September 6th, 1944

Born on September 6th, 1944

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What happened on September 6th, 1944?

September 6th, 1944

World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartu_offensive

September 6th, 1944

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on September 6th, 1944

79

Swoosie Kurtz

American actress

*September 6th, 1944, Omaha

76

Christian Boltanski

French sculptor, photographer, painter and film maker

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

79

Donna Haraway

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

*September 6th, 1944, Denver

79

Jean-Paul Jaeger

French priest

*September 6th, 1944, Nancy

79

Jacques Trémolet de Villers

French lawyer and essayist

*September 6th, 1944, Mende

79

Wolfgang Steinmayr

Cyclist

*September 6th, 1944, Innsbruck

79

Dick Harris

Canadian politician

*September 6th, 1944, Vancouver

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Who's birthday is on September 6th?

80

Roger Waters

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

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

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

51

Idris Elba

British actor

*September 6th, 1972, London Borough of Hackney

80

Richard Roberts

English biochemist and molecular biologist

*September 6th, 1943, Derby

59

Rosie Perez

American actress

*September 6th, 1964, Bushwick

61

Chris Christie

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

*September 6th, 1962, Newark

51

Anika Noni Rose

American actor-singer

*September 6th, 1972, Bloomfield

60

Geert Wilders

Dutch politician (born 1963)

*September 6th, 1963, Venlo

81

Heinz-Dieter Pohl

Austrian linguist

*September 6th, 1942, Vienna

49

Chad Coleman

American actor

*September 6th, 1974, Richmond

84

Ernst Fabricius

German historian, archaeologist and scholar (1857–1942)

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

84

Susumu Tonegawa

Japanese biologist (1939 - )

*September 6th, 1939, Nagoya

78

Go Nagai

Japanese manga artist and prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica

*September 6th, 1945, Wajima

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

84

Alojz Ajdič

Slovenian composer

*September 6th, 1939, Fojnica

65

Jeff Foxworthy

American comedian, actor, host, and writer

*September 6th, 1958, Atlanta

25

Michele Perniola

Italian singer (1998-)

*September 6th, 1998, Palagiano

77

Ángel Cappa

Argentine football

*September 6th, 1946, Bahía Blanca

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Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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