September 6 in History
September 6 is the birthday of Prince Hisahito of Akishino (2006) and the anniversary of the death of Rick Davies (2025). Below are famous birthdays, deaths, events for September 6, plus editor's picks and genealogy records.
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Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy, French nobleman and politician was born in 1475, while Eugenius, Roman usurper died in 394.
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What happened on September 6
- 2026
21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767 freighter operating on behalf of Amazon Air, overruns the runway upon landing at Miami International Airport, striking multiple ground vehicles, killing at least five people, and injuring five others.
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Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and is replaced by Liz Truss. Their meetings with Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle were the Queen's final official duties before her death two days later.
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Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukraine begins its Kharkiv counteroffensive, surprising Russian forces and retaking over 3,000 square kilometers of land, recapturing the entire Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil River, within the next week.
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Supreme Court of India decriminalises all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands.
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Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro survives a stabbing at a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais.
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Forty-one elephants are poisoned with cyanide in salt pans, by poachers in Hwange National Park.
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The first Minotaur V rocket is launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, carrying NASA's LADEE spacecraft.
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Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands.
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The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
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Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
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Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister.
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The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people line the streets and 21⁄2 billion watch around the world on television.
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Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 839 crashes in the Lambir Hills National Park while on approach to Miri Airport in Malaysia, killing 10.
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Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
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A group of hunters at the Stampede trail near Healy, Alaska come across a male corpse in abandoned bus, later identified as Christopher McCandless.
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Editor's picks
Born on September 6
- 1475 — Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy, French nobleman and politician (died 1519)
- 1475 — Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (died 1554)
- 1610 — Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, Italian noble (died 1658)
Died on September 6
- 394 — Eugenius, Roman usurper
- 926 — Taizu of Liao, Khitan ruler (born 872)
- 952 — Suzaku, emperor of Japan (born 923)
Source: Wikipedia historical listings for September 6
Quick answers
Who was born on September 6? Prince Hisahito of Akishino (2006), Elzhana Taniyeva (2005), Asher Angel (2002).
Who died on September 6? Rick Davies (2025), Rebecca Horn (2024), Will Jennings (2024).
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