Historical Events on September 6.

1. 1522, 6th September – A battered Spanish ship with only 15 crewmen left alive reached Seville today after sailing around the world. The Victoria, by Sebastian Del Cano, was the only survivor of the fleet of five ships that set sail three years ago seeking a westward passage to the Indies. Ferdinand Magellan was the commander of the ship.

2. 1879, 6th September – The first British telephone exchange opened in Lombard Street, London.

3. 1936, 6th September – British aviator Beryl Markham flew solo across the Atlantic.

4. 1941, 6th September – Yellow Star of David badges were compulsory for all Jewish citizens in Nazi Germany.

5. 1965, 6th September – India Pakistan war began.

6. 1966, 6th September – Prime Minister Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.

7. 1968, 6th September – The kingdom of Swaziland in South Africa gained its independence.

8. 1985, 6th September – All employees of ATV Publishing throughout the world were made redundant following a takeover by Michael Jackson and CBS Songs.

9. 1988, 6th September – 11-year-old Thomas Gregory from London became the youngest person to swim across English Chanel.

10. 1989, 6th September – A computer error in Paris resulted in 41,000 residents, who should have received traffic fines, receiving letters charging them with murder, extortion, and organized prostitution.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 6.

1. 1757 – Marquis de Lafayette, French statesman, and soldier. He fought with the American colonists for independence and was a major figure in the French revolution.

2. 1766 – John Dalton, English chemist, and physicist. He is best known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, and for his research into color blindness.

3. 1888 – Joseph Kennedy, American founder of the dynasty that gave rise to the first catholic American President.

4. 1889 – Sarat Chandra Bose, Indian Independence activist, and lawyer. He was an elder brother of Subhash Chandra Bose.

5. 1901 – Kamalabai Kamat (Kamalabai Raghunath Gokhale), the first female actor in the Indian film industry.

6. 1921 – Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, for which he received a patent in October 1952.

7. 1929 – Yash Johar, Indian film director, and producer.

8. 1949 – Rakesh Roshan, Indian actor, director, and producer.

9. 1972 – Idris Elba, English actor, DJ, and recording artist.

10. 1986 – Harrdy Sandhu, Indian singer, and actor.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on September 6.

1. 1566 – Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman sultan for 46 years, caliph of the Arabs, and ruler of Islam.

2. 1862 – Gustaf Erik Pasch, Swedish inventor, and professor of chemistry at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and inventor of the safety match.

3. 1885 – Narcis Monturiol, Spanish artist and engineer. He was the inventor of the first air-independent and combustion-engine-driven submarine.

4. 1963 – M. Govinda Pai, a Kannada poet. 

5. 1972 – Allauddin Khan, Bengali Indian sarod player, and multi-instrumentalist.

6. 1978 – Adolf Dassler, German entrepreneur best remembered as the founder of the sportswear company Adidas.

7. 1986 – Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, an Indian novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, poet, translator, editor and academic 

8. 2012 – Lawrie Dring, Scottish scout leader, founded the World Federation of Independent Scouts.

9. 2017 – Lotfi A. Zadeh, American mathematician, computer scientist, electrical engineer, artificial intelligence researcher. He introduced the concept of so-called “fuzzy” mathematics.

10. 2019 – Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean revolutionary, and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017.

11. Shahjahan fell ill. His four sons Dara Shikoh, Suja, Aurangzeb and Murad advanced towards Delhi to capture the throne.

6-September-1674

Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it.

6-September-1774

British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune.

6-September-1889

Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist and leader, was born.

6-September-1903

Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.

6-September-1905

Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born.

6-September-1947

Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees.

6-September-1961

D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966.

6-September-1965

Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.

6-September-1972

Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player, passed away.

6-September-1975

Dularelal Bhargav, veteran writer, passed away. He was associated with 'Chand' and 'Madhuri' magazines.

6-September-1990

Prasar Bharti' bill passed in Parliament.

6-September-1993

CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).

6-September-1994

Prime Minister Narsimha Rao meets with his counterpart Vo Van Kiet at Hanoi. Both countries decide to boost ties.

6-September-1995

New broad gauge train "Palace on Wheels" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

6-September-1995

Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away.

6-September-1995

Meenatai Thackrey, social worker and Matoshree of Shivsainik's, passed away.

6-September-1996

A Delhi court says there are grounds for framing charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against L.K. Advani.

6-September-1996

CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.

6-September-1999

Vyjayanthimala Bali, former Congress (I) MP, joins the BJP.

6-September-2000

Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October