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Calendar: What happened on September 6?

From Die Zeit · () German

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  • The calendar recalls historical events, birthdays and deaths associated with September 6.
  • Events listed include the German national football team's 13-0 win over San Marino in 2006, the Soviet Union's recognition of the Baltic states' independence in 1991, and the 1901 assassination attempt against U.S. President William McKinley.
  • The entry also lists birthdays including canoeist Alexander Grimm and musician Pål Waaktaar-Savoy, as well as the death of French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo in 2021.

The September 6 calendar entry highlights historical events, anniversaries and notable names linked to the date.

In 2006, Germany's national football team beat San Marino 13-0, its biggest international victory in 66 years, and moved to the top of its European Championship qualifying group. In 1991, the Soviet State Council under President Mikhail Gorbachev recognized the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

The entry also marks the opening in Cologne in 1986 of Museum Ludwig, then the Federal Republic's largest museum construction project. In 1971, an emergency landing by a Paninternational charter aircraft on a motorway near Hamburg killed 22 of the 121 people aboard. In 1901, an assassination attempt targeted U.S. President William McKinley in Buffalo, New York. McKinley died on September 14.

Those born on September 6 include German canoeist and 2008 Olympic champion Alexander Grimm, a-ha guitarist and songwriter Pål Waaktaar-Savoy, German cabaret artist Willy Astor, and Prince Claus of the Netherlands. The calendar also records the death of French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo in 2021.

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