September 6 historical events
394 — Battle of the Frigidus
The Battle of the Frigidus, also called the Battle of the Frigid River, was fought on 5 and 6 September 394 between the armies of the Roman emperor Theodosius the Great and the rebel augustus Eugenius (r. 392–394), in the eastern border of Roman Italy. Theodosius won the battle and defeated the usurpation of Eugenius and Arbogast, restoring unity to the Roman Empire. The battlefield, in the Claustra Alpium Iuliarum near the Julian Alps through which Theodosius's army had passed, was probably in the Vipava Valley – with the Frigidus River being the modern Vipava – or possibly in the valley of the Isonzo.
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1005 — Battle of the Spree
The Battle of the Spree was a battle part of the German–Polish War which took place on 6 September 1005 between the Duchy of Poland and the Holy Roman Empire led by Henry II. It ended up Inconclusive.
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1320 — Battle of Lahrawat
The Battle of Lahrawat was fought between two factions of the Delhi Sultanate in 1320. Malik Tughluq, the governor of Dipalpur, challenged the authority of Khusrau Khan, who had usurped the throne of Delhi. After defeating an army sent by Khusrau Khan at the Battle of Saraswati, Tughluq marched towards Delhi, and encamped at a plain called Lahrawat.
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1339 — Battle of Ceuta (1339)
The Battle of Ceuta in 1339 was one of the battles of the Battle of the Strait.
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1505 — Russo-Kazan War (1505–1507)
The Russo-Kazan War of 1505-07 was one of the Russo-Kazan Wars. It began when the Kazan khan robbed merchants from the Principality of Moscow at the annual fair in Kazan. The Tatars then invaded and besieged Nizhny Novgorod, but were repulsed. Moscow sent an army in response, which was defeated by the Tatars. The war concluded with a treaty in 1507. Peace lasted until 1521.
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1522 — The Victoria reaches Sanlúcar and completes the first circumnavigation
The Victoria arrived at Sanlúcar de Barrameda under Juan Sebastián Elcano. It was the only ship from Ferdinand Magellan’s original fleet to complete the voyage around the world.
6 September is the historical Julian date, equivalent to 16 September in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
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1581 — Siege of Narva (1581)
The siege of Narva was a siege and massacre initiated by Pontus De la Gardie against the Russian-controlled city of Narva in present-day Estonia. The siege resulted in a victory for the Swedes.
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1592 — Battle of Cheongju
The Battle of Cheongju was during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98). Cho Hŏn attacked the Japanese-held city of Cheongju and captured it on 6 September 1592.
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1634 — Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeated Swedish and German Protestant forces
The Battle of Nördlingen, fought over two days from 5 to 6 September 1634, was a major battle of the Thirty Years' War. An Imperial–Spanish force led by the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand and Ferdinand of Hungary inflicted a crushing defeat on the Swedish–German army led by Gustav Horn and Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar. By 1634, the Swedes and their German allies occupied much of southern Germany.
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1658 — Siege of Kronborg
The siege of Kronborg (Danish: Belejringen af Kronborg; Swedish: Belägring av Kronborg) was a Swedish siege of the Danish stronghold Kronborg from 16 August to 6 September 1658, during the Dano-Swedish War of 1658–1660. The siege ended with a Swedish victory. The Swedish besiegers, being led by Carl Gustaf Wrangel, successfully made the Danish commander surrender after spreading rumours that Copenhagen had fallen to the Swedes and convincing him that continued resistance was futile.
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1704 — Storming of Lemberg
The Storming of Lemberg on September 6, 1704, was a successful Swedish assault on the town of Lemberg (Lviv), in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, during the Great Northern War.
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1711 — Kuban campaign (1711)
The Kuban Campaign took place between the Russian-Kalmyk forces and Crimean-Nogai Tatars with the goal of diverting significant Tatar forces and accomplishing other goals, from 3 July to 6 September 1711.
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1781 — Battle of Groton Heights
The Battle of Groton Heights (also known as the Battle of Fort Griswold, and occasionally called the Fort Griswold massacre) was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on September 6, 1781 between a small Connecticut militia force led by Lieutenant Colonel William Ledyard and the more numerous British forces led by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold and Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Eyre. Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton ordered General Arnold to raid the Connecticut port of New London in an unsuccessful attempt to divert General George Washington from marching against Lord Cornwallis's army in Virginia.
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1781 — Capture of HMS Savage
The capture of HMS Savage took place on September 6, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War. Off Charleston, South Carolina, the 16-gun American privateer Congress captured HMS Savage, a 16-gun sloop-of-war of the Royal Navy. The engagement is considered one of the hardest-fought single ship actions of the war.
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1794 — Siege of Warsaw (1794)
The Siege of Warsaw of 1794 was a joint Russian and Prussian siege of the capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, during the Kościuszko Uprising in the summer of 1794. It ended with the Polish victory when, after a two-month siege, the Prussian and Russian army ended the siege and withdrew from Warsaw.
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1803 — Isaac Tichenor wins Vermont’s 1803 governor election
Vermont voters re-elected Isaac Tichenor as governor over Jonathan Robinson.
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1808 — 1808 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont
Following the September 1808 election for delegates to represent Vermont in the 11th United States Congress, two of its four districts had failed to choose representatives. A second ballot was held in December, giving Vermont a total of three Federalist representatives and one Democratic-Republican.
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1808 — Isaac Tichenor returns as governor of Vermont
Former governor Isaac Tichenor defeated incumbent Israel Smith to regain the governorship. Smith had beaten him in the previous year’s election.
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1813 — Battle of Feistritz
The Battle of Feistritz (6 September 1813) saw an Imperial French corps led by Paul Grenier attack an Austrian brigade under August von Vécsey. After putting up a stout resistance, the outnumbered Austrians were defeated and forced to retreat. The clash occurred during the War of the Sixth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. Feistritz im Rosental is located on the Drau River near the southern border of Austria, about 16 kilometres (10 mi) southwest of Klagenfurt. When hostilities commenced between the Austrian Empire and Imperial France, Johann von Hiller led an Austrian army to attack the Illyrian Provinces.
