Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others. Date: September 6, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America. Date: September 6, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia. Date: September 6, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces. Date: September 6, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany. Date: September 6, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board. Date: September 6, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1952 📅 On This Day (Today)
Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots. Date: September 6, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: September 6, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This…
The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill. Date: September 6, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: September 6, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)