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Notable anniversaries in history for today: September 6
- 100th: 1924 - Charles Paddock captures 100- and 200-yard Amateur Athletic Union national senior outdoor track and field championships.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Jody McCrea in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Ben Matheson - Wichita Town).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Linda Kaye in Henning, California, USA; actress (Betty Joe - Petticoat Junction).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Swoosie Kurtz in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actress (Slap Shot, Garp).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Jon Erikson in the USA; first to triple cross English Channel (1981).
- 70th: 1954 - ABC begins airing the Kukla, Fran, and Ollie puppet children's TV show.
- 70th: 1954 - New York Yankees use a record ten pinch hitters.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Justin Whalin in Louisiana, USA; actor (Charles in Charge).
- 50th: 1974 - Death of LaVere Redfield at age 76 in Reno, Nevada, eccentric investor and coin hoarder of hundreds of thousands of Morgan and Peace silver dollar coins.
- 50th: 1974 - Otto Kruger, actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Ernest Tubb at age 70; singer (Grand Ole Opry).
- 40th: 1984 - US TV show Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow, USSR.
- 40th: 1984 - E.J. Andre, actor (Eugene Bullock - Dallas), dies at age 74.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Nicky Hopkins at age 50 of complications from abdominal and heart ailments, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; keyboard player (Screamin' Lord Sutch's Savages, Cyril Davies R-and-B All-Stars), sessions player (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who).
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Allen Funt, American television personality (born 1914).
- 15th: 2009 - In Oschersleben, Germany, round 9 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Andy Priaulx; race 2 is won by Augusto Farfus.
- 15th: 2009 - In Beverly Hills, California, Ira & Larry Goldberg, Auctioneers, conduct the auction of part one of the Dan Holmes collection of US large cents. Some highlights:
- 1793 Flowing Hair, Chain cent, "AMERI.", AU-58 PCGS: US$368,000;
- 1793 Flowing Hair, Chain cent, "AMERICA", MS-63 brown PCGS: US$402,500;
- 1793 Flowing Hair, Chain cent, "AMERICA", MS-63 brown / AU-50+ PCGS: US$253,000;
- 1793 Flowing Hair, Wreath cent, Strawberry Leaf, "ONE CENT" centered, Fair-2 PCGS: US$264,500;
- 1793 Flowing Hair, Wreath cent, Large Date and "LIBERTY", MS-65 brown / MS-63 prooflike PCGS: US$264,500;
- 1793 Liberty Cap, Wreath cent, bisected obverse, AU-55 / EF-45 PCGS: US$506,000;
- 1795 Liberty Cap, Reeded Edge cent, VG-10 PCGS, finest of seven known: US$1,265,000; first US large cent to sell for over $1 million;
- 1799/8 Draped Bust cent, EF-45 PCGS: US$368,000;
- 1799 Draped Bust cent, MS-61 PCGS: US$977,500;
- 1804 Draped Bust cent, MS-63 brown PCGS: US$661,250.
- 15th: 2009 - In Australia, round 10 of the FIA World Rally Championship is won by Mikko Hirvonen.
- 15th: 2009 - In Misano, San Marino, round 13 of the FIM MotoGP Championship is won by Valentino Rossi.
- 5th: 2019 - Chandrayaan-2, India's second lunar probe, in lunar orbit, deploys lander Vikram which crashes into the surface of the moon.
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