September 6
This article is about the day of the year. For the LDS intellectuals, see September Six. is the 249th day of the year (250th in
leap years). There are 116 days remaining.
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3114 BC - On this date in the
proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the
Maya Long Count Calendar started.
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394 -
Battle of the Frigidus: The
Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the
pagan usurper
Eugenius and his
Frankish
magister militum Arbogast.
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1522 - The
Victoria, one of the surviving ships of
Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to
Sanlúcar de Barrameda in
Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
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1620 - The
Pilgrims sail from
Plymouth,
England, on the
Mayflower to settle in
North America.
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1628 -
Puritans settle
Salem, which will later become part of
Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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1776 - Hurricane hits
Guadeloupe, killing more than 6000.
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1781 - The
Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British minor victory
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1847 -
Henry David Thoreau leaves
Walden Pond and moves in with
Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in
Concord, Massachusetts.
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1861 -
American Civil War: Forces under
Union General
Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture
Paducah, Kentucky, which gives the Union control of the mouth of the
Tennessee River.
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1863 - American Civil War:
Confederates evacuate
Battery Wagner and
Morris Island in
South Carolina.
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1870 -
Louisa Ann Swain of
Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the
United States to cast a vote legally after
1807.
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1885 -
Eastern Rumelia declares its union with
Bulgaria. The
Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished.
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1888 -
Charles Turner becomes the first
bowler to take 250
wickets in an English season - a feat since accomplished only by
Tom Richardson (twice),
J.T. Hearne,
Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and
Tich Freeman (six times).
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1901 - Anarchist
Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President
William McKinley at the
Pan-American Exposition in
Buffalo, New York.
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1915 - The first prototype
tank is tested for the
British Army for the first time.
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1930 - Fascist, nationalist and conservative groups overthrow democratic government in
Argentina.
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1936 - The last surviving member of the
thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in
Tasmania.
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1937 -
Spanish Civil War: The start of the
Battle of El Mazuco.
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1939 -
World War II:
South Africa declares war on
Germany.
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1941 -
Holocaust: The requirement to wear the
Star of David with the word
Jew inscribed, is extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in
German-occupied areas.
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1944 -
World War II: The city of
Ypres, Belgium is liberated by allied forces.
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1948 -
Juliana becomes Queen of the
Netherlands.
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1949 -
Allied military authorities relinquish control of former
Nazi Germany assets back to
German control.
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1952 -
Canada's first television station,
CBFT-TV, opens in
Montreal.
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1955 -
Istanbul Pogrom:
Istanbul's
Greek minority is the target of a government-sponsored
pogrom.
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1963 - The
Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded.
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1965 -
War of 1965:
India attacks
Pakistan and announces that its forces will capture
Lahore (city of
Pakistan) in an hour.
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1966 - In
Cape Town,
South Africa, the architect of
Apartheid, Prime Minister
Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.
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1968 -
Swaziland becomes independent.
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1970 -
Jimi Hendrix plays what turns out to be his last ever performance, at the badly controlled and rained out Love and Peace Festival, on the Isle Of Fehmarn, Germany.
* 1970 - Four passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian
terrorist members of
PFLP. Two are taken to
Dawson's Field in Jordan.
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1976 -
Cold War:
Soviet air force pilot Lt.
Viktor Belenko lands a
MiG-25 jet fighter at
Hakodate on the island of
Hokkaido in
Japan and requests
political asylum in the
United States.
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1983 - The
Soviet Union admits to shooting down
Korean Air Flight KAL-007, stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian
aircraft when it violated Soviet airspace.
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1985 -
Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a
Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.
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1986 - In
Istanbul, two
Arab terrorists from
Abu Nidal's terror organization kill 22 and wound six inside the
Neve Shalom synagogue during
Shabbat services.
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1991 - The
Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the
Baltic states:
Estonia,
Latvia and
Lithuania.
* 1991 - The name
Saint Petersburg is restored to
Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in
1924.
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1995 - With the jury absent,
Los Angeles police detective
Mark Fuhrman invokes his
Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in the murder trial of
O. J. Simpson.
* 1995 -
Cal Ripken Jr. breaks
Lou Gehrig 's record of 2,130 consecutive
Major League Baseball games played at
Camden Yards in
Baltimore,
Maryland.
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1996 -
Eddie Murray becomes the fifteenth member of the 500 home run club.
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1997 - The funeral of
Diana, Princess of Wales, at
Westminster Abbey draws large crowds.
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2000 - In
New York City, the
United Nations Millennium Summit begins with more than 180 world leaders present.
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2001 -
United States v. Microsoft: The
United States Justice Department announces that it was no longer seeking to break-up
software maker
Microsoft and will instead seek a lesser
antitrust penalty.
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2005 - The
California Legislature becomes the first legislative body in the United States to legalize
same-sex marriage without a pre-emptive judicial order to do so.
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1535 -
Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (d.
1612)
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1656 -
Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (d.
1723)
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1666 - Tsar
Ivan V of Russia (d.
1696)
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1711 -
Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (d.
1787)
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1732 -
Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (d.
1796)
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1757 -
Marquis de Lafayette, French soldier and statesman (d.
1834)
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1766 -
John Dalton, British chemist and physicist (d.
1844)
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1781 -
Anton Diabelli, Austrian music publisher and composer (d.
1858)
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1795 -
Frances Wright, English writer, activist, and lecturer (d.
1852)
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1800 -
Catharine Beecher, American educator (d.
1878)
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1802 -
Alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist (d.
1857)
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1808 -
Abd al-Qadir, Algerian political and military leader (d.
1883)
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1814 -
George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian politician (d.
