Historical Events In September - 06

1975  Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova requests political asylum while in New York for the US Open on September - 06.   

1975  Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf), dies at 62 on September - 06.   

1976  On this day in history russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet, many smiles in the US   

1977  On this day in history guido Pannain, composer, dies at 85   

1978  Begin &Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace on September - 06.   

1978  Jan Berger, Dutch politician, dies at 59 on September - 06.   

1979  On September - 06 ronald Binge, composer, dies at 69   

1981  On September - 06 joseph Yasser, composer, dies at 88   

1982  On this day in history paul McCartney releases "Tug of War"   

1982  Polish dissidents seize the Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history uSSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2   

1984  On this day in history country music artist Ernest Tubb dies at the age of 70.   

1984  Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history e J Andre, actor (Eugene Bullock-Dallas), dies at 74   

1985  On this day in history jane Frazee, singer/actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia   

1986  On this day in history barbra Streisand's 1st live concert in 20 years   

1986  On this day in history uSSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying   

1986  On September - 06 blanche Sweet, US actress (DW Griffith movies), dies at 90   

1987  Kurdish leaders appeal to the UN for protection from Iraqi attacks on this day in history.   

1987  Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal on September - 06.   

1988  On September - 06 crippled soviet Soyuz TM-5 lands safely with 2 cosmonauts aboard   

1989  Amateur Atheletic Fed strips Ben Johnson of all track records on September - 06.   

1990  On September - 06 leonard Hutton, cricketer (79 Tests for England, 6971 runs), dies   

1991  On September - 06 uSSR recognizes independence of the 3 baltic republics   

1993  On this day in history josephine Rich Corday, vaudevillian, dies of kidney failure at 79   

1994  On this day in history duccio Tessari, Italian director, dies of cancer at 67   

1995  On September - 06 cal Ripken, Baltimore Orioles shortstop, breaks Lou Gehrig's record by playing in 2,131 consecutive games.   

1995  The Senate Ethics Committee recommends expulsion of US Senator Bob Packwood, accused of sexual misconduct on this day in history.   

1995  On September - 06 buster Mathis, heavyweight boxer, dies at 52   

1996  On September - 06 william James Moyce, armaments scientist, dies at 82   

1997  On September - 06 the funeral for Diana, Princess of Wales, is held at London's Westminster Abbey.   

1997  Philippe Rossillon, administrator, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

2007  On September - 06 a bomb explodes in Batna, Algeria as a crowd gathered to see Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Nineteen people died, while 107 were wounded by the attack.   

2012  61 illegal immigrants die after a fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Turkey on this day in history.   

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1577  Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect (Aanbidding of the Point) was born on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history birth of isabella Leonarda, composer   

1627  Pierre Verdier, composer was born on this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history birth of sebastian Knupfer, composer   

1644  On this day in history birth of juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer   

1648  Johann Schelle, composer was born on this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1723)   

1697  On September - 06 birth of willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant   

0394  On this day in history eugenius, linguistic/anti emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle   

0957  Death of Liudolf, Duke of Swabia on this day in history.   

0972  On this day in history john XIII Crescentii, pope (965-72), dies   

1276  On this day in history death of vicedomino de Vicedominis, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (b. ca. 1215)   

1511  Death of Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1481) on September - 06.   

1536  Death of William Tyndale, Protestant bible translator (b. c. 1494) on this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history death of thomas Dempster, Scottish historian (b. 1579)   

1635  Adrian A Metius, mathematician/fort architect, dies at 63 on this day in history.