Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: September 6
September 6, 2025 is the 249th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 116 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Virgo is your zodiac sign. Sapphire is your modern birthstone. Agate is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: September 6
- 1522 –The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
- 1620 –The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
- 1628 –Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1781 –The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British victory.
- 1885 –Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished.
- 1948 –Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands.
- 1965 –War of 1965: India retaliates following Pakistan’s Operation Grand Slam which resulted in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate and follows the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
- 1966 –In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.
- 1986 –In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal’s organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Shabbat services.
- 1991 –The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Who were born on September 6?
- 1860 –Jane Addams, American social worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1935)
- 1917 –Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler (d. 2008)
- 1939 –Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1943 –Roger Waters, British musician (Pink Floyd)
- 1962 –Chris Christie, American Politician
- 1963 –Geert Wilders, Dutch politician
- 1963 –Mark Chesnutt, American country music singer
- 1967 –Macy Gray, American singer-songwriter
- 1973 –Greg Rusedski, Canadian-born tennis player
- 1980 –Yuji Hamano, Japanese archer
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