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

• 1492 –
  Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic for the first time.
• 1870 –
  Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
• 1939 –
  World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.
• 1940 –
  King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.
• 1944 –
  World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by allied forces.
• 1955 –
  Istanbul Pogrom: Istanbul’s Greek and Armenian minority are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom.
• 1966 –
  In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.
• 1986 –
  In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal’s organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Shabbat services.
• 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.
• 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?

• 1535 –
  Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (d. 1612)
• 1868 –
  Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1947)
• 1906 –
  Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
• 1917 –
  George Mann, England cricketer (d. 2001)
• 1928 –
  Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor and composer (d. 2002)
• 1945 –
  Larry Lucchino, American baseball executive
• 1957 –
  Tim Whitnall, English actor and narrator
• 1971 –
  Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (The Cranberries)
• 1974 –
  Sarah Strange, Canadian actress
• 1978 –
  Natalia Cigliuti, American actress

Who died on September 6?

• 957 –
  Liudolf, Duke of Swabia (b. 930)
• 1833 –
  Antoine Le Blanc, French murderer b. 1800
• 1938 –
  John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (b. 1907)
• 1962 –
  Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
• 1974 –
  Olga Baclanova, Russian-born actress (b. 1896)
• 1979 –
  Ronald Binge, English composer (Elizabethan Serenade) (b. 1910)
• 1986 –
  Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1987 –
  Quinn Martin, American television producer (b. 1922)
• 2001 –
  Carl Crack, German musician (Atari Teenage Riot) (b. 1971)
• 2009 –
  Catherine Gaskin, Irish-Australian novelist (b. 1929)