Event:
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is seeking to buy U.S. online rebate service Ebates Shopping.com Inc. for $950 million; in recent years, Rakuten has been making acquisitions to expand its interests outside of Japan
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
