September 6

Events

394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the usurper Eugenius. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later

1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.

1522 – The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.

1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)

1628 – Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.

1634 – Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.

1642 – The English Parliament led by Puritans issues an Ordinance suppressing all stage plays in theatres.

1781 – The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.

1803 – British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.

1847 – Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.

1861 – American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.

1863 – American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.

1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

1885 – Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.

1901 – Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

1916 – The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders.

1930 – Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.

1939 – World War II: At the Battle of Barking Creek, Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War as a result of friendly fire.

1939 – World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.

1940 – King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.

1943 – The Monterrey Institute of Technology, one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America, is founded in Monterrey, Mexico.

1943 – Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.

1944 – World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.

1944 – World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.

1946 – United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.

1949 – Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.

1952 – A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.

1955 – Istanbul's Greek, Jewish and Armenian minority are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.

1962 – The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.

1962 – Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the 2nd century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.

1965 – India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate and follows the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.

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

1968 – Swaziland becomes independent.

1970 – Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.

1972 – Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games by the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group die (as did a German policeman) at the hands of the kidnappers during a failed rescue attempt. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.

1976 – Cold War: Soviet Air Force pilot Lieutenant Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.

1983 – The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating its operatives did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.

1986 – In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.

1991 – The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

1991 – The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been known as Leningrad since 1924.

1995 – Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.

1997 – The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.

2007 – Israel executes an air strike, Operation Orchard, to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.

2009 – The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.

2012 – Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands.

Births

1475 – Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy, French nobleman and politician (d. 1519)

1475 – Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (d. 1554)

1535 – Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian and author (d. 1612)

1620 – Isabella Leonarda, Italian composer and educator (d. 1704)

1633 – Sebastian Knüpfer, German cantor and composer (d. 1676)

1656 – Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician (d. 1723)

1666 – Ivan V of Russia, Russian tsar (d. 1696)

1711 – Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (d. 1787)

1729 – Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1786)

1732 – Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1796)

1757 – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (d. 1834)

1766 – John Dalton, English chemist, meteorologist, and physicist (d. 1844)

1781 – Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (d. 1861)

1795 – Frances Wright, Scottish-American author and activist (d. 1852)

1800 – Catharine Beecher, American educator and activist (d. 1878)

1802 – Alcide d'Orbigny, French zoologist, palaeontologist, and geologist (d. 1857)

1814 – George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (d. 1873)

1815 – St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (d. 1870)

1817 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian businessman and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 1893)

1819 – William Rosecrans, American general, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico (d. 1898)

1838 – Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (d. 1906)

1852 – Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (d. 1918)

1855 – Ferdinand Hummel, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1928)

1857 – Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (d. 1933)

1859 – Macpherson Robertson, Australian businessman and philanthropist, founded MacRobertson's (d. 1945)

1860 – Jane Addams, American sociologist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)

1861 – William Lane, English-Australian journalist, founded New Australia (d. 1917)

1868 – Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1947)

1869 – Walford Davies, English organist and composer (d. 1941)

1869 – Felix Salten, Austrian-Swiss author and critic (d. 1945)

1876 – John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)

1879 – Max Schreck, German actor (d. 1936)

1879 – Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1956)

1888 – Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 1969)

1889 – Louis Silvers, American composer (d. 1954)

1890 – Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (d. 1960)

1892 – Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)

1893 – Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (d. 1958)

1899 – Billy Rose, American composer and manager (d. 1966)

1900 – W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (d. 1979)

1900 – Julien Green, French-American author (d. 1998)

1906 – Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)

1908 – Anthony Wagner, English genealogist and academic (d. 1995)

1908 – Korczak Ziolkowski, American sculptor, designed the Crazy Horse Memorial (d. 1982)

1909 – Michael Gordon, American actor and director (d. 1993)

1910 – Walter Giesler, American soccer player, referee, and coach (d. 1976)

1911 – Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)

1911 – Charles Deutsch, French aerodynamics engineer and automobile maker, co-founder of the brand "DB (d. 1980)

1912 – Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director (d. 1996)

1913 – Julie Gibson, American actress and singer

1913 – Leônidas, Brazilian footballer (d. 2004)

1915 – Ed Oliver, American golfer (d. 1961)

1915 – Franz Josef Strauss, German lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (d. 1988)

1917 – John Berry, American-French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)

1917 – George Mann, English cricketer (d. 2001)

1917 – Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (d. 2008)

1919 – Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and philanthropist (d. 2011)

1920 – Elvira Pagã, Brazilian actress, singer, and author (d. 2003)

1921 – Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (d. 2004)

1921 – Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, co-created the bar code (d. 2012)

1923 – Peter II of Yugoslavia (d. 1970)

1924 – John Melcher, American veterinarian and politician

1925 – Andrea Camilleri, Italian author, screenwriter, and director

1925 – Jimmy Reed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)

1926 – Prince Claus of the Netherlands (d. 2002)

1926 – Jack English Hightower, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

1926 – Arthur Oldham, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)

1926 – Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (d. 2001)

1928 – Fumihiko Maki, Japanese architect and academic, designed the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium and Makuhari Messe

1928 – Robert M. Pirsig, American novelist and philosopher

1928 – Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor and composer (d. 2002)

1928 – Sid Watkins, English neurosurgeon and academic (d. 2012)

1929 – Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (d. 2005)

1929 – Ljubov Rebane, Estonian physicist and mathematician (d. 1991)

1930 – Charles Foley, American game designer, co-created Twister (d. 2013)

1930 – Helmut Piirimäe, Estonian historian and academic

1931 – Bud Shrake, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2009)

1932 – Colin McColl, English intelligence officer

1932 – Gilles Tremblay, Canadian composer and educator

1935 – Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress and author (d. 2014)

1935 – Jock Wallace, Jr., Scottish footballer and coach (d. 1996)

1937 – Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-Mexican author and illustrator

1937 – Janusz Kurczab, Polish fencer and mountaineer (d. 2015)

1937 – Jo Anne Worley, American actress, comedian, and singer

1938 – Joan Tower, American pianist, composer, and conductor

1939 – Brigid Berlin, American actress, painter, and photographer

1939 – Errol Black, Canadian academic and politician (d. 2012)

1939 – Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate

1940 – John M. Hayes, American scientist

1940 – Elizabeth Murray, American painter and illustrator (d. 2007)

1940 – Jackie Trent, English-Spanish singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2015)

1941 – Roger Law, English illustrator

1941 – Monica Mason, South African ballerina and director

1942 – Dave Bargeron, American trombonist and tuba player

1942 – Richard Hutton, English cricketer

1942 – Mel McDaniel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)

1943 – Gordon Birtwistle, English engineer and politician

1943 – Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate

1943 – Roger Waters, English singer-songwriter and bass player

1944 – Donna Haraway, American author, academic, and activist

1944 – Swoosie Kurtz, American actress

1946 – Roger Knight, English cricketer and educator

1946 – Shirley M. Malcom, American scientist, academic and educator

1947 – Jane Curtin, American actress and comedian

1947 – Bruce Rioch, English footballer and manager

1947 – Jacob Rubinovitz, Polish-Israeli engineer and academic

1948 – Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist (d. 2006)

1949 – Iris Robinson, Northern Irish politician

1951 – Melih Kibar, Turkish composer (d. 2005)

1952 – Simon Burns, English politician, Minister of State for Transport

1952 – Vladimir Kazachyonok, Russian footballer, coach, and manager

1952 – Buddy Miller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1954 – Carly Fiorina, American businesswoman and activist

1954 – Demetris Kizas, Cypriot footballer

1954 – Patrick O'Hearn, American bassist and composer

1954 – John Sauven, English economist and environmentalist

1955 – Raymond Benson, American author and playwright

1956 – Bill Ritter, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Colorado

1956 – Steven Yearley, English sociologist and academic

1957 – Ali Divandari, Iranian painter, sculptor, and journalist

1957 – Michaëlle Jean, Haitian-Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Governor-General of Canada

1957 – José Sócrates, Portuguese engineer and politician, 119th Prime Minister of Portugal

1958 – Buster Bloodvessel, English singer-songwriter

1958 – Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

1958 – Nigel Westlake, Australian composer and conductor

1959 – Bill Root, Canadian ice hockey player

1961 – Simon Reeve, Australian journalist and game show host

1962 – Chris Christie, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New Jersey

1962 – Marina Kaljurand, Estonian badminton player and diplomat, Estonia Ambassador to Russia

1962 – Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist

1962 – Kevin Willis, American basketball player and fashion designer

1963 – Mark Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1963 – Pat Nevin, Scottish footballer and sportscaster

1963 – Alice Sebold, American author

1963 – Bryan Simonaire, American engineer and politician

1963 – Geert Wilders, Dutch lawyer and politician

1964 – Rosie Perez, American actress, dancer, and director

1965 – Terry Bickers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1965 – Darren Clark, Australian sprinter

1965 – Christopher Nolan, Irish author and poet (d. 2009)

1965 – Van Tiffin, American football player

1967 – William DuVall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1967 – Macy Gray, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1967 – Kalli Kalde, Estonian painter and illustrator

1967 – Igor Štimac, Croatian footballer and manager

1968 – Saeed Anwar, Pakistani cricketer

1968 – Christopher Brookmyre, Scottish author

1968 – Paul Rea, American journalist

1969 – Tony DiTerlizzi, American author and illustrator

1969 – Ben Finegold, American chess player and educator

1969 – Michellie Jones, Australian-American triathlete

1970 – Cheyne Coates, Australian singer-songwriter and producer

1970 – Emily Maitlis, Canadian-English journalist

1971 – Devang Gandhi, Indian cricketer

1971 – Asko Künnap, Estonian poet and illustrator

1971 – Dolores O'Riordan, Irish singer-songwriter

1972 – Idris Elba, English actor

1972 – Saulius Mikalajūnas, Lithuanian footballer

1972 – Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer

1973 – Carlo Cudicini, Italian footballer

1973 – Greg Rusedski, English tennis player and sportscaster

1973 – Alessandro Troncon, Italian rugby player and coach

1974 – Tim Henman, English tennis player and sportscaster

1975 – Derrek Lee, American baseball player and coach

1976 – Rodrigo Amarante, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1976 – Jon Ander López, Spanish footballer (d. 2013)

1976 – Tom Pappas, American decathlete and coach

1978 – Cisco Adler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1978 – Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player

1978 – Mathew Horne, English actor and screenwriter

1978 – Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer

1979 – Mike Arnaoutis, Greek boxer

1979 – Foxy Brown, American rapper

1979 – Massimo Maccarone, Italian footballer

1979 – Carlos Adrián Morales, Mexican footballer

1980 – Kerry Katona, English singer and actress

1980 – Samuel Peter, Nigerian boxer

1980 – Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer

1981 – Yuki Abe, Japanese footballer

1981 – Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actress

1981 – Andrew Richardson, Jamaican cricketer

1981 – Mark Teahen, American baseball player

1984 – Helena Ekholm, Swedish skier

1984 – William Porterfield, Northern Irish cricketer

1987 – Ramiele Malubay, Saudi Arabian-American singer

1987 – Emir Preldžić, Turkish basketball player

1988 – Ray Fujita, French-Japanese actor and singer

1988 – Max George, English singer-songwriter and actor

1988 – Denis Tonucci, Italian footballer

1989 – Nikos Boutzikos, Greek footballer

1989 – Kim So-eun, South Korean actress

1990 – Matt McAndrew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1990 – John Wall, American basketball player

1992 – Young Tonumaipea, Samoan rugby league player

1993 – Mattia Valoti, Italian footballer

1996 – Andrés Tello, Colombian footballer

1998 – Michele Perniola, Italian singer

1999 – Patrick Brasca, Canadian-Taiwanese singer-songwriter

Deaths

394 – Eugenius, Roman usurper

926 – Emperor Taizu of Liao (b. 872)

957 – Liudolf, Duke of Swabia (b. 930)

972 – Pope John XIII (b. 930)

1092 – Conrad I, Duke of Bohemia

1276 – Vicedomino de Vicedominis, Italian cardinal (b. 1210)

1431 – Demetrios Laskaris Leontares, Byzantine admiral and diplomat

1511 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1481)

1625 – Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1579)

1635 – Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b. 1571)

1649 – Robert Dudley, English geographer and explorer (b. 1574)

1683 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (b. 1619)

1708 – Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet, English merchant and philanthropist, founded Morden College (b. 1623)

1748 – Edmund Gibson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1669)

1783 – Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and author (b. 1710)

1808 – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian and author (b. 1723)

1868 – Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)

1885 – Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)

1891 – Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)

1902 – Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)

1907 – Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)

1919 – Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)

1927 – William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)

1938 – John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)

1939 – Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)

1945 – John S. McCain Sr., American admiral (b. 1884)

1949 – Walter Widdop, English tenor and actor (b. 1892)

1950 – Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (b. 1886)

1951 – James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (b. 1867)

1952 – Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1898)

1956 – Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1904)

1956 – Lee Jung-seob, North Korean painter (b. 1916)

1959 – Edmund Gwenn, English actor (b. 1877)

1959 – Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (b. 1927)

1962 – Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian composer (b. 1898)

1962 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)

1966 – Margaret Sanger, American nurse, educator, and activist (b. 1879)

1966 – Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1901)

1969 – Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (b. 1892)

1972 – Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre

Luttif Afif, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1945)

David Mark Berger, American-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)

Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)

Yossef Gutfreund, Israeli wrestling judge (b. 1931)

Eliezer Halfin, Russian-Israeli wrestler (b. 1948)

Amitzur Shapira, Russian-Israeli runner and coach (b. 1932)

Kehat Shorr, Romanian shooting coach (b. 1919)

Mark Slavin, Israeli wrestler (b. 1954)

Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (b. 1945)

Yakov Springer, Polish-Israeli wrestler and coach (b. 1921)

1974 – Olga Baclanova, Russian-Swiss actress and ballerina (b. 1896)

1978 – Max Decugis, French tennis player (b. 1882)

1978 – Tom Wilson, American record producer (b. 1931)

1979 – Ronald Binge, English organist and composer (b. 1910)

1982 – Azra Erhat, Turkish archaeologist, author, and academic (b. 1915)

1984 – Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)

1985 – Franco Ferrara, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)

1986 – Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1896)

1987 – Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)

1988 – Leroy Brown, American wrestler (b. 1950)

1988 – Bill Northam, Australian sailor and businessman (b. 1905)

1990 – Tom Fogerty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)

1990 – Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1916)

1991 – Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1922)

1992 – Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1912)

1994 – James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)

1994 – Nicky Hopkins, English pianist (b. 1944)

1994 – Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1908)

1997 – P. H. Newby, English author and broadcaster (b. 1918)

1998 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)

1998 – Ric Segreto, American-Filipino singer-songwriter, actor, and journalist (b. 1952)

1999 – Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician, 3rd President of Nauru (b. 1938)

1999 – René Lecavalier, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)

2005 – Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1929)

2005 – Eugenia Charles, Dominican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1919)

2007 – Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (b. 1918)

2007 – Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935)

2008 – Anita Page, American actress (b. 1910)

2009 – Catherine Gaskin, Irish-Australian author (b. 1929)

2010 – Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (b. 1926)

2010 – Clive Donner, English director and editor (b. 1926)

2011 – Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (b. 1947)

2012 – Elisabeth Böhm, German architect (b. 1921)

2012 – Lawrie Dring, Scottish scout leader, founded World Federation of Independent Scouts (b. 1931)

2012 – Jerome Kilty, American actor and playwright (b. 1922)

2012 – Art Modell, American businessman (b. 1925)

2012 – Oscar Rossi, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1930)

2013 – Ann C. Crispin, American author (b. 1950)

2013 – Khin Maung Kyi, Burmese economist and scholar (b. 1926)

2013 – Santiago Rosario, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)

2014 – Odd Bondevik, Norwegian bishop and theologian (b. 1941)

2014 – Cirilo Flores, American bishop (b. 1948)

2014 – Seth Martin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1933)

2014 – Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player and educator (b. 1919)

2015 – Ralph Milne, Scottish footballer (b. 1961)

2015 – Martin Milner, American actor (b. 1931)

2015 – Barney Schultz, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)

2015 – Calvin J. Spann, American general and pilot (b. 1924)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast days:

Begga

Chagnoald

Gondulphus of Metz

September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

The earliest date on which the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is performed

Armed Forces Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Defence Day or Army Day (Pakistan)

Flag Day (Bonaire)

Independence Day (Swaziland), celebrates the independence of Swaziland from the United Kingdom in 1968

National Coffee Ice Cream Day (United States)

Unification Day (Bulgaria)