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1813 — Battle of Dennewitz
The Battle of Dennewitz (German: Schlacht von Dennewitz) took place on 6 September 1813 between the forces of the First French Empire and an army of Prussians and Russians of the Sixth Coalition. It occurred in Dennewitz, a village in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, near Jüterbog, 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Berlin.
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1814 — Engagements on Lake Huron
The series of Engagements on Lake Huron left the British in control of the lake and their Native American allies in control of the northwestern sector of the Old Northwest for the latter stages of the War of 1812 including Mackinac Island.
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1814 — Martin Chittenden wins Vermont’s 1814 governor election
Vermont voters gave incumbent Martin Chittenden another term, defeating former governor Jonas Galusha.
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1825 — Cornelius P. Van Ness wins Vermont’s 1825 governor election
Vermont voters returned Cornelius P. Van Ness to office for a third one-year term.
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1831 — William A. Palmer leads Vermont’s 1831 vote for governor
William A. Palmer led the statewide popular vote for governor. No candidate received a majority, and the legislature later chose Palmer.
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1836 — 1836 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1836 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 6, 1836. Incumbent Whig acting Governor Silas H. Jennison defeated Democratic nominee William Czar Bradley with 55.89% of the vote.
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1841 — 1841 Republic of Texas presidential election
The 1841 Republic of Texas presidential election was the third presidential election in the Republic of Texas. It was held on September 6, 1841. Former President Sam Houston defeated incumbent Vice President and former Interim President David G. Burnet to win a second non-consecutive term in office. Edward Burleson was elected vice-president with 6,141 votes (58.6%) while his competitor Mennican Hunt received 4,336 votes (41.4%).
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1842 — 1842 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1842 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 6, 1842. Incumbent Whig Governor Charles Paine defeated Democratic nominee Nathan Smilie and Liberty nominee Charles K. Williams with 50.85% of the vote.
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1853 — 1853 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1853 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 6. The same three candidates who ran for governor of Vermont in 1852 ran again in 1853: Whig and incumbent Erastus Fairbanks, Democratic candidate John S. Robinson, and Lawrence Brainerd, the nominee of the Free Soil Party. The results showed that Fairbanks had received 43.9 percent of the vote, with Robinson receiving 38.5 percent, and Brainerd 17.6 percent.
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1859 — 1859 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1859 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont was held on Tuesday, September 6. In keeping with the "Mountain Rule", incumbent Republican Hiland Hall was a candidate for a second one-year term. The Democratic nominee was John Godfrey Saxe, former State's Attorney of Chittenden County. Vermont's support for the Republican Party and the abolition of slavery remained strong, and Hall was easily re-elected.
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1863 — Battle of Sowia Góra
The Battle of Batorz of September 6, 1863, also known as the Battle of Sowia Góra hill near the village of Batorz, was one of many battles of the January Uprising against the tsarist oppression. It took place in the Russian-controlled Congress Poland. During the battle, a party of 700 Polish insurgents, together with Hungarian volunteers, and commanded by Marcin Borelowski, clashed with soldiers of the Imperial Russian Army. The battle resulted in Russian victory. After the Battle of Panasowka, Borelowski ordered his party to march towards Goraj.
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1864 — 1864 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1864 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont took place on September 6. Incumbent J. Gregory Smith was a candidate for reelection to a second one-year term, in keeping with the provisions of the Republican Party's "Mountain Rule". The Democratic nominee was Timothy P. Redfield, a former member of the Vermont Senate, the Free Soil Party's 1851 nominee for governor, and the Democratic nominee in 1863.
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1867 — United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1867
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1867 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred on September 6, 1867 for the 40th Congress. The Democrats gained two districts from the Republicans.
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1870 — Vermont gubernatorial election, 1870
The Vermont gubernatorial election of 1870 took place on September 6, 1870. Incumbent Republican George W. Hendee, per the "Mountain Rule", did not run for re-election to a full term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate John W. Stewart defeated Democratic candidate Homer W. Heaton to succeed him. The 1870 election marked the start of biennial gubernatorial elections in Vermont.
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1870 — Louisa Swain casts the first documented vote by a woman in Wyoming
Louisa Swain cast a ballot in Laramie in the first general election after Wyoming Territory granted women the right to vote. She is the first woman documented voting under the territory’s suffrage law.
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1871 — United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1871
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1871 were elections for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred on September 6, 1871. Republicans gained both Democratic districts.
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1871 — 1871 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 1871 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on September 6, 1871, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of California. Republican nominee and incumbent California State Treasurer Romualdo Pacheco defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent President pro tempore of the California State Senate Edward J. Lewis.
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1871 — 1871 California gubernatorial election
The 1871 California gubernatorial election was held on September 6, 1871, to elect the governor of California. Incumbent Henry Haight lost his bid for reelection.
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1878 — Attack against Mehmed Ali Pasha
The Attack against Mehmed Ali Pasha (Turkish: Mehmed Ali Paşa'ya saldırı), known in Albanian historiography as the Action of Gjakova (Albanian: Aksioni i Gjakovës; Turkish: Yakova saldırısı), was undertaken from 3–6 September 1878 by the Gjakova Committee of the League of Prizren in the estate of Abdullah Pasha Dreni near Gjakova.
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1880 — 1880 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 1880 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on September 6, 1880, in order to elect the Governor of Arkansas. Democratic nominee and incumbent Treasurer of Arkansas Thomas James Churchill defeated Greenback nominee William Pratt "Buck" Parks.
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1886 — 1886 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 1886 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on September 6, 1886. Incumbent Democratic Governor Simon Pollard Hughes Jr. defeated Republican nominee Lafayette Gregg and Agricultural Wheel nominee Charles E. Cunningham with 55.31% of the vote.
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1886 — Battle of Azule
The Battle of Azule, was fought on 6 September 1886, between the forces of Ras Darge Sahle Selassie of Shewa and a force of Arsi Oromo. It was part of a broader series of expansion campaigns done under Menelik II, Negus of Shewa, referred to by some historians as the Agar Maqnat.
