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, 1,757,116,800 seconds 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

• 1634 –
  Thirty Years’ War: In the Battle of Nördlingen the Catholic Imperial army defeats Protestant armies of Sweden and Germany.
• 1861 –
  American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, which gives the Union control of the mouth of the Tennessee River.
• 1863 –
  American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
• 1930 –
  Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
• 1939 –
  World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.
• 1940 –
  King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.
• 1986 –
  In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal’s organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Shabbat services.
• 1991 –
  The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• 1997 –
  Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.
• 2009 –
  The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.

Who were born on September 6?

• 1942 –
  Mel McDaniel, American country music artist (d. 2011)
• 1958 –
  Arsinée Khanjian, Armenian-Canadian actress
• 1958 –
  Nigel Westlake, Australian musician and composer
• 1968 –
  Paddy Boom, former drummer for Scissor Sisters
• 1971 –
  Devang Gandhi, Indian cricketer
• 1974 –
  Nina Persson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
• 1974 –
  Sarah Danielle Madison, American actress
• 1974 –
  Tim Henman, English tennis player
• 1980 –
  Yuji Hamano, Japanese archer
• 1992 –
  Fabiola Rodas, Guatemalan singer

Who died on September 6?

• 1649 –
  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English explorer and geographer (b. 1574)
• 1868 –
  Pierre Adolphe Rost, Louisiana judge, Confederate commissioner (b. 1797)
• 1974 –
  Olga Baclanova, Russian-born actress (b. 1896)
• 1979 –
  Ronald Binge, English composer (Elizabethan Serenade) (b. 1910)
• 1994 –
  Nicky Hopkins, British musician (b. 1944)
• 1997 –
  P. H. Newby, British author and BBC radio director (b. 1918)
• 1999 –
  Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician and former President (b. 1938)
• 1999 –
  René Lecavalier, French Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
• 2003 –
  Harry Goz, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2005 –
  Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet (b. 1929)