of Chris McCandless On September 6,...|url= https://sixpenceee.com/post/95063689024/the-death-of-chris-mccandless-on-september-6|website=sixpenceee.comt}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Cal Ripken Jr.]] of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
*[[1997]] &ndash; The [[funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales]] takes place in [[London]]. Well over a million people line the streets and 2{{frac|1|2}} billion watch around the world on television.
*  1997   &ndash; [[Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 238]] crashes in the [[Lambir Hills National Park]] while on approach to [[Miri Airport]] in Malaysia, killing 10.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1997-09-08 |title=Plane crash in Borneo claims all 10 on board |work=The Nation |agency=Reuters |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s9QtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-jEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3310,2646143&hl=en |access-date=2022-09-24 |via=Google News}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Mahmoud Abbas]] resigns from his position of [[Palestinian Prime Minister]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/06/israel1|title=Profile: Mahmoud Abbas|last1=Perry|first1=Dan|date=2003-09-06|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Israel]] executes the air strike [[Operation Orchard]] to destroy a nuclear reactor in [[Syria]].
*[[2009]] &ndash; The [[Roll-on/roll-off|ro-ro ferry]] ''[[SuperFerry 9]]'' sinks off the [[Zamboanga Peninsula]] in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
*[[2012]] &ndash; Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat [[September 2012 Baradan Bay, Turkey migrant boat disaster|capsizes]] off the [[İzmir Province]] coast of [[Turkey]], near the [[North Aegean islands|Greek Aegean islands]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; Forty-one elephants are poisoned with [[cyanide]] in salt pans, by poachers in [[Hwange National Park]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-23991510|title=Poachers poison Zimbabwe elephants|work=BBC News |date=September 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1868867/death-cyanide-poachers-kill-40-elephants-zimbabwe-china-drives-ivory|title=Death by cyanide: poachers kill 40 elephants in Zimbabwe as China drives ivory demand|date=October 17, 2015|website=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Supreme Court of India]] decriminalised all consensual sex among adults in private, making [[Homosexuality in India#Legal status|homosexuality legal]] on the Indian lands.<ref name="SCI2018-09-06-conclusion01a">{{Cite court|litigants=Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India thr. Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice|court=[[Supreme Court of India]]|pinpoint=W. P. (Crl.) No. 76 of 2016|url=https://main.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2016/14961/14961_2016_Judgement_06-Sep-2018.pdf|quote=21. CONCLUSION i. In view of the aforesaid findings, it is declared that insofar as Section 377 criminalises consensual sexual acts of adults (i.e. persons above the age of 18 years who are competent to consent) in private, is violative of Articles 14, 15, 19, and 21 of the Constitution. It is, however, clarified that such consent must be free consent, which is completely voluntary in nature, and devoid of any duress or coercion.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/sc-decriminalises-homosexuality/article24887363.ece|title=SC decriminalises homosexuality|first=Krishnadas|last=Rajagopal|date=7 September 2018|via=www.thehindu.com|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Boris Johnson]] [[July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis|resigns]] as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], and is [[July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election|replaced]] by [[Liz Truss]]. Their meetings with [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] at [[Balmoral Castle]] were the Queen's final official duties before her death two days later.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/liz-truss-becomes-prime-minister-of-the-uk-12691158|title=Liz Truss becomes Prime Minister after meeting the Queen|date=September 6, 2022|website=Sky News}}</ref>
*  2022   &ndash; [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]: Ukraine begins its [[2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive|Kharkiv counteroffensive]], surprising Russian forces and retaking over 3,000 square kilometers of land, recapturing the entire [[Kharkiv Oblast]] west of the [[Oskil River]], within the next week.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ukrainian Offensive Seen as Reshaping the War's Contours|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/10/world/europe/ukraine-offensive-izium-donbas.html|author1=Gibbons-Neff, Thomas|author2=Marc Santora|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 10, 2022|access-date=October 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ukraine Map Reveals How Invasion Is Being Rolled Back 200 Days In|url=https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-map-invasion-rolled-back-200-days-russia-war-1741816|author=Rahman, Khaleda|website=Newsweek.com|publisher=Newsweek|date=September 11, 2022|access-date=October 1, 2022}}</ref>