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1892 — Maltese general election, 1892
General elections were held in Malta on 5 and 6 September 1892. Elections were only held in three constituencies as all other members were returned unopposed.
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1892 — Levi K. Fuller wins Vermont’s gubernatorial election
On September 6, 1892, Vermont held its gubernatorial election. Republican Levi K. Fuller defeated Democrat Bradley Smalley.
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1898 — Vermont gubernatorial election, 1898
The Vermont gubernatorial election of 1898 took place on September 6, 1898. Incumbent Republican Josiah Grout, per the "Mountain Rule", did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate Edward C. Smith defeated Democratic candidate Thomas W. Moloney to succeed him.
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1901 — Assassination of William McKinley
William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. McKinley died on September 14 of gangrene caused by the wounds.
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1904 — Vermont gubernatorial election, 1904
The Vermont gubernatorial election of 1904 took place on September 6, 1904. Incumbent Republican John G. McCullough, per the "Mountain Rule", did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate Charles J. Bell defeated Democratic candidate Eli H. Porter to succeed him.
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1908 — 1908 Tie Cup final
The 1908 Tie Cup final was the final match to decide the winner of the Tie Cup, the 9th edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Argentine Alumni and Uruguayan Wanderers, which played its first final. In the match, played at Belgrano Athletic venue on Superí street in Belgrano, Alumni beat Wanderers 4–0, with three goals by Alfredo Brown, achieving its fifth Tie Cup trophy.
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1910 — Vermont gubernatorial election, 1910
The Vermont gubernatorial election of 1910 took place on September 6, 1910. Incumbent Republican George H. Prouty, per the "Mountain Rule", did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate John A. Mead defeated Democratic candidate Charles D. Watson to succeed him.
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1912 — Battle of Sidi Bou Othman
The Battle of Sidi Bou Othman (6 September 1912) was an important battle fought at Sidi Bou Othman, some 40 kilometers north of Marrakesh, during the French conquest of Morocco. It saw the victory of a French column under Colonel Charles Mangin over the forces of the south Moroccan leader Ahmed al-Hiba in September 1912.
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1914 — Battle of Nsanakong
The Battle of Nsanakong or Battle of Nsanakang took place between defending British and attacking German forces during the Kamerun campaign of the First World War. The town of Nsanakong had been occupied by the British on 30 August 1914. On 6 September, German forces attacked, driving the British force over the border back into Nigeria.
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1914 — Battle of the Frontiers
The Battle of the Frontiers (French: Bataille des Frontières; German: Grenzschlachten; Dutch: Slag der Grenzen) comprised battles fought along the eastern frontier of France and in southern Belgium, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. The battles resolved the military strategies of the French Chief of Staff General Joseph Joffre with Plan XVII and an offensive adaptation of the German Aufmarsch II deployment plan by Helmuth von Moltke the Younger.
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1916 — Battle of Guillemont
The Battle of Guillemont (3–6 September 1916) was an attack, during the Battle of the Somme in the First World War, by the British Fourth Army against the German 2nd Army near the village of Guillemont in northern France. The village is on the D 20 running east to Combles and the D 64 south-west to Montauban. Longueval and Delville Wood lie to the north-west and Ginchy to the north-east.
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1916 — Battle of Turtucaia
The Battle of Turtucaia (Romanian: Bătălia de la Turtucaia; Bulgarian: Битка при Тутракан, Bitka pri Tutrakan), also known as Tutrakan Epopee (Bulgarian: Тутраканска епопея, Tutrakanska epopeya) in Bulgaria, was the opening battle of the first Central Powers offensive during the Romanian Campaign of World War I. The battle lasted for five days and ended with the capture of the fortress of Turtucaia (now Tutrakan) and the surrender of its Romanian defenders.
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1919 — Pontefract by-election, 1919
The Pontefract by-election, 1919 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Pontefract in Yorkshire on 6 September 1919.
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1922 — Liberation of Balıkesir
On September 6, 1922, the Turkish Army entered the city of Balıkesir and liberated it from the Greek occupation.
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1925 — 1925 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 1925 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 38th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1925 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 6 September 1925, between Galway and Tipperary. The Connacht men lost to the Munster champions on a score line of 5–6 to 1–5.
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1930 — 1930 Argentine coup d'état
The 1930 Argentine coup d'état also known as the September Revolution by supporters of it, involved the overthrow of the Argentine government of Hipólito Yrigoyen by forces loyal to General José Félix Uriburu. The coup took place on 6 September 1930 when Uriburu led a small detachment of troops loyal to him into the capital, experiencing no substantial opposition and taking control of the Casa Rosada. Large crowds formed in Buenos Aires in support of the coup. Uriburu's forces took control of the capital and arrested Radical Civic Union supporters. There were no casualties in the coup.
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1931 — 1931 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The first 1931 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final took place on 6 September 1931 at Croke Park, Dublin. It was the 44th All-Ireland final and was contested by Cork and Kilkenny. The match ended in a 1-5 apiece draw. The replay took place at the same venue five weeks later on 11 October 1931. Once again, the sides finished level with both scoring 2-5.
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1936 — 1936 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 1936 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 49th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1936 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 6 September 1936, between Limerick and Kilkenny. The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 5–6 to 1–5.
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1936 — Battle of Cerro Muriano
The Battle of Cerro Muriano took place during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. The battle is perhaps most known today for the famous photograph, The Falling Soldier, that Robert Capa took during it.
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1939 — Battle of Różan
The Battle of Różan, otherwise known as defence of Różan bridgehead, took place between September 4 and September 6, 1939, in the fields before the town of Różan on the Narew River. A small Polish garrison of three World War I forts (consisting of two infantry battalions) successfully defended the bridgehead against the entire German panzer division for the entire day and night. However, as a result of a misunderstanding of the commander in chief's orders, the Polish forces were then withdrawn to the other side of the river, and then further eastwards on September 6.
