It happened on September 6th Revista Oeste

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Discover some curious facts from Brazilian and world history that happened on this day

Victor Marcolin

September 6, 2023, 6:00 am A+

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Discover some of the most important events in September 6th in the history. Check out some curiosities about science, history, general culture, literature and why not? Politics.

World

• (1492) On September 6th the expedition of Christoph Columbus Departure from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, the last port of call before the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean;
• (1522) First circumnavigation: Juan Sebastián Elcano, member of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition, arrives in the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, with only one ship and 18 men;
• (1620) English pilgrims leave the port of Southampton aboard the Mayflower to establish themselves in North America.

Science and Technology

• (1803) British scientist John Dalton begins to popularize the use of symbols to represent the atoms of various elements.

Unusual

• (1901) On September 6th Leon Czolgoszan unemployed anarchist militant, shoots William McKinley, the President of the United States, during the PanAmerican Exhibition in New York.

• (1922) The official adoption of the Brazilian national anthemwritten by Joaquim Osório Duque Estrada;
• (2018) The then presidential candidate of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro is stabbed during a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, MG.

wars

• (1944) Second World War: On September 6th, the Allies liberated the Belgian city of Ypres.

politics

• (1991) End of the Soviet Union: The communist government recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Deaths

• (1683) Jean Baptