What are the important events that happened on September 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 6: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 6 is the 249^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 116 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 24, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,285,280 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontaenneagon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 164 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,642 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 6 Historical Events

• 3114 BC –
  According to the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started. (Non-standard interpretation)
• 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 Protestant armies of Sweden and Germany.
• 1781 –
  The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British victory.
• 1847 –
  Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
• 1870 –
  Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
• 1888 –
  Charles Turner becomes the first bowler to take 250 wickets in an English season – a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).
• 1968 –
  Swaziland becomes independent.
• 2008 –
  Turkish President Abdullah Gül attends an association football match in Armenia after an invitation by Armenian President Serzh Sarkisyan; he is the first Turkish head of state to visit the country.

Who were born on September 6?

• 1795 –
  Frances Wright, English writer and lecturer (d. 1852)
• 1890 –
  Clara Kimball Young, American actress (d. 1960)
• 1917 –
  John Berry, American film director (d. 1999)
• 1939 –
  Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1961 –
  Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian musician (a-ha)
• 1963 –
  Pat Nevin, Scottish footballer
• 1967 –
  Macy Gray, American singer-songwriter
• 1972 –
  Justina Machado, Puerto Rican actress
• 1977 –
  Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer
• 1980 –
  Jillian Hall, American professional wrestler

Who died on September 6?

• 394 –
  Eugenius, Roman usurper
• 1431 –
  Demetrios Laskaris Leontares, Byzantine soldier and statesman
• 1938 –
  John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (b. 1907)
• 1966 –
  Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1901)
• 1987 –
  Quinn Martin, American television producer (b. 1922)
• 1991 –
  Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1922)
• 1996 –
  Esther Soré, Chilean musician (b. 1915)
• 1998 –
  Ric Segreto, Filipino Pop-Balladeer (b. 1952)
• 1999 –
  Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician and former President (b. 1938)
• 2003 –
  Mohammad Oraz, Iranian mountain climber (b. 1969)