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1939 — Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Polish: Bitwa pod Tomaszowem Mazowieckim) refers to the battle on 6 September 1939 near the town of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Second Polish Republic, during the Invasion of Poland. The area was defended by Polish 13th Infantry Division under Col. Władysław Zubosz-Kaliński, and Germany's assault was carried by two armored divisions of the 16th Panzer Corps. After the day-long battle, German forces broke through the Polish defences and took the town. Polish 13th Division sustained heavy losses and was forced to retreat towards Warsaw.
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1939 — Battle of Barking Creek
The Battle of Barking Creek was a friendly fire incident over the East Coast of England in the earliest days of the Second World War. On 6 September 1939, aircraft from several 11 Group, RAF Fighter Command squadrons, were scrambled to intercept German aircraft detected by radar (RDF) flying towards the English coast. The radar plots were reflections of British aircraft flying inland. Spitfire fighters sent to intercept shot down two Hurricanes in error, killing one of the pilots, the first death of a British fighter pilot in the war.
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1939 — Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski
The Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski was a battle in the German Invasion of Poland from 4 to 6 September 1939, which involved Polish and German tank formations.
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1939 — Battle of Borowa Góra
Battle of Borowa Góra (Polish: Bitwa pod Borową Górą) refers to the series of battles from 2 to 6 September 1939 that took place near the Góry Borowskie hills, south west from Piotrków Trybunalski and east of Bełchatów. The battle, fought between the Wehrmacht and the Polish Army in the vicinity of Łódź, was a direct consequence of the Battle of the Border, an early part of the German Invasion of Poland.
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1939 — Arctic naval operations of World War II
Arctic naval operations of World War II were the World War II naval operations that took place in the Arctic Ocean, and can be considered part of the Battle of the Atlantic and/or of the European Theatre of World War II. Pre-war navigation in the region focused on fishing and the international ore-trade from Narvik and Petsamo.
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1939 — South Africa declares war on Germany
The Union of South Africa formally declared war on Germany after Jan Smuts formed a new government. The declaration brought South Africa into the Second World War.
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1940 — King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania
Carol II (15 October 1893 [O.S. 3 October 1893] – 4 April 1953) was King of Romania from 8 June 1930 following a coup that deposed his son, until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940. As the eldest son of King Ferdinand I, he was crown prince from 1914 at the death of his granduncle King Carol I, until 1925 when he was forced by a marital scandal to renounce his right to the throne in favor of his son.
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1941 — Capture of Banja Koviljača
The Capture of Banja Koviljača (1–6 September 1941) was a long battle fought by cooperating forces of Chetniks and Yugoslav Partisans against German forces. On 1 September 1941, the insurgents attacked German soldiers who were garrisoned in an outpost at Banja Koviljača in the German-occupied territory of Serbia. The battle reflected skillful command by leaders of the uprising.
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1942 — 1942 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 1942 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 55th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1942 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 6 September 1942, between Cork and Dublin. The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 2–14 to 3–4.
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1943 — Battle of Vilya
The Battle of Vilya was an armed clash that took place on 6 September 1943 in the village of Vilya in Volhynia, between a detachment of the Home Army and a group of Soviet partisans made up of Poles and a detachment of the Polesian Sich.
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1943 — Tecnológico de Monterrey opens in Monterrey, Mexico
On September 6, 1943, the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education began teaching in a house in Monterrey, Mexico. Its first students and professors gathered in a small building on Abasolo Street. Founded by local business leaders including Eugenio Garza Sada, the institute later grew into a major private university.
The institute's official history dates its founding and first day of classes to September 6, 1943.
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1943 — 1943 Frankford Junction train wreck
The Frankford Junction train wreck occurred on September 6, 1943, when one Pennsylvania Railroad's premier trains, the Congressional Limited, crashed at Frankford Junction in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
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1944 — Operation Houndsworth
Operation Houndsworth was a British Special Air Service operation during World War II. The operation, carried out by "A" Squadron, 1st Special Air Service between 6 June and 6 September 1944, was centred on Dijon in the Burgundy region of France. Their objective was to disrupt German lines of communication, coordinate the activities of the French Resistance and prevent German reinforcements moving to the Normandy beachheads, especially the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich.
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1944 — Tartu offensive
The Tartu offensive operation (Russian: Тартуская наступательная операция), also known as the Battle of Tartu (Estonian: Tartu lahing) and the Battle of Emajõgi (Estonian: Emajõe lahingud, German: Schlacht am Embach) was a campaign fought over southeastern Estonia in 1944. It took place on the Eastern Front during World War II between the Soviet 3rd Baltic Front and parts of the German Army Group North.
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1944 — Bombing of Belgrade (1944)
The Allies carried out an aerial bombing campaign against the Axis in Belgrade during the Allied bombing of Yugoslavia in World War II. The air strikes lasted from 16 April 1944 to 6 September 1944. Belgrade was bombed eleven times by the Anglo–American air force. Infrastructure in Belgrade was bombed three times in April, twice in May, once in June and July and four times in September 1944.
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1945 — The Battle of Lishi begins
On September 6, 1945, Communist forces attacked Nationalist positions at Lishi, in present-day Shanxi, China. The fighting took place after Japan’s surrender in the Second World War.
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1948 — Birth of Sam Hui
On 6 September 1948, Sam Hui, a singer, was born.
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1952 — Farnborough Airshow crash
On 6 September 1952, a prototype de Havilland DH.110 jet fighter crashed during an aerial display at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England. The jet disintegrated mid-air during an aerobatic manoeuvre, killing pilot John Derry and onboard flight test observer Anthony Richards. Debris fell onto a crowd of spectators, killing 29 and injuring 60. The cause was determined to be structural failure due to a design flaw in the wing's leading edge. All DH.110s were initially grounded, but after modification to its design, the type entered service with the Royal Navy as the Sea Vixen.
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1953 — 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 66th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 6 September 1953, between Cork and Galway. The Connacht men narrowly lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 3–3 to 0–8.
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1953 — 1953 West German federal election
A federal election was held in West Germany on 6 September 1953 to elect the members of the second Bundestag. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) emerged as the largest party. This was the last election before Saarland joined West Germany in 1957. It had been a separate entity, Saar protectorate, under French control since 1946.
