AllTheAnswers : Events of the Day

6 Sep 1191

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Richard I, King of England, defeated the Saracens at the Battle of Arsouf.

6 Sep 1620

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The Mayflower, a three-masted carrack, set sail from Plymouth to North America, a journey lasting 66 days.

6 Sep 1666

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End of the Great Fire of London, which began on 2 September, and engulfed c.160 ha/400 acres.

6 Sep 1766

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Birth of John Dalton in Eaglesfield, Cumbria (d.1844), chemist, who first described colour blindness (Daltonism) in 1794, exemplified in his own case and that of his brother.

6 Sep 1807

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Birth of Abd-el-Kader in Mascara, Algiers (d.1883), Algerian national hero, who was elected emir by the tribes of Oran and waged a long struggle against the French (1832–47).

6 Sep 1819

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Patenting of the lathe by Thomas Blanchard of Middlebury, Connecticut.

6 Sep 1852

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Opening of Britain's first free lending library, in Campfield, Manchester.

6 Sep 1860

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Birth of Jane Addams in Cedarville, Illinois (d.1935), social reformer, who founded Hull House in Chicago, where she worked to secure social justice, female suffrage, and for the cause of pacifism.

6 Sep 1873

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Birth of Austin Reed in Newbury, Berkshire (d.1954), founder of the chain of men's outfitters that bear his name.

6 Sep 1879

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Opening of Britain's first telephone exchange, in Lombard Street, London.

6 Sep 1882

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The USA held its first Labour Day parade in New York.

6 Sep 1899

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Birth of Billy Rose in New York City (d.1966), composer of popular music, whose many hits include ‘It's Only a Paper Moon’ (1932).

6 Sep 1899

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Carnation processed its first tin of evaporated milk.

6 Sep 1902

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Death of Sir Frederick Abel (b.1827 in London), scientist, who invented cordite (with Sir James Dewar), and the Abel tester for determining the flash-point of petroleum.

6 Sep 1939

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Death of Arthur Rackham (b.1867 in London), water-colourist and book illustrator, known for his Romantic and grotesque pictures in books of fairy tales.

6 Sep 1940

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Birth of Jackie Trent in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, lyricist, who wrote the words for the theme music of the television soap Neighbours.

6 Sep 1941

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All Jews over the age of six in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear a yellow Star of David on their clothing.

6 Sep 1944

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Birth of Roger Waters in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, singer and bassist, a founder member of psychedelic band Pink Floyd.

6 Sep 1948

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First breaking of the sound barrier in Britain, by John Derry in a De Havilland DH 108 aeroplane, during a dive.

6 Sep 1952

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A jet fighter aeroplane broke up and fell into the crowd at Farnborough Air Show, Hampshire, killing at least 27 people and injuring more than 60.

6 Sep 1952

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Death of Gertrude Lawrence (b.1898 in London), actress, a leading lady in many of Noel Coward's productions.

6 Sep 1959

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Mattel Toy Corporation sold the first Barbie doll.

6 Sep 1968

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Swaziland became an independent kingdom within the Commonwealth.

6 Sep 1987

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For the first time since 1315, the Venice Regatta took place without the city's 230 gondoliers, on strike in protest at the damage caused by powerboats.

6 Sep 1989

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Following a computer error, over 40,000 Parisians received letters charging them with murder, extortion, and organised prostitution, instead of traffice offence notifications.

6 Sep 1990

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Death of Sir Leonard Hutton (b.1916 in Fulneck, West Yorkshire), Yorkshire cricketer, and captain of the England team that regained the Ashes in 1953.

6 Sep 1997

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The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, took place at Westminster Abbey, London; more than a million people lined the route of the funeral cortège.

6 Sep 1998

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Death of Akira Kurosawa (b.1910 in Tokyo), director, whose films include The Seven Samurai (1954).