1901<\/strong> – U.S. President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz. Czolgosz, an American anarchist, was executed the following October.<\/p>\n 1909<\/strong> – Robert Peary, American explorer, sent word that he had reached the North Pole. He had reached his goal five months earlier.<\/p>\n 1939<\/strong> – South Africa declared war on Germany.<\/p>\n 1941<\/strong> – Jews in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear the Star of David with the word “Jew” inscribed. The order only applied to Jews over the age of 6.<\/p>\n 1943<\/strong> – The youngest player to appear in an American League baseball game was pitcher Carl Scheib of the Philadelphia Athletics. Scheib was 16 years, eight months and five days old.<\/p>\n 1944<\/strong> – During World War II, the British government relaxed blackout restrictions and suspended compulsory training for the Home Guard.<\/p>\n 1948<\/strong> – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands was crowned.<\/p>\n 1952<\/strong> – In Montreal, Canadian television began broadcasting.<\/p>\n 1972<\/strong> – Rick DeMont lost the gold medal he received in a 400-meter swimming event because a banned drug was found in his system during routine drug testing.<\/p>\n 1975<\/strong> – Martina Navratilova requested political asylum while in New York for the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament.<\/p>\n 1978<\/strong> – James Wickwire and Louis Reichardt reached the top of the world’s second-largest mountain, Pakistan’s K-2. They were the first Americans to reach the summit.<\/p>\n 1990<\/strong> – Iraq warned that anyone trying to flee the country without permission would be put in prison for life.<\/p>\n 1991<\/strong> – The State Council of the Soviet Union recognized the independence of the Baltic states.<\/p>\n 1991<\/strong> – The name St. Petersburg was restored to Russia’s second-largest city. The city was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great. The name has been changed to Petrograd (1914) and to Leningrad (1924).<\/p>\n 1992<\/strong> – A 35-year old man died ten weeks after receiving a transplanted baboon liver.<\/p>\n 1993<\/strong> – Renault of France and Volvo of Sweden announced they were merging. Volvo eventually canceled the deal the following December.<\/p>\n 1995<\/strong> – U.S. Senator Bob Packwood was expelled by the Senate Ethics Committee.<\/p>\n 1995<\/strong> – Cal Ripken played his 2,131st consecutive game setting a new record. Lou Gehrig previously held the record.<\/p>\n 1996<\/strong> – Eddie Murray (Baltimore Orioles) hit his 500th career home run during a game against the Detroit Tigers. He was only the third person to have at least 3,000 hits and 500 home runs.<\/p>\n 2000<\/strong> – The U.N. Millennium Summit began in New York. It was the largest gathering of world leaders in history with more than 150 present.<\/p>\n 2001<\/strong> – The U.S. Justice Department announced that it was seeking a lesser antitrust penalty and would not attempt to break up Microsoft.<\/p>\n 2001<\/strong> – Ebay Inc. was found not liable for copyright infringement because bootleg copies of a Charles Manson documentary had been sold on the site.<\/p>\n 2002<\/strong> – In New York, the U.S. Congress convened at Federal Hall for a rare special session. The session was held in New York to express the nation’s mourning for the loss on September 11, 2001, and unity in the war against terrorism.<\/p>\n 2002<\/strong> – At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the exhibition “George Catlin and His Indian Gallery” went on view. The exhibit contained over 400 objects.<\/p>\n 2008<\/strong> – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) would be placed in government conservatorship.<\/p>\n 2009<\/strong> \u2013 The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9<\/i> sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.<\/p>\n 2012<\/strong> \u2013 Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the \u0130zmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands.<\/p>\n 2013<\/strong> \u2013 Forty-one elephants are poisoned with cyanide in salt pans, by poachers in Hwange National Park.<\/sup><\/sup><\/p>\n 2013<\/strong> \u2013 It was announced that Leeuwarden would become the cultural capital of Europe of 2018 together with Valletta.<\/p>\n History of 6 September 1901 – U.S. President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz. Czolgosz, an American anarchist, was executed the following October. 1909 – Robert Peary, American explorer, sent word that he had reached the North Pole. 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