What are the important events that happened on September 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 6: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 6 is the 250^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 116 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 24, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,759,680 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectapentacontagon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 145 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,277 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 6 Historical Events

• 1628 –
  Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• 1781 –
  The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British victory.
• 1861 –
  American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, which gives the Union control of the mouth of the Tennessee River.
• 1940 –
  King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.
• 1949 –
  Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.
• 1952 –
  Canada’s first television station, CBFT-TV, opens in Montreal.
• 1972 –
  Munich Massacre: 9 Israel athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games by the Palestinian “Black September” terrorist group died (as did a German policeman) at the hands of the kidnappers during a failed rescue attempt. 2 other Israeli athletes are slain in the initial attack the previous day.
• 1985 –
  Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.
• 1992 –
  Hunters discover the emaciated body of Christopher Johnson McCandless at his camp 20 mi west of the town of Healy, Alaska.
• 2009 –
  The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.

Who were born on September 6?

• 1869 –
  Felix Salten, Austrian author (d. 1945)
• 1906 –
  Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
• 1921 –
  Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (d. 2004)
• 1956 –
  Bill Ritter, American politician
• 1957 –
  José Sócrates, Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1963 –
  Pat Nevin, Scottish footballer
• 1968 –
  Paddy Boom, former drummer for Scissor Sisters
• 1972 –
  Eugene Hütz, Ukrainian singer and composer (Gogol Bordello)
• 1974 –
  Sarah Danielle Madison, American actress
• 1978 –
  Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player

Who died on September 6?

• 1949 –
  Walter Widdop, British Wagnerian Heldentenor (b. 1892)
• 1962 –
  Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
• 1986 –
  Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1987 –
  Quinn Martin, American television producer (b. 1922)
• 1988 –
  Leroy Brown, American wrestler (b. 1950)
• 1990 –
  Tom Fogerty, American singer (b. 1941)
• 1998 –
  Ric Segreto, Filipino Pop-Balladeer (b. 1952)
• 2002 –
  Ilya Livykou, Greek actress (b. 1919)
• 2005 –
  Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet (b. 1929)
• 2008 –
  Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racing driver and trainer (b. 1917)