September 06 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1976  Russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet, many smiles in the US   

1977  Guido Pannain, composer, dies at 85   

1978  Begin and Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace   

1978  Jan Berger, Dutch politician, dies at 59.   

1979  Ronald Binge, composer, dies at 69.   

1981  Joseph Yasser, composer, dies at 88.   

1982  In this year, Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War".   

1982  Polish dissidents seize the Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland   

1983  USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2.   

1984  Country music artist Ernest Tubb dies at the age of 70   

1984  Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow.   

1984  E J Andre, actor (Eugene Bullock-Dallas), dies at 74   

1985  Jane Frazee, singer/actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia   

1986  Barbra Streisand's 1st live concert in 20 years.   

1986  USSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying.   

1986  Blanche Sweet, US actress (DW Griffith movies), dies at 90.   

1987  Kurdish leaders appeal to the UN for protection from Iraqi attacks.   

1987  Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal   

1988  Crippled soviet Soyuz TM-5 lands safely with 2 cosmonauts aboard.   

1989  Amateur Atheletic Fed strips Ben Johnson of all track records.   

1990  Leonard Hutton, cricketer (79 Tests for England, 6971 runs), dies   

1991  USSR recognizes independence of the 3 baltic republics   

1993  Josephine Rich Corday, vaudevillian, dies of kidney failure at 79.   

1994  Duccio Tessari, Italian director, dies of cancer at 67   

1995  Cal Ripken, Baltimore Orioles shortstop, breaks Lou Gehrig's record by playing in 2131 consecutive games   

1995  The Senate Ethics Committee recommends expulsion of US Senator Bob Packwood, accused of sexual misconduct.   

1995  Buster Mathis, heavyweight boxer, dies at 52.   

1996  William James Moyce, armaments scientist, dies at 82.   

1997  The funeral for Diana, Princess of Wales, is held at London's Westminster Abbey   

1997  Philippe Rossillon, administrator, dies at 66   

2007  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.   

2013  20 people are killed by Islamist militants in villages in northeast Nigeria   

2017  Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Sint Maartens and British Virgin Islands. Prime Minister Gaston Browne reports 95% of buildings in Barbuda damaged.   

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1577  Pietro tacca: Italian sculptor/architect (aanbidding of the point)   

1620  Isabella leonarda: Composer   

1627  Pierre verdier: Composer   

1633  Sebastian knupfer: Composer   

1644  Juan bautista jose cabanilles: Composer   

1648  Johann schelle: Composer   

1656  Guillaume dubois: French cardinal and statesman   

1697  Willem gideon deutz: Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant   

0394  Eugenius: Linguistic/anti emperor of rome (392-94),   

0957  Death of Liudolf: Duke of swabia   

0972  John xiii crescentii: Pope (965-72),   

1276  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)   

1536  Death of William tyndale: Protestant bible translator (b. c. 1494)   

1625  Thomas dempster: Scottish historian (b. 1579)   

1635  Death of Adrian a metius: Mathematician/fort architect,