Today is September 6

Here is what happened today.

1998	Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open
1998	Safeway LPGA Golf Championship
1998	Men's championship at US Tennis Open
1997	Women's championship at US Tennis Open
1997	Princess Diana's funeral
1997	Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open
1996	Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray's 500th career HR
1996	Balt Orioles' Eddie Murray's 500th career HR
1995	Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games
1995	Senate Ethics committee votes 6-0 to ask for expulsion of Bob Packwood
1995	Cal Ripken Jr breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games
1994	11th MTV Awards: Aerosmith, Lisa Marie & Michael Jackson win
1994	Actor Jackson Pinckney awarded $487,000 for being partially blinded by Jean-Claude Van Damme during filming of "Cyborg"
1994	Franziska van Almsick swims female record 200m freestyle (1:56.78)
1994	Tom Dolan swims world record 400m medley (4:12.30)
1994	11th MTV Awards: Aerosmith, Lisa Marie and Michael Jackson win
1993	Helen Dobson wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1993	Jerry Lewis' 28th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $46,014,922
1992	Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m (3:28.86)
1991	U.S.S.R. recognizes independence of the 3 Baltic republics
1991	USSR recognizes independence of the 3 Baltic republics
1991	33rd Walker Cup: U.S., 14-10
1991	Soviet Union recognizes Estonian independence
1991	Ronald Venetiaan chosen president of Suriname
1991	33rd Walker Cup: US, 14-10
1990	7th MTV Awards: Sinead O'Connor wins
1989	6th MTV Awards: Living Colour wins
1989	Amateur Athletic Fed strips Ben Johnson of all track records
1989	Police computer accuses 41,000 Parisians of murder/prostitution
1988	USSR performs underground nuclear test
1988	Thomas Gregory (11) swims English Canal
1988	Crippled soviet Soyuz TM-5 lands safely with 2 cosmonauts aboard
1988	U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1987	Douglas Wakiihuri wins marathon (2:11:48)
1987	Benjamin & Patrick Binder separated at John Hopkins Hospital
1987	Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal
1987	Benjamin and Patrick Binder separated at John Hopkins Hospital
1986	U.S.S.R. charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying
1986	Jozef Pribilinec speed walking world record time (15,447k)
1986	Michael Spinks TKOs Steffen Tangstad in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1986	USSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying
1986	Attack on synagogue in Istanbul, 23 killed
1986	300 invitees pay $5,000 to hear Barbra Striesand's benefit concert
1984	Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow
1984	Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead," premieres in New York City
1984	Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead," premieres in NYC
1983	U.S.S.R. admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2
1983	Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova requests political asylum in NY
1983	USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2
1982	Pitts Pirates retire Willie Stargell's #
1982	Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War"
1982	Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1982	Jerry Lewis' 17th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $28,400,000
1982	Dutch Internal minister Mr M Red assigns BVD to spy on communists
1982	Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's number
1982	Polish dissidents seize Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland
1982	Dutch Internal minister Mr. M Red assigns BVD to spy on communists
1981	Bob Lemon named NY Yankee manager for 2nd time
1981	"They're Playing Our Song" closes at Imperial NYC after 1082 perfs
1981	Bob Lemon named New York Yankee manager for 2nd time
1981	"They're Playing Our Song" closes at Imperial New York City after 1082 performances
1980	94th U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats H Mandlikova (57 61 61)
1980	Macalaster University of St. Paul, Minnesota beating Mount Senario 17-14
1980	Macalaster U of St Paul, Minn beating Mount Senario 17-14
1980	Susan Powell (Okla), 21, crowned 53rd Miss America 1981
1980	Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1980	College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for
1980	Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s)
1980	94th US Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats H Mandlikova (57 61 61)
1979	"Peter Pan" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 578 performances
1979	"Peter Pan" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 578 performances
1978	Begin & Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace
1978	USSR performs underground nuclear test
1978	U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1978	Begin and Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace
1977	Angels acquire Dave Kingman from Padres for cash 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977
1976	Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet
1976	Jerry Lewis' 11th Muscular Dystrophy telethon, Dean Martin appears
1975	U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1975	6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey
1975	89th US Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats E G Cawley (57 64 62)
1975	Heavy earthquake at Lice Turkey; 3,000 killed
1975	Tawny Elaine Godin (NY), 18, crowned 48th Miss America 1976
1975	Tennis Star Martina Navratilova requests US political asylum
1975	Tennis Star Martina Navratilova requests U.S. political asylum
1975	89th U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats E G Cawley (57 64 62)
1975	US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973	New York Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt and Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed
1973	NY Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt & Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed
1972	Summer Olympics resume in Munich Germany after massacre
1972	John and Yoko appear on Jerry Lewis' Muscular Dystrophy Telethon
1972	John & Yoko appear on Jerry Lewis' Muscular Dystrophy Telethon
1971	Jerry Lewis' 6th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises
1970	New York Met Tommy Agee hits for the cycle
1970	USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1970	NY Met Tommy Agee hits for the cycle
1970	Palestinians seize 3 jetliners
1970	U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1969	"Cabaret" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 1166 performances
1969	"Cabaret" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 1166 performances
1968	Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1966	Race riot in Atlanta Georgia
1966	"Star Trek" premieres on NBC TV
1966	Race riot in Atlanta, Georgia
1965	KLNE TV channel 3 in Lexington, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965	India invades West Pakistan
1963	Major league baseballs 100,000th game
1963	Jerry Lee Lewis quits Sun Records
1963	Historian Lee Allen says Indians-Senators game is 100,000th in history
1963	Church bombed in Birmingham AL, kills 4 African-American girls
1963	Church bombed in Birmingham, Alabama, kills 4 African-American girls
1962	US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962	U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961	U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Kapustin Yar U.S.S.R.
1961	USSR performs nuclear test at Kapustin Yar USSR
1959	Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
1958	US performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean
1958	Mary Ann Mobley (Miss), 21, crowned 31st Miss America 1959
1958	U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean
1957	Elvis records "White Xmas," "Silent Night" and "Here Comes Santa Claus"
1957	Elvis records "White Xmas," "Silent Night" & "Here Comes Santa Claus"
1955	"Catch a Star" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 23 performances
1955	J van Tilburg appointed governor of Suriname
1955	"Catch a Star" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances
1954	WINS New York City begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show
1954	U.S. plane shot down above Siberia
1954	68th U.S. Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats A Louise Brough (68 61 86)
1954	WINS NYC begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show
1954	74th U.S. Mens Tennis: E V Seixas, Jr. beats Rex Hartwig (36 62 64 64)
1954	Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters
1954	74th US Mens Tennis: E V Seixas Jr beats Rex Hartwig (36 62 64 64)
1954	68th US Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats A Louise Brough (68 61 86)
1954	US plane shot down above Siberia
1953	Adenauers CDU wins elections in German FR
1953	Roy Campanella sets record for home runs by a catcher at 38
1953	Roy Campanella sets record for HRs by a catcher at 38
1952	Canadian TV begins in Montreal
1949	Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes
1948	"Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" opens at Century Theater New York City for 12 performances
1948	Juliana becomes queen of Netherlands
1948	37th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (5-0)
1948	"Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" opens at Century Theater NYC for 12 perfs
1946	All-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev 44, Miami 0)
1946	Terence Rattigan's "Winslow Boy," premieres in London
1945	A's catcher George George punches ump Joe Rue gets suspended
1944	Gen Von Zangens 15th army escape from Zealand
1943	63rd U.S. Mens Tennis: J R Hunt Seaman beats Jack Kramer (63 68 108 60)
1943	Carl Scheib becomes youngest pitcher in AL (16y 8 ms) of the A's
1943	63rd US Mens Tennis: J R Hunt Seaman beats Jack Kramer (63 68 108 60)
1943	"Congressional Limited" train derails near Frankfort Pa, kills 79
1942	56th U.S. Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (46 61 64)
1942	56th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (46 61 64)
1942	Czech marathon runner Oskar Hˆks transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau
1941	55th U.S. Womens Tennis: Sarah H Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (75 62)
1941	61st U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats F Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63)
1941	61st US Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats F Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63)
1941	55th US Womens Tennis: Sarah H Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (75 62)
1941	All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star
1941	Jews of Vilna Poland confined to their ghetto
1940	Crown prince Michael succeeds Carol II as king of Romania
1940	Generalissimo Gamelin arrested in France
1939	1st German air attack on Great-Britain in WW II
1939	South Africa declares war on nazi-Germany
1938	Wilhelmina celebrates 40th anniversary jubilee as Dutch queen
1930	Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 22-8
1928	U.S.S.R. signs Briand-Kellogg-pact
1928	USSR signs Briand-Kellogg-pact
1927	B. G. DeSylva/Lew Brown's musical "Good News," premieres in New York City
1927	Red Sox beat NY Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings at Fenway Park
1927	Red Sox beat New York Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings at Fenway Park
1927	B G DeSylva/Lew Brown's musical "Good News," premieres in NYC
1924	Charles Paddock captures 100 and 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track and field championships
1924	Assassination attempt on Mussolini fails
1924	Charles Paddock captures 100 & 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track & field championships
1923	Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 25 year jubilee
1922	42nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston 46 36 62 63 64)
1922	42nd US Mens Tennis: Wm T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston 46 36 62 63 64)
1920	40th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (61 16 75 57 63)
1920	Jack Dempsey KOs Billy Miske in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight
1920	40th US Mens Tennis: Wm Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (61 16 75 57 63)
1917	French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft
1914	Battle of Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris
1913	Hamilton Alerts apply for ORFU reinstatement, taking the name Hamilton Rowing Club
1913	1st aircraft to loop the loop (Adolphe P‚goud-France)
1913	19th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jerry Travers
1913	1st aircraft to loop the loop (Adolphe Pegoud-France)
1913	19th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jerry Travers
1912	NY Giant Jeff Tesreau no-hits Phila, 3-0
1912	New York Giant Jeff Tesreau no-hits Philadelphia, 3-0
1910	Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughrider football club formed
1909	Word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier
1905	General Trade journal publishes 1st Dutch photo (train accident)
1905	Atlanta Life Insurance Company forms
1905	Chicago White Sox Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0
1905	Chic White Sox Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0
1904	Soccer team Rheden forms
1903	Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Creeping Man"
1903	Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Creeping Man" (BG)
1901	Pres William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later
1901	President William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later
1900	British General Buller occupies Lydenburg South Africa
1899	Carnation processes its 1st can of evaporated milk
1899	US min of Foreign affairs John Hay publishes his "Open Through Note"
1899	U.S. min of Foreign affairs John Hay publishes his "Open Through Note"
1898	Lord Kitchener destroys Mahdi's tomb in Omdurman
1889	King Kabaka Mwanga of Buganda resigns
1886	Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) award
1883	Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson and Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn
1883	Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson & Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn
1880	W G Grace scores 152 in debut Test Cricket innings, vs. Aust The Oval
1880	W G Grace scores 152 in debut Test Cricket innings, v Aust The Oval
1880	Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, v Australia at The Oval
1880	Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, vs. Australia at The Oval
1876	Southern Pacific line from LA to SF completed
1876	Southern Pacific line from LA to San Francisco completed
1876	Race riot in Charleston SC
1873	Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street
1870	Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die
1869	Mine fire kills 179 at Avondale Pennsylvania
1869	1st westbound train arrives in SF
1866	Frederick Douglass is 1st US black delegate to a national convention
1866	Frederick Douglass is 1st U.S. black delegate to a national convention
1863	After 59 day siege, confederates evacuate Ft Wagner, SC
1863	-7] Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner SC (1700 casualties)
1863	After 59 day siege, confederates evacuate Ft. Wagner, SC
1863	Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner South Carolina (1700 casualties)
1862	Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland
1861	General Grant occupies Paducah Kentucky
1853	Women's Right's Convention met (NYC)
1853	Women's Right's Convention met (New York City)
1848	National Black Convention meets (Cleveland)
1839	Great fire in NY
1839	Cherokee Nation forms
1837	Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men)
1819	Thomas Blanchard patents lathe
1791	Mozarts opera "La Clemenza di Tito," premieres in Prague
1776	Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French & Dutch ships sinks; 600 die
1776	1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of NY)
1776	1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York)
1776	Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French and Dutch ships sinks; 600 die
1732	VOC fires Neth-Dutch east indies governor-general Diederik Dare
1716	1st US lighthouse built (Boston)
1716	1st U.S. lighthouse built (Boston)
1715	Pro-James III-uprising in Scotland
1690	King Willem III escapes back to England
1688	Austrian armies occupy Belgrade
1683	Le Plecta appointed French minister of Finance
1675	Swedish admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships
1672	Willem III's troops reconquer Naarden on France
1634	Battle at Nordlingen ends in Swedish/protestant German defeat
1634	Battle at N”rdlingen ends in Swedish/protestant German defeat
1628	Puritans land at Salem, from Mass Bay Colony, witches soon to settle
1622	Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1,000s die
1620	1st stones layed in Western Tower
1543	French and Turkish fleet occupies Nice
1543	French & Turkish fleet occupies Nice
1522	Magellen with Vittoria returns to Spain, after 1st round world trip
1492	Columbus' fleet leaves Gomera, Canary islands
394	Battle of Frigidus North-Italy

These people died on September 6

1997	Philippe Rossillon, administrator, dies at 66
1996	William James Moyce, armaments scientist, dies at 82
1995	Joanne Gail Abbott, exec (MTV), dies at 36
1995	Buster Mathis, heavyweight boxer, dies at 52
1994	Duccio Tessari, Italian director, dies of cancer at 67
1994	James Clavell, author/director (King Rat, Shogun), dies at 69
1994	Max Kaminsky, trumpeter, dies at 85
1994	Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist (Rolling Stones), dies at 50
1994	Wolf Donner, Austrian movie historian/festival director, dies at 55
1993	Josephine Rich Corday, vaudevillian, dies of kidney failure at 79
1990	Tom Fogerty, rocker (Creedence Clearwater), dies of tuberculosis at 48
1990	T Issan Dorsey, founder (Hartford St Zen Center SF), dies
1990	Leonard Hutton, cricketer (79 Tests for England, 6971 runs), dies
1986	Blanche Sweet, US actress (DW Griffith movies), dies at 90
1985	Jane Frazee, singer/actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia
1985	Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies of cancer at 65
1985	Leon Orthel, composer, dies at 79
1984	Ernest Tubb, singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 70
1984	E J Andre, actor (Eugene Bullock-Dallas), dies at 74
1981	Maria Palmer, actress (Days of Glory, Web), dies
1981	Joseph Yasser, composer, dies at 88
1979	Ronald Binge, composer, dies at 69
1978	Jan Berger, Dutch politician, dies at 59
1977	Paul Burkhard, composer, dies at 65
1977	Guido Pannain, composer, dies at 85
1975	Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf), dies at 62
1974	Otto Kruger, actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday
1974	Olga Baclanova, actress (Freaks, Docks of NY), dies at 75
1973	William H Harris, composer, dies at 90
1970	Gerard Smithson, cricketer (Eng batsman against W Indies 1948), dies
1968	Karl Ranki, composer, dies at 69
1966	Margaret Sanger, US feminist/birth control pioneer, dies at 86
1966	Luigi Perrachio, composer, dies at 83
1966	Hendrik F Verwoerd, South African PM (1958-66), assassinated at 64
1965	Konstantin Mostras, composer, dies at 79
1963	Margarita Sierra, actress (Surfside 6), dies after heart surgery at 26
1962	Hanns Eisler, composer (N Vietnam/E German Natl Anthem), dies at 64
1960	Jimmy Savo, comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at 65
1959	Edmund Gwenn, actor (Them, Java Head, Miracle on 34th St), dies at 83
1959	Kay Kendall, British actress (Genevieve), dies of leukemia at 32
1956	Felix Borowski, composer, dies at 84
1952	Jose Forns y Cuadras, composer, dies at 54
1950	Arthur Hill, cricketer (3 Tests), dies
1948	Gerrit H Kersten, vicar/founder (Calvinist Party), dies at 66
1947	Paul Guthnick, German astronomer, dies at 76
1945	John S Mccain, US admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies
1944	Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer/resistance fighter, murdered
1941	Hugo Loudon, president-director (Royal Oil), dies at 81
1939	Arthur Rackham, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales), dies at 71
1937	Henry Kimball Hadley, composer, dies at 65
1919	Worm Pander, sculptor
1903	Charles Ammi Cutter, US bibliographer, dies at 66
1902	Philip James Bailey, English poet (Universal hymn), dies at 86
1902	Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet), dies at 75
1863	Lucius March Walker, Confederate brig-general (in duel), dies at 33
1831	Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer, dies at 49
1819	Georg Druschetzky, composer, dies at 74
1811	Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77
1701	James II [Stuart], king of England (1685-88), dies at 68
1649	Robert Dudley, English navigator/writer (Arcano del Mare), dies
1649	Famiano Strada, Ital jesuit (bello belgico decades duae), dies at 77
1635	Adrian A Metius, mathematician/fort architect, dies at 63
972	John XIII Crescentii, pope (965-72), dies
394	Eugenius, linguistic/anti emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle

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