1873)
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1829 -
Marie Zakrzewska, Polish physician (d.
1902)
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1857 -
Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (d.
1933)
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1859 -
Boris Yakovlovic Bukreev, Russian mathematician (d.
1962)
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1860 -
Jane Addams, American social worker, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (d.
1935)
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1868 -
Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss Federal Councilor (d.
1947)
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1869 -
Felix Salten, Austrian author (d.
1945)
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1876 -
John James Richard Macleod, Scottish-born physician and physiologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1935)
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1877 -
Buddy Bolden, American musician (d.
1930)
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1879 -
Max Schreck, German actor (d.
1936)
* 1879 -
Joseph Wirth,
Chancellor of Germany (d.
1956)
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1888 -
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American politician (d.
1969)
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1890 -
Claire Chennault, American pilot (d.
1958)
* 1890 -
Clara Kimball Young, American actress (d.
1960)
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1892 - Sir
Edward Appleton, English physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1965)
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1899 -
Billy Rose, American composer (d.
1966)
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1900 -
W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (d.
1979)
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1904 -
Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (d.
1976)
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1906 -
Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1987)
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1911 -
Harry Danning, baseball player (d.
2004)
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1915 -
Franz Josef Strauß, German Politician (d.
1988)
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1923 - King
Peter II of Yugoslavia (d.
1970)
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1926 -
Maurice Prather, American motion picture and still photographer (d.
2001)
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1928 -
Robert M. Pirsig, American author
* 1928 -
Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor and composer (d.
2002)
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1929 -
Yash Johar, Indian film producer (d.
2005)
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1937 -
Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-born illustrator
* 1937 -
Brigid Berlin, American actor and artist
* 1937 -
Jo Anne Worley, American actress
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1939 -
Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese molecular biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine* 1939 -
Dan Cragg, an American soldier, essayist, and science-fiction author.
* 1939 -
David Allan Coe, American country singer, one of the key figures in the
Outlaw country movement
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1943 -
Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine* 1943 -
Roger Waters, bassist, songwriter, and previous leader of
Pink Floyd*
1944 -
Swoosie Kurtz, American actress
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1947 -
Jane Curtin, American actress
* 1947 -
Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer, now coach
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1954 -
Ève Luquet, French stamp designer
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1957 -
Michaëlle Jean. 27th
Governor-General of Canada*
1958 -
Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, and author
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1958 -
Michael Winslow, American actor and comedian
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1961 -
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian guitarist (
a-ha)
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1964 -
Rosie Perez, American actress
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1969 -
Ben Finegold, American Chess International Master
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1970 -
Paul Miller, American composer, artist, and author
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1971 -
Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (
The Cranberries)
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1972 -
China Miéville, English writer
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1973 -
Carlo Cudicini, Italian footballer
* 1973 -
Greg Rusedski, Canadian-born tennis player
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1974 -
Tim Henman, English tennis player
* 1974 -
Nina Persson, Swedish musician (
The Cardigans)
* 1974 -
Justin Whalin, American actor
* 1974 -
Sarah Danielle Madison, American actress
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1975 -
Derrek Lee, baseball player
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1978 -
Alex Escobar, Baseball player
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1979 -
Foxy Brown, American rapper
* 1979 -
Massimo Maccarone, Italian footballer
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1980 -
Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
* 1980 -
Yuji Hamano, Japanese archer
* 1980 -
Jillian Hall, American professional wrestler
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1986 -
Raven Riley, American adult film star
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2000 -
Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, first
Kleihauer-Betke stillbirth (d.
2000)
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972 -
Pope John XIII*
1511 -
Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b.
1481)
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1625 -
Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian (b.
1579)
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1635 -
Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b.
1571)
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1649 -
Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English explorer and geographer (b.
1574)
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1683 -
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister finance (b.
1619)
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1708 - Sir
John Morden, English merchant and philanthropist (b.
1623)
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1748 -
Edmund Gibson, English jurist (b.
1669)
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1783 -
Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (b.
1710)
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1808 -
Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian (b.
1723)
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1902 -
Frederick Augustus Abel, English chemist (b.
1827)
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1907 -
Sully Prudhomme, French writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1839)
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1952 -
Gertrude Lawrence, English actress (b.
1898)
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1962 -
Hanns Eisler, German-born composer (b.
1898)
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1966 -
Margaret Sanger, American birth control activist (b.
1879)
* 1966 -
Hendrik Verwoerd,
Prime Minister of South Africa (b.
1901)
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1969 -
Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian football player (b.
1892)
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1974 -
Olga Baclanova, Russian-born actress (b.
1896)
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1984 -
Ernest Tubb, American singer (b.
1914)
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1986 -
Blanche Sweet, American actress (b.
1895)
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1988 -
Leroy Brown, Professional wrestler (b.
1950)
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1990 -
Len Hutton, English cricketer (b.
1916)
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1990 -
Tom Fogerty, American singer (b.
1941)
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1994 -
Nicky Hopkins, British musician (b.
1944)
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1998 -
Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (b.
1910)
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2000 -
Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, first
Kleihauer-Betke stillbirth (b.
2000)
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2003 -
Harry Goz, American actor (b.
1932)
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RC Saints - a Saint Bega or Bee of Cumbria and a Sankt Mang of Füssen
* Also see
September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)*
Bulgaria -
Unification Day*
Canada -
Stillbirth Remembrance Day in
New Brunswick,
Quebec, and
Ontario*
Pakistan -
Defence Day*
Swaziland -
Independence Day (from the
United Kingdom,
1968)
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United States -
National Stillbirth Remembrance Day in 39
states
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October 6 –
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