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What happened in history on this day: September 6?
On September 6 in ...
- 1839 - Great fire in New York.
- 1862 - CSA General Thomas Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland.
- 1863 - After 59-day siege, Confederates evacuate Fort Wagner, South Carolina.
- 1869 - Mine fire kills 179 at Avondale, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1876 - Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1876 - Southern Pacific rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco is completed.
- 1901 - President William McKinley is shot by Leon Czologosz in Buffalo, New York (dies 8 days later).
- 1943 - "Congressional Limited" train derails near Frankfort, Pennsylvania, USA, kills 79.
- 1961 - In Bells, Texas, USA a meteorite strikes the roof of a house.
- 1966 - Race riot in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- 1973 - New York Times reports almost all Superfecta harness racing run at Yonkers, Roosevelt and Monticello from January to March of 1973 were fixed.
- 1985 - Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9, crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.
- 2000 - The last wholly Swedish-owned arms manufacturer, Bofors, is sold to American arms manufacturer United Defense.
- 2001 - The United States Justice Department announces that it no longer seeks to break-up software maker Microsoft, and will instead seek a lesser antitrust penalty.
- 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.
- 2017 - (to September 10) The Caribbean and United States are struck by Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 hurricane that is the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin outside the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The storm causes at least 146 deaths and $64.2 billion in damage.
Births on September 6
- 1881 - Birth of Leo Carrillo in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Pancho - Cisco Kid).
- 1885 - Birth of Otto Kruger in Toledo, Ohio, USA; actor (Lux Video Theater, High Noon).
- 1902 - Birth of Morgan Beatty in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; news anchor (Du Mont Evening News).
- 1908 - Birth of Paul Lavalle in Beacon, New York, USA; bandleader (Cities Service Band of America).
- 1925 - Birth of Jimmy Reed in Mississippi, USA; blues singer ("Soulin'", "Big Boss Man").
- 1934 - Birth of Jody McCrea in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Ben Matheson - Wichita Town).
- 1937 - Birth of Jo Anne Worley in Lowell, Indiana, USA; comedienne (Laugh-in).
- 1938 - Birth of Joan Tower in New Rochelle, New York, USA; composer (Breakfast Rhythms).
- 1944 - Birth of Linda Kaye in Henning, California, USA; actress (Betty Joe - Petticoat Junction).
- 1944 - Birth of Swoosie Kurtz in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actress (Slap Shot, Garp).
- 1946 - Birth of Bryan D O'Connor in Orange, California, USA; Colonel US Marine Corp / astronaut (STS 61B, STS 40).
- 1947 - Birth of Jane Curtin in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Saturday Night Live, Allie Lowell - Kate and Allie).
- 1953 - Birth of Katherine Cannon in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actress (Father Murphy, The Survivors).
- 1954 - Birth of Jon Erikson in the USA; first to triple cross English Channel (1981).
- 1974 - Birth of Justin Whalin in Louisiana, USA; actor (Charles in Charge).
Deaths on September 6
- 1956 - Death of Alex Raymond at age 47 in a single-vehicle car crash in Westport, Connecticut, USA; comic strip artist (Tillie the Toiler, Tim Tyler's Luck, Blondie, Secret Agent X-9, Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, Rip Kirby).
- 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.
- 1999 - Death of Allen Funt, American television personality (born 1914).
- 2007 - Death of Madeleine L'Engle, American author (born 1918).
- 2008 - Death of Anita Page, American actress (Our Dancing Daughters, While the City Sleeps, The Broadway Melody), at age 98.
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