On This Day: 6 September

6 September in Indian history

• 2018The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising homosexuality in India.India
• 1965India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.India

6 September in world history

• 2022Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and is replaced by Liz Truss. Their meetings with Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle were the Queen's final official duties before her death two days later.
• 2022Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukraine begins its Kharkiv counteroffensive, surprising Russian forces and retaking over 3,000 square kilometers of land, recapturing the entire Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil River, within the next week.
• 2017Hurricane Irma reached peak intensity near the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Virgin Gorda.
• 1999The Parliament of Singapore relocated from the Old Parliament House to its current meeting place.
• 1995Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2,131st consecutive Major League Baseball game, breaking the 56-year-old record set by Lou Gehrig.
• 1991The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
• 1986In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
• 1976Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.
• 1972Munich 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
• 1963The Kennedy administration sent Victor H. Krulak and Joseph Mendenhall on a mission to assess the progress of the Vietnam War.
• 1944World War II: Soviet forces captured the city of Tartu on their way to re-establishing their rule in Estonia.
• 1936Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
• 1901U.S. president William McKinley was fatally shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, and died eight days later.
• 1863American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
• 1861American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
• 1781American Revolutionary War: General Benedict Arnold led British forces to victory at the Battle of Groton Heights.

Born on 6 September

• 1971Devang Gandhi, Indian cricketerIndia
• 1968Saeed Anwar, Pakistani cricketer
• 1963Mark Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1929Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (died 2005)India
• 1906Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentine physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
• 1863Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (died 1935)

Died on 6 September

• 2019Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (born 1924)
• 1990Len Hutton, English cricketer (born 1916)
• 1949Yang Hucheng, Chinese general (born 1893)
• 1940Patrick McGrath, executed Irish Republican (born 1894)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 6 September in history?

2022: Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and is replaced by Liz Truss. Their meetings with Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle were the Queen's final official duties before her death two days later. 2022: Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukraine begins its Kharkiv counteroffensive, surprising Russian forces and retaking over 3,000 square kilometers of land, recapturing the entire Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil River, within the next week. 2018: The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising homosexuality in India. 2017: Hurricane Irma reached peak intensity near the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Virgin Gorda.

What happened on 6 September in Indian history?

2018: The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising homosexuality in India. 1965: India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.

Which famous people were born on 6 September?

Devang Gandhi, Indian cricketer (1971); Saeed Anwar, Pakistani cricketer (1968); Mark Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1963); Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (died 2005) (1929).

Which day is observed on 6 September?

The earliest date on which the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is performed; Armed Forces Day (São Tomé and Príncipe); Defence Day or Army Day (Pakistan); Flag Day (Bonaire); Independence Day (Swaziland), celebrates the independence of Eswatini from the United Kingdom in 1968.