Forty-one elephants are poisoned with cyanide in salt pans, by poachers in Hwange National Park. Date: September 6, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
Supreme Court of India decriminalised all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands. Date: September 6, 2018 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 2018 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: September 6, 2022 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 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. Date: September 6, 2022 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on…
Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war. Date: September 5, 1905 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1905 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital. Date: September 5, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins. Date: September 5, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger. Date: September 5, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege. Date: September 5, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup. Date: September 5, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today)