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Historical Events
on September 6th
- Lead Story
- First tank produced,1915
- American Revolution
- Arnold orders burning of New London,1781
- Automotive
- Volkswagen moves to Virginia,2007
- Civil War
- Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island, South Carolina,1863
- Cold War
- Soviet pilot lands Russian MIG fighter plane in Japan,1976
- Crime
- President McKinley is shot,1901
- Disaster
- Train derails on way to New York,1943
- General Interest
- Magellan's expedition circumnavigates globe,1522
- Architect of apartheid assassinated,1966
- More Israeli hostages killed in Munich,1972
- Hollywood
- Some 2.5 billion TV viewers watch Princess Diana’s funeral,1997
- Literary
- Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden and moves in with the Emersons,1847
- Music
- Elton John performs a re-written "Candle in the Wind" at Princess Diana's funeral,1997
- Old West
- John C. Fremont reaches the Great Salt Lake,1844
- Presidential
- President William McKinley is shot,1901
- Sports
- Ripken breaks record for consecutive games played,1995
- Vietnam War
- Ho Chi Minh to be succeeded by committee,1969
- Thieu abolishes popular elections,1972
- World War I
- First Battle of the Marne begins,1914
- World War II
- Italian resistance fighters persevere,1944
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