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September 6, 2004 Former President Bill Clinton undergoes a quadruple bypass operation September 6, 1998 Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open September 6, 1998 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship September 6, 1997 Princess Diana's funeral September 6, 1997 Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open September 6, 1996 Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray's 500th career HR September 6, 1995 Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games September 6, 1995 Senate Ethics committee votes 6-0 to ask for expulsion of Bob Packwood September 6, 1994 11th MTV Awards: Aerosmith, Lisa Marie and Michael Jackson win September 6, 1994 Actor Jackson Pinckney awarded $487,000 for being partially blinded by Jean-Claude Van Damme during filming of "Cyborg" September 6, 1994 Franziska van Almsick swims female record 200m freestyle (1:56.78) September 6, 1994 Tom Dolan swims world record 400m medley (4:12.30) September 6, 1993 Helen Dobson wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic September 6, 1993 Jerry Lewis' 28th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $46,014,922 September 6, 1992 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m (3:28.86) September 6, 1991 33rd Walker Cup: U.S., 14-10 September 6, 1991 Ronald Venetiaan chosen president of Suriname September 6, 1991 Soviet Union recognizes Estonian independence September 6, 1991 U.S.S.R. recognizes independence of the 3 Baltic republics September 6, 1990 7th MTV Awards: Sinead O'Connor wins September 6, 1989 6th MTV Awards: Living Colour wins September 6, 1989 Amateur Athletic Fed strips Ben Johnson of all track records September 6, 1989 Police computer accuses 41,000 Parisians of murder/prostitution September 6, 1988 Crippled soviet Soyuz TM-5 lands safely with 2 cosmonauts aboard September 6, 1988 Thomas Gregory (11) swims English Canal September 6, 1988 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test September 6, 1987 Benjamin and Patrick Binder separated at John Hopkins Hospital September 6, 1987 Douglas Wakiihuri wins marathon (2:11:48) September 6, 1987 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal September 6, 1986 300 invitees pay $5,000 to hear Barbra Striesand's benefit concert September 6, 1986 Attack on synagogue in Istanbul, 23 killed September 6, 1986 Jozef Pribilinec speed walking world record time (15,447k) September 6, 1986 Michael Spinks TKOs Steffen Tangstad in 4 for heavyweight boxing title September 6, 1986 U.S.S.R. charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying September 6, 1984 Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead," premieres in New York City September 6, 1984 Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow September 6, 1983 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova requests political asylum in NY September 6, 1983 U.S.S.R. admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2 September 6, 1982 Dutch Internal minister Mr. M Red assigns BVD to spy on communists September 6, 1982 Jerry Lewis' 17th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $28,400,000 September 6, 1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic September 6, 1982 Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War" September 6, 1982 Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's number September 6, 1982 Polish dissidents seize Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland September 6, 1981 "They're Playing Our Song" closes at Imperial New York City after 1082 performances September 6, 1981 Bob Lemon named New York Yankee manager for 2nd time September 6, 1980 94th U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats H Mandlikova (57 61 61) September 6, 1980 Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s) September 6, 1980 College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for September 6, 1980 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation September 6, 1980 Susan Powell (Okla), 21, crowned 53rd Miss America 1981 September 6, 1980 Macalaster University of St. Paul, Minnesota beating Mount Senario 17-14 September 6, 1979 "Peter Pan" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 578 performances September 6, 1978 Begin and Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace September 6, 1978 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test September 6, 1977 Angels acquire Dave Kingman from Padres for cash 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977 September 6, 1976 Jerry Lewis' 11th Muscular Dystrophy telethon, Dean Martin appears September 6, 1976 Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet September 6, 1975 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey September 6, 1975 89th U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats E G Cawley (57 64 62) September 6, 1975 Heavy earthquake at Lice Turkey; 3,000 killed September 6, 1975 Tawny Elaine Godin (NY), 18, crowned 48th Miss America 1976 September 6, 1975 Tennis Star Martina Navratilova requests U.S. political asylum September 6, 1975 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site September 6, 1973 New York Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt and Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed September 6, 1972 John and Yoko appear on Jerry Lewis' Muscular Dystrophy Telethon September 6, 1972 Summer Olympics resume in Munich Germany after massacre September 6, 1971 Jerry Lewis' 6th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises September 6, 1970 New York Met Tommy Agee hits for the cycle September 6, 1970 Palestinians seize 3 jetliners September 6, 1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. September 6, 1969 "Cabaret" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 1166 performances September 6, 1968 Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day) September 6, 1965 India invades West Pakistan September 6, 1965 KLNE TV channel 3 in Lexington, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting September 6, 1963 Historian Lee Allen says Indians-Senators game is 100,000th in history September 6, 1963 Jerry Lee Lewis quits Sun Records September 6, 1963 Major league baseballs 100,000th game September 6, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site September 6, 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Kapustin Yar U.S.S.R. September 6, 1959 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open September 6, 1958 Mary Ann Mobley (Miss), 21, crowned 31st Miss America 1959 September 6, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean September 6, 1957 Elvis records "White Xmas," "Silent Night" and "Here Comes Santa Claus" September 6, 1955 "Catch a Star" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances September 6, 1955 J van Tilburg appointed governor of Suriname September 6, 1954 68th U.S. Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats A Louise Brough (68 61 86) September 6, 1954 74th U.S. Mens Tennis: E V Seixas, Jr. beats Rex Hartwig (36 62 64 64) September 6, 1954 U.S. plane shot down above Siberia September 6, 1954 WINS New York City begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show September 6, 1954 Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters September 6, 1953 Adenauers CDU wins elections in German FR September 6, 1953 Roy Campanella sets record for home runs by a catcher at 38 September 6, 1952 Canadian TV begins in Montreal September 6, 1949 Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes September 6, 1948 37th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (5-0) September 6, 1948 Juliana becomes queen of Netherlands September 6, 1946 All-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev 44, Miami 0) September 6, 1946 Terence Rattigan's "Winslow Boy," premieres in London September 6, 1945 A's catcher George George punches ump Joe Rue gets suspended September 6, 1945 "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" opens at Century Theater New York City for 12 performances September 6, 1944 Gen Von Zangens 15th army escape from Zealand September 6, 1943 "Congressional Limited" train derails near Frankfort Pa, kills 79 September 6, 1943 63rd U.S. Mens Tennis: J R Hunt Seaman beats Jack Kramer (63 68 108 60) September 6, 1943 Carl Scheib becomes youngest pitcher in AL (16y 8 ms) of the A's September 6, 1942 56th U.S. Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (46 61 64) September 6, 1942 Czech marathon runner Oskar Hˆks transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau September 6, 1941 55th U.S. Womens Tennis: Sarah H Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (75 62) September 6, 1941 61st U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats F Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63) September 6, 1941 All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star September 6, 1941 Jews of Vilna Poland confined to their ghetto September 6, 1940 Crown prince Michael succeeds Carol II as king of Romania September 6, 1940 Generalissimo Gamelin arrested in France September 6, 1939 1st German air attack on Great-Britain in WW II September 6, 1939 South Africa declares war on nazi-Germany September 6, 1938 Wilhelmina celebrates 40th anniversary jubilee as Dutch queen September 6, 1930 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 22-8 September 6, 1928 U.S.S.R. signs Briand-Kellogg-pact September 6, 1927 B. 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DeSylva/Lew Brown's musical "Good News," premieres in New York City September 6, 1927 Red Sox beat New York Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings at Fenway Park September 6, 1924 Assassination attempt on Mussolini fails September 6, 1924 Charles Paddock captures 100 and 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track and field championships September 6, 1923 Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 25 year jubilee September 6, 1922 42nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston 46 36 62 63 64) September 6, 1920 40th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (61 16 75 57 63) September 6, 1920 Jack Dempsey KOs Billy Miske in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight September 6, 1917 French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft September 6, 1914 Battle of Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris September 6, 1913 19th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jerry Travers September 6, 1913 1st aircraft to loop the loop (Adolphe Pegoud-France) September 6, 1913 Hamilton Alerts apply for ORFU reinstatement, taking the name Hamilton Rowing Club September 6, 1912 New York Giant Jeff Tesreau no-hits Philadelphia, 3-0 September 6, 1910 Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughrider football club formed September 6, 1909 Word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier September 6, 1905 Atlanta Life Insurance Company forms September 6, 1905 Chicago White Sox Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0 September 6, 1905 General Trade journal publishes 1st Dutch photo (train accident) September 6, 1904 Soccer team Rheden forms September 6, 1903 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Creeping Man" September 6, 1901 President William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later September 6, 1900 British General Buller occupies Lydenburg South Africa September 6, 1899 Carnation processes its 1st can of evaporated milk September 6, 1899 U.S. min of Foreign affairs John Hay publishes his "Open Through Note" September 6, 1898 Lord Kitchener destroys Mahdi's tomb in Omdurman September 6, 1889 King Kabaka Mwanga of Buganda resigns September 6, 1886 Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) award September 6, 1883 Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson and Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn September 6, 1880 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, vs. Australia at The Oval September 6, 1880 W G Grace scores 152 in debut Test Cricket innings, vs. Aust The Oval September 6, 1876 Race riot in Charleston SC September 6, 1876 Southern Pacific line from LA to San Francisco completed September 6, 1873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street September 6, 1870 Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die September 6, 1869 1st westbound train arrives in SF September 6, 1869 Mine fire kills 179 at Avondale Pennsylvania September 6, 1866 Frederick Douglass is 1st U.S. black delegate to a national convention September 6, 1863 Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner South Carolina (1700 casualties) September 6, 1863 After 59 day siege, confederates evacuate Ft. Wagner, SC September 6, 1862 Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland September 6, 1861 General Grant occupies Paducah Kentucky September 6, 1853 Women's Right's Convention met (New York City) September 6, 1848 National Black Convention meets (Cleveland) September 6, 1839 Cherokee Nation forms September 6, 1839 Great fire in NY September 6, 1837 Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men) September 6, 1819 Thomas Blanchard patents lathe September 6, 1791 Mozarts opera "La Clemenza di Tito," premieres in Prague September 6, 1776 Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French and Dutch ships sinks; 600 die September 6, 1776 1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York) September 6, 1732 VOC fires Neth-Dutch east indies governor-general Diederik Dare September 6, 1716 1st U.S. lighthouse built (Boston) September 6, 1715 Pro-James III-uprising in Scotland September 6, 1690 King Willem III escapes back to England September 6, 1688 Austrian armies occupy Belgrade September 6, 1683 Le Plecta appointed French minister of Finance September 6, 1675 Swedish Admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships September 6, 1672 Willem III's troops reconquer Naarden on France September 6, 1634 Battle at Nordlingen ends in Swedish/protestant German defeat September 6, 1628 Puritans land at Salem, from Mass Bay Colony, witches soon to settle September 6, 1622 Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1,000s die September 6, 1620 1st stones layed in Western Tower September 6, 1543 French and Turkish fleet occupies Nice September 6, 1522 Magellen with Vittoria returns to Spain, after 1st round world trip September 6, 1492 Columbus' fleet leaves Gomera, Canary islands September 6, 394 Battle of Frigidus North-Italy |