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 249^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 116 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 24, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,757,116,800 seconds 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 ‘dihectatetracontaenneagon’ 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 164 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 4,642 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 6 Historical Events

• 1847 –
  Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
• 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.
• 1870 –
  Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
• 1888 –
  Charles Turner becomes the first bowler to take 250 wickets in an English season – a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).
• 1937 –
  Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.
• 1939 –
  World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.
• 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.
• 1991 –
  The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• 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?

• 1817 –
  Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician (d. 1893)
• 1908 –
  Korczak Ziółkowski, American designer and sculptor of the Crazy Horse Memorial (d. 1982)
• 1911 –
  Harry Danning, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1937 –
  Brigid Berlin, American actor
• 1938 –
  Joan Tower, American composer, concert pianist and conductor
• 1947 –
  Jane Curtin, American actress
• 1962 –
  Jennifer Egan, American novelist
• 1963 –
  Bryan Simonaire, American politician
• 1979 –
  Massimo Maccarone, Italian footballer
• 1980 –
  Yuji Hamano, Japanese archer

Who died on September 6?

• 1708 –
  Sir John Morden, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1623)
• 1833 –
  Antoine Le Blanc, French murderer b. 1800
• 1952 –
  Gertrude Lawrence, English actress (b. 1898)
• 1959 –
  Kay Kendall, English actress (b. 1926)
• 1962 –
  Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
• 1974 –
  Olga Baclanova, Russian-born actress (b. 1896)
• 1986 –
  Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1988 –
  Sir William Northam, Australian Olympic yachtsman (b. 1905)
• 1999 –
  René Lecavalier, French Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
• 2008 –
  Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racing driver and trainer (b. 1917)