Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting. Date: September 6, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)

Swaziland becomes independent. Date: September 6, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)

Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan. Date: September 6, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today)

Paninternational Flight 112 crashes on the Bundesautobahn 7 highway near Hamburg Airport, in Hamburg, Germany, killing 22. Date: September 6, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)

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. Date: September 6, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…

Cold 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. Date: September 6, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On…

The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace. Date: September 6, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On…

Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 crashes near Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing all 31 people on board. Date: September 6, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)

In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services. Date: September 6, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1. Date: September 6, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)