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1959 — 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final took place on 6 September 1959 at Croke Park, Dublin. It was the 72nd All-Ireland final and was contested by Waterford and Kilkenny. The match ended level. This was the last All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final at the end of which the teams finished level until 2012. The first game ended level with a score of 1-17 to 5-5.
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1959 — 20th Venice International Film Festival
The 20th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 23 August to 6 September 1959. Italian film critic Luigi Chiarini was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Great War directed by Mario Monicelli and General della Rovere directed by Roberto Rossellini.
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1959 — Birth of Yang Kuei-mei
On 6 September 1959, Yang Kuei-mei, an actor, was born.
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1959 — Birth of Jacob Cheung
On 6 September 1959, Jacob Cheung, a film director, was born.
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1962 — Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London
The Blackfriars shipwrecks were a series of wrecks discovered by archaeologist Peter Marsden in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London, England. The wrecks were discovered while building a riverside embankment wall along the River Thames. Marsden discovered the first on 6 September 1962 and the other three were discovered in 1969–1970. Together they are now known as the four Blackfriars wrecks.
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1963 — EMLL 30th Anniversary Show (1)
Mexican professional wrestling promotion celebrated their 30th anniversary with two professional wrestling major shows centering on the anniversary date in early to mid September. The first EMLL 30th Anniversary Show took place on September 6, 1963 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico to commemorated the anniversary of EMLL, which over time became the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world.
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1964 — 1964 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 1964 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 77th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1964 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 6 September 1964, between Tipperary and Kilkenny. The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 5–13 to 2–8.
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1965 — 1965 Pathankot airstrike
The Pathankot airstrike was a key aerial operation of the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965. It took place on the evening of 6 September 1965, when the No. 19 Squadron of the Pakistan Air Force attacked the Indian Air Force base at Pathankot rendering it severely damaged and inoperable for the remainder of the war. It is considered as the PAF's most successful air raid to date.
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1965 — Operation Grand Slam
Operation Grand Slam was a key military operation of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. It refers to a plan drawn up by the Pakistan Army in May 1965, that consisted of an attack on the vital Akhnoor Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The bridge was not only the lifeline of an entire infantry division of the Indian Army, but could also be used to threaten the city of Jammu, an important logistical point for Indian forces.
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1965 — 26th Venice International Film Festival
The 26th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 6 September 1965. Italian poet Carlo Bo was the Jury President. The Golden Lion winner was Sandra directed by Luchino Visconti.
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1966 — Death of Hendrik Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (Afrikaans: [fərˈvuːrt]; 8 September 1901 – 6 September 1966), also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a Dutch-born South African politician, academic, and newspaper editor who served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966. He is commonly regarded as the architect of apartheid and nicknamed the "father of apartheid".
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1968 — Swaziland gains independence
Swaziland gained independence from the United Kingdom under King Sobhuza II. The country is now named Eswatini.
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1970 — Malagasy parliamentary election, 1970
Parliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 6 September 1970. They were won by the ruling Social Democratic Party, which claimed 104 of the 107 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 94.78% of the 2,756,978 registered voters.
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1970 — 1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 83rd All-Ireland final and the culmination of the 1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match took place on 6 September 1970, at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by 1968 winners Wexford and 1969 runners-up Cork, and it was refereed by Jimmy Hatton from Wicklow.
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1970 — Black September
Black September (Arabic: أيلول الأسود, romanized: Aylūl al-ʾAswad), also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), led by chairman Yasser Arafat. The main phase of the fighting took place between 16 and 27 September 1970, though certain aspects of the conflict continued until 17 July 1971.
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1970 — Dawson's Field hijackings begin with coordinated attacks on airliners
On September 6, 1970, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine attempted coordinated hijackings of several international flights. TWA Flight 741 and Swissair Flight 100 were forced to land at Dawson's Field in Jordan, where passengers became hostages. A Pan Am flight was diverted to Cairo, while an attempt against an El Al flight failed. Further hijackings and the hostage crisis continued over the following days.
The first coordinated hijackings took place September 6, 1970; the wider Dawson's Field crisis continued afterward.
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1971 — Paninternational Flight 112
Paninternational Flight 112 was a BAC One-Eleven operated by German airline Paninternational that crashed in Hamburg on 6 September 1971 while attempting to land on an autobahn following the failure of both engines. The accident killed 22 passengers and crew out of 121 on board.
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1971 — 32nd Venice International Film Festival
The 32nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 6 September 1971. There was no jury because from 1969 to 1979 the festival was not competitive. John Ford, Marcel Carné and Ingmar Bergman were awarded with the Career Golden Lion.
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1972 — Munich massacre
The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, carried out by eight members of the Palestinian militant organisation Black September. The militants infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine other Israeli team members hostage. Those hostages were later also killed by the militants during a failed rescue attempt.
Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
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1974 — 1974 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
The 1974 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election was held on 6 September 1974 to determine the eighth leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. The election was won by Tasman MP Bill Rowling.
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1979 — 1979 Toronto International Film Festival
The 4th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 6 and September 15, 1979. Due to overcrowding in the prior year, the Gala presentations were moved from the 700-seat Towne Cinema to the 1,600-seat Elgin Theatre. The People's Choice Award was awarded to Best Boy by Ira Wohl, which later won Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
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1980 — 1980 East Coast Bays by-election
The East Coast Bays by-election of 1980 was a by-election during the 39th New Zealand Parliament in the East Coast Bays electorate. It resulted in an upset for the National Party, as their candidate and future leader Don Brash was unexpectedly beaten by Gary Knapp of the Social Credit Party.
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1981 — 1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 94th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 6 September 1981, between Galway and Offaly. The reigning champions lost to their Leinster opponents, who won their first senior hurling title, on a score line of 2–12 to 0–15.
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1984 — 1984 Toronto International Film Festival
The 9th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 6 and September 15, 1984. The festival screened 225 feature films and more than half of them were Canadian films.
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1985 — Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105
Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight that crashed into an open field in Oak Creek, Wisconsin shortly after taking off from General Mitchell International Airport on September 6, 1985. The airplane, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, was carrying 31 passengers and crew. None of them survived the crash. Multiple eyewitnesses reported that the plane was on fire shortly after it took off from the airport.
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1985 — 42nd Venice International Film Festival
The 42nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 26 August to 6 September 1985. Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Vagabond directed by Agnès Varda.
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1986 — Neve Shalom Synagogue massacre
The Neve Shalom Synagogue massacre happened on 6 September 1986 when a group of suspected Abu Nidal Organization terrorists killed 22 worshipers inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey.
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1987 — 1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 100th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 6 September 1987, between Galway and Kilkenny. The Leinster champions lost to the Connacht men on a score line of 1–12 to 0–9.
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1988 — 1988 Orlando mayoral election
The 1988 Orlando mayoral election took place on September 6, 1988. Incumbent Mayor Bill Frederick ran for re-election to a third term. He faced the same opponents as he did in his 1984 re-election campaign: insurance salesman Tim Adams and former city planner Dale Smith.
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1988 — 1988 Nova Scotia general election
The 1988 Nova Scotia general election was held on September 6, 1988, to elect members of the 55th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party. John Dunsworth, who would later gain fame for playing alcoholic trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey on the TV series Trailer Park Boys, stood as the NDP candidate in Halifax Bedford Basin.
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1989 — 1989 South African general election
General elections were held in South Africa on 6 September 1989, the last under apartheid. Snap elections had been called early (no election was required until 1992) by the recently elected head of the National Party (NP), F. W. de Klerk, who was in the process of replacing P. W. Botha as the country's president, and his expected program of reform to include further retreat from the policy of apartheid.
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1990 — 1990 Ontario general election
The 1990 Ontario general election was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the 35th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada. The governing Ontario Liberal Party led by Premier David Peterson was unexpectedly defeated. Although the Peterson government, and Peterson himself, were very popular, he was accused of opportunism in calling an election just three years into his mandate.
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1990 — Results of the 1990 Ontario general election by riding
The following are the results by riding (electoral district) of the 1990 Ontario general election, that was held on September 6, 1990.
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1990 — 1990 Toronto International Film Festival
The 15th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Canada between September 6 and September 15, 1990. Gerald Pratley introduced Cinematheque Ontario now known as TIFF Cinematheque at the festival, when the festival assumed management of the Ontario Film Institute.
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1991 — Soviet State Council recognizes the independence of the Baltic states
On September 6, 1991, the Soviet Union's State Council formally recognized the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The three Baltic countries had restored or declared independence before that decision, and many other countries had already recognized them. The Soviet resolution acknowledged their separation from the USSR.
The Soviet State Council adopted its recognition resolutions on September 6, 1991; this was not the day the Baltic states first declared independence.
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1992 — 1992 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 1992 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 105th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 6 September 1992, between Kilkenny and Cork. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 3–10 to 1–12.
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1994 — Barbadian general election, 1994
Early general elections were held in Barbados on 6 September 1994. The result was a victory for the Barbados Labour Party, which won 19 of the 28 seats, whilst the National Democratic Party became the first third party to win a seat since the Barbados National Party in 1966. Voter turnout was 60.9%.
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1995 — France v Azerbaijan (UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying)
France v Azerbaijan, also known as the "Auxerre tragedy" (Azerbaijani: Oser faciəsi) in Azerbaijani media, was a football match belonging to the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying that took place on 6 September 1995. France won the game 10–0, and it went down as the largest victory in the history of the France national team until it was surpassed by a 14–0 win over Gibraltar in 2023.
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1995 — Cal Ripken Jr. breaks the Major League Baseball record for consecutive games
Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2,131st consecutive major-league game at Camden Yards. He passed the record previously held by Lou Gehrig.
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1997 — Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 839
Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 839 was a charter flight from Labuan to Bandar Seri Begawan and Miri, operated by Merpati Intan on behalf of Royal Brunei Airlines. On 6 September 1997, a Dornier 228, registered as 9M-MIA, conducting the flight crashed on approach to Miri, killing both crew members and all eight passengers on board.
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1997 — 54th Venice International Film Festival
The 54th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 27 August to 6 September 1997. New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion was the Jury President of the Main Competition. The opening film was Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry, while the closing film was a restored version of 1912 silent film Richard III, accompanied live by Vittorio Gassman serving as narrator and Ennio Morricone conducing the Arturo Toscanini Orchestra.
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1997 — Meeting of Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, started on 6 September 1997 at 9:08 am in London, when the tenor bell of Westminster Abbey started tolling to signal the departure of the cortège from Kensington Palace. Diana's coffin was carried from the palace on a gun carriage by riders of the King's Troop and escorted by mounted police along Hyde Park to St James's Palace, where her body had remained for five days before being taken to Kensington Palace.
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1998 — 1998 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election
The 1998 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election was an internal party election for a new leader of the Scottish Conservative Party. The previous year the party had lost all of its MPs in the 1997 general election. Two individuals put themselves forward; Former Scottish Conservative President David McLetchie, and former Ayr MP Phil Gallie. McLetchie won the election with 52.3% of votes cast.
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1998 — 1998 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final
Cork defeated Galway by 2–13 to 0–15 in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, on 6 September 1998.
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1999 — Ranilug incident (1999)
The Ranilug incident was a confrontation which occurred on 6 September 1999 between Russian Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeepers and Serbian gunmen who had attacked a vehicle with Albanian civilians, near the village of Ranilug. Russian troops shot and killed three Serbian gunmen. One of the occupants in the vehicle was also killed by the gunmen.
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2000 — Kofi Annan opens the United Nations Millennium Summit
On September 6, 2000, UN secretary-general Kofi Annan opened the Millennium Summit at United Nations headquarters in New York City. World leaders met to discuss the UN’s role in the new century. The summit continued through September 8 and adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
September 6 is the opening of the three-day summit, not its closing.
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2001 — 2001 Toronto International Film Festival
The 26th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 6 to September 15, 2001. There were 326 films (249 feature films, 77 short films) from 54 countries scheduled to be screened during the ten-day festival.
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2003 — 60th Venice International Film Festival
The 60th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 27 August to 6 September 2003, at Venice Lido in Italy. Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Return by Andrey Zvyagintsev. The festival opened with Anything Else by Woody Allen.
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2003 — Mahmoud Abbas submits his resignation as Palestinian prime minister
On September 6, 2003, Mahmoud Abbas submitted his resignation as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority after months of disputes over his powers and the peace process. He had taken the newly created post earlier that year. A later presidential decree formally accepted the resignation; the September 6 event was his decision and submission.
Abbas submitted his resignation September 6, 2003; the formal acceptance followed by presidential decree.
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2007 — Operation Orchard
Operation Orchard (Hebrew: מבצע בוסתן, Mivtza bustan) was an alleged Israeli airstrike on a suspected nuclear reactor in the Deir ez-Zor region of Syria, which occurred just after midnight (local time) on September 6, 2007. The Israeli and U.S. governments imposed virtually total news blackouts immediately after the raid that held for seven months.
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2008 — Mayo by-election, 2008
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Mayo, located in Adelaide, South Australia, on 6 September 2008, following the retirement of Liberal Party MP and former Liberal leader Alexander Downer. The by-election was held on the same day as the Lyne by-election, and the Western Australian state election. The writ for the by-election was issued 4 August, with the rolls closing on 8 August. Candidate nominations closed on 14 August. The by-election was contested on the same boundaries drawn for Mayo at the 2007 federal election.
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2008 — Pakistani presidential election, 2008
An indirect presidential election was held on 6 September 2008 in Pakistan. The Electoral College of Pakistan – a joint sitting of the Senate, National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies – elected a new President after the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf. As required by the constitution, Muhammad Mian Soomro (in his position as Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan) automatically became acting President on 18 August 2008, upon the resignation of Musharraf. The constitution required that a new President be elected by Parliament within 30 days; Soomro was considered loyal to Musharraf, and it was considered certain that he would be replaced in that election.
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2008 — UFC 88
UFC 88: Breakthrough was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 6, 2008 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans.
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2008 — 2008 Western Australian state election
The 2008 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government, in power since the 2001 election and led since 25 January 2006 by Premier Alan Carpenter, was defeated by the centre-right Liberal Party opposition, led by Opposition Leader Colin Barnett since 6 August 2008.
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2008 — 2008 Lyne by-election
The 2008 Lyne by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Lyne on 6 September 2008. This was triggered by the resignation of National Party MP Mark Vaile. The by-election was held on the same day as the Mayo by-election, and the Western Australian state election. The writ for the by-election was issued on 4 August, with the rolls closing on 8 August.
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2008 — Results of the 2008 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)
This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 2008 Western Australian state election.
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2008 — Opening of 2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (Chinese: 2008年夏季残疾人奥林匹克运动会; pinyin: 2008 Nián Xiàjì Cánjí Rén Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China, from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was first time the new Paralympic logo featured in the Summer Paralympics since its rebranding after the 2004 Summer Paralympics.
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2008 — 65th Venice International Film Festival
The 65th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 27 August 2008 to 6 September 2008, at Venice Lido in Italy. The festival was dedicated to the late Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine. German filmmaker Wim Wenders was the jury president for the main competition. Russian actress Kseniya Rappoport was the Host of the opening and closing ceremonies. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Wrestler by Darren Aronofsky.
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2009 — 2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match played on 6 September 2009 in Croke Park, Dublin, between Kilkenny and Tipperary. It was the first time the two teams had met in the All-Ireland final since 1991. Kilkenny's win was their fourth in a row, an accomplishment last matched by Cork between 1941 and 1944.
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2009 — DGUSA Untouchable
DGUSA Untouchable was a professional wrestling event series produced by Dragon Gate USA from 2009-2011. The events involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that build tension and culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches. As part of Dragon Gate USA's talent exchange agreement with independent promotion, Chikara, wrestlers from either company can work in either vicinity.
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2009 — The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued
SuperFerry 9 was a ferry owned by the Philippines-based carrier Aboitiz Transport System Corp (ATSC) and operated by their SuperFerry division. About 9 a.m. Sunday, September 6, 2009, she sank off the south-west coast of Zamboanga Peninsula with a total of 971 passengers and crew aboard. The ferry was travelling from the southern city of General Santos to Iloilo City in the central Philippines and capsized on the other side of the peninsula from Zamboanga City.
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2012 — IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte (2012)
Ruleta de la Muerte (2012) (Spanish for "Roulette of death") was an annual professional wrestling major event produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on September 6, 2012 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The focal point of the event was the eponymous Ruleta de la Muerte eight-man tournament where all participants put their wrestling mask or hair on the line. The Ruleta de la Muerte tournament is a Lucha libre stable, a tournament which unlike traditional tournaments it is the loser that advances in the tournament, advancing to the final that is contested under Luchas de Apuestas or bet rules.
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2012 — September 2012 Baradan Bay, Turkey, migrant boat disaster
The September 2012 Baradan Bay, Turkey migrant boat disaster occurred in the early hours of September 6, 2012, in Baradan Bay, İzmir Province, western Turkey. A fishing boat carrying illegal migrants hit rocks and sank. 61 people died, 48 survived the incident. The 12 m (39 ft) long fishing boat left the village of Ahmetbeyli in the Menderes district of İzmir Province at 5:30 AM heading for the island of Samos to enter Greece illegally.
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2012 — 2012 Toronto International Film Festival
The 37th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 6 and September 16, 2012. TIFF announced the films that were accepted on August 21, 2012. On its 37th edition the TIFF included a 289 feature films and 83 short films. Directed by Rian Johnson, Looper was selected as the opening film.
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2013 — CMLL Universal Championship (2013)
The CMLL Universal Championship 2013 (Campeonato Universal in Spanish) was a professional wrestling tournament produced by the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion, which took place over three shows between August 23 and September 6, 2013, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament of CMLL champions that was first held in 2009.
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2013 — 2013 Trinidad and Tobago Charity Shield
The 2013 Trinidad and Tobago Charity Shield (known as the Digicel Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of the Charity Shield, which is a football match that opened the 2013–14 Pro League season. The match was played on 6 September 2013, between the winners of the previous season's TT Pro League and Pro Bowl competitions.
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2013 — First Minotaur V rocket launches NASA's LADEE lunar probe
At 11:27 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on September 6, 2013, the first Minotaur V rocket lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia, carrying NASA's LADEE spacecraft toward the Moon. LADEE was built to study the Moon's thin atmosphere and dust environment. In UTC, the launch occurred early on September 7.
Launch was September 6 at 11:27 p.m. local time in Virginia, equivalent to September 7 at 03:27 UTC.
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2014 — All Star Extravaganza VI
All Star Extravaganza VI is a professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on September 6, 2014 at the Mattamy Athletic Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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2014 — 18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention
The 18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention (Turkish: 18. CHP Olağanüstü Kurultayı) took place on 5 and 6 September 2014 in order to elect a leader of the Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi - CHP), a Turkish centre-left political party. Initially, an ordinary convention was due to be held in 2014, two years after the previous one in 2012.
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2014 — Battle of Horlivka
The Battle of Horlivka began when the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attempted to recapture the city of Horlivka, in Donetsk Oblast, from separatist insurgents affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on 21 July 2014.
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2014 — 71st Venice International Film Festival
The 71st annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 27 August to 6 September 2014, at Venice Lido in Italy. French composer Alexandre Desplat was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Luisa Ranieri hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence by Roy Andersson.
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2015 — IWRG holds La Gran Cruzada in 2015
On September 6, 2015, International Wrestling Revolution Group held La Gran Cruzada at Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, Mexico. The main event was a 20-man battle royal, whose winner earned a championship match in his division.
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2015 — 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the 128th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 6 September 2015. Kilkenny retained their title beating Galway by 1-22 to 1-18. The win was the 36th All-Ireland title for Kilkenny and the 11th under Brian Cody.
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2017 — 2017 Albanian Supercup
The 2017 Albanian Supercup was the 24th edition of the Albanian Supercup, an annual Albanian football match. The teams were decided by taking the winner of the previous season's Albanian Superliga and the winner of the Albanian Cup. The match was contested by Kukësi, champions of the 2016–17 Albanian Superliga, and Tirana, the 2016–17 Albanian Cup winners.
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2019 — 2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships
The 2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB Arizona Pro and NPC Arizona Women's Extravaganza. It was held on September 6, 2019 to September 7, 2019 at the Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino in Chandler, Arizona.
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2019 — Global Wars Espectacular
Global Wars Espectacular was a 2019 multi-promotional professional wrestling supershow tour and livestreaming event co-produced by the American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) and Mexico's Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). It was the 17th Global Wars event and the tour spanned three dates, from September 6 through September 8, 2019.
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2021 — 48th Telluride Film Festival
The 48th Telluride Film Festival took place from September 2–6, 2021 in Telluride, Colorado, United States. After the cancellation of the previous year's event due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado, the festival required proof of vaccination, a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours and masks worn indoors to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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2022 — Ukraine launches a counteroffensive in Kharkiv region
On September 6, 2022, Ukrainian forces launched a counteroffensive against Russian positions in Kharkiv region, beginning a rapid advance that surprised Russian troops. The first attacks targeted positions east and southeast of Kharkiv city. Ukrainian forces retook Balakliia and other places over the following days; the broader territorial gains were not all achieved on September 6.
The Kharkiv counteroffensive began September 6, 2022; most reported territorial gains followed in the ensuing days.
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2022 — Boris Johnson resigns and Liz Truss becomes UK prime minister
On September 6, 2022, Boris Johnson went to Balmoral Castle to resign as UK prime minister. Queen Elizabeth II then invited Liz Truss, elected Conservative leader the previous day, to form a government. It was one of the Queen's final official duties; she died two days later.
The change of prime minister took place September 6, 2022; Truss had won the Conservative leadership vote September 5.
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2024 — 2024 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election
The 2024 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 6 September 2024, with a party national congress that was expected to be held in Braga on 21 and 22 September 2024, but it was postponed to 19 and 20 October 2024 due to the September 2024 wildfire crisis. This leadership election was held with Luís Montenegro holding the office of Prime Minister, following his win in the 2024 March early legislative election.
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2024 — ONE 168
ONE 168: Denver was a combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on September 6, 2024, at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, United States.
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2025 — 2025 Tāmaki Makaurau by-election
A by-election was held in the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate on 6 September 2025. The by-election was triggered by the death of Takutai Tarsh Kemp, an MP for Te Pāti Māori. Broadcaster Oriini Kaipara held the seat for Te Pāti Māori, defeating Labour MP Peeni Henare, who previously held it between 2014 and 2023.
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2025 — UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho
UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho (also known as UFC Fight Night 258 and UFC on ESPN+ 116) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 6, 2025, at the Accor Arena in Paris, France.
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2025 — 2024 Supercopa Argentina
The 2024 Supercopa Argentina was the 11th edition of the Supercopa Argentina, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Primera División and Copa Argentina competitions. It was contested between Vélez Sarsfield (winners of 2024 Primera División) and Central Córdoba (SdE) (winners of 2024 Copa Argentina) on 6 September 2025 at Estadio Gigante de Arroyito in Rosario.
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2025 — 82nd Venice International Film Festival
The 82nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 27 August to 6 September 2025, at Venice Lido in Italy. American filmmaker Alexander Payne served as Jury President for the main competition. Italian actress Emanuela Fanelli hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. The Golden Lion was awarded to Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch.
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2025 — ONE Fight Night 35
ONE Fight Night 35: Buntan vs. Hemetsberger was a combat sports event produced by ONE Championship that took place on September 6, 2025, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
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2026 — 2026 Saxony-Anhalt state election
The 2026 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 6 September 2026 to elect the 9th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. It took place two weeks before the state elections in Berlin and in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. This election drew significant national and international attention due to the performance of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), including the possibility of it getting an absolute majority.
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