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September 06

YEAR 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...

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.

YEAR 2018

Supreme Court of India decriminalised all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands.

Supreme Court of India decriminalised all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands.

YEAR 2013

The first Minotaur V rocket is launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, carrying NASA's LADEE spacecraft.

The first Minotaur V rocket is launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, carrying NASA's LADEE spacecraft.

YEAR 1991

The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

YEAR 1972

Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after bei...

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 a...

YEAR 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 si...

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.

YEAR 1962

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...

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.

YEAR 1944

World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.

World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.

YEAR 1944

World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.

World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.

YEAR 1939

World War II: The British Royal Air Force suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result...

World War II: The British Royal Air Force suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.

YEAR 1939

World War II: Union of South Africa declares war on Germany.

World War II: Union of South Africa declares war on Germany.

YEAR 1930

Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.

Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.

YEAR 1915

World War I: The first tank prototype, developed by William Foster & Co. for the British army, was completed and given its first test drive.

World War I: The first tank prototype, developed by William Foster & Co. for the British army, was completed and given its first test drive.

YEAR 1914

World War I: The First Battle of the Marne, which would halt the Imperial German Army's advance into France, begins.

World War I: The First Battle of the Marne, which would halt the Imperial German Army's advance into France, begins.

YEAR 1901

Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US president William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US president William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

YEAR 1870

Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

YEAR 1781

American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.

American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.

YEAR 1522

The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumn...

The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world.

YEAR 1492

Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.

Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.