More Notable Events on September 6: 1997 Princess Diana's funeral 1995 Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games 1991 U.S.S.R. recognizes independence of the 3 Baltic republics 1978 Begin and Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace 1899 Carnation processes its 1st can of evaporated milk