September 6th, 1942

Born on September 6th, 1942

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What happened on September 6th?

September 6th, 2022

In the United Kingdom, Liz Truss succeeded Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, ending the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.

September 6th, 2018

The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising homosexuality in India.

September 6th, 2017

Hurricane Irma (pictured) reached peak intensity and reached the Carribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Virgin Gorda.

September 6th, 1999

The Parliament of Singapore relocated from the Old Parliament House to its current meeting place (pictured).

September 6th, 1997

An estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide watched the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, on television.

September 6th, 1995

Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2,131st consecutive Major League Baseball game, breaking the 56-year-old record set by Lou Gehrig.

September 6th, 1976

Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko landed his MiG-25 in Hakodate, Japan, declaring his intention to defect to the West.

September 6th, 1970

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked four airliners, landing two at Dawson's Field in Jordan and one in Cairo, while the last hijacking attempt was foiled.

September 6th, 1963

The Kennedy administration sent Victor H. Krulak and Joseph Mendenhall on a mission to assess the progress of the Vietnam War.

September 6th, 1952

A prototype aircraft crashed at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing the pilot and test observer on board, and 29 spectators.

September 6th, 1944

World War II: Soviet forces captured the city of Tartu on their way to re-establishing their rule in Estonia.

September 6th, 1930

Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen was deposed in a military coup by José Félix Uriburu.

September 6th, 1916

The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was founded in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

September 6th, 1901

William McKinley, President of the United States, was fatally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, and died eight days later.

September 6th, 1781

American Revolutionary War: General Benedict Arnold led British forces to victory at the Battle of Groton Heights.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 6th

Born on September 6th, 1942

81

Heinz-Dieter Pohl

Austrian linguist

*September 6th, 1942, Vienna

68

Mel McDaniel

American country music artist

*September 6th, 1942, Checotah †March 31st, 2011, Nashville

81

Richard Hutton

English Test and County cricketer (born 1942)

*September 6th, 1942, Pudsey

81

Dave Bargeron

American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears

*September 6th, 1942, New York City

71

Hans Georg Huber

German engineer (1942-2014)

*September 6th, 1942, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz †March 15th, 2014

42

Carol Wayne

American actress (1942-1985)

*September 6th, 1942, Chicago †January 13th, 1985, Manzanillo

69

Jamaa Fanaka

American film director

*September 6th, 1942, Jackson †April 1st, 2012

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80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

79

Swoosie Kurtz

American actress

*September 6th, 1944, Omaha

61

Marina Kaljurand

Estonian diplomat, politician and badminton player

*September 6th, 1962, Tallinn

69

Carly Fiorina

American businesswoman and politician (born 1954)

*September 6th, 1954, Austin

80

Richard Roberts

English biochemist and molecular biologist

*September 6th, 1943, Derby

51

Idris Elba

British actor

*September 6th, 1972, London Borough of Hackney

59

Rosie Perez

American actress

*September 6th, 1964, Bushwick

84

Susumu Tonegawa

Japanese biologist (1939 - )

*September 6th, 1939, Nagoya

61

Chris Christie

55th Governor of New Jersey, former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey

*September 6th, 1962, Newark

76

Christian Boltanski

French sculptor, photographer, painter and film maker

*September 6th, 1944, 7th arrondissement of Paris †July 14th, 2021, 14th arrondissement of Paris

51

Anika Noni Rose

American actor-singer

*September 6th, 1972, Bloomfield

60

Geert Wilders

Dutch politician (born 1963)

*September 6th, 1963, Venlo

84

Ernst Fabricius

German historian, archaeologist and scholar (1857–1942)

*September 6th, 1857, Darmstadt †March 22nd, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau

49

Chad Coleman

American actor

*September 6th, 1974, Richmond

84

Alojz Ajdič

Slovenian composer

*September 6th, 1939, Fojnica

79

Donna Haraway

American philosopher, scholar in the field of science and technology studies

*September 6th, 1944, Denver

82

María Luisa Merlo

Actress

*September 6th, 1941, Valencia

71

Hansheinrich Schmidt

German politician (1922-1994)

*September 6th, 1922, Leipzig †March 12th, 1994, Grünwald

39

Luc Abalo

French handball player

*September 6th, 1984, Ivry-sur-Seine

76

John Michael Hayes

American oceanographer (1940-2017)

*September 6th, 1940, Seattle †February 3rd, 2017, Berkeley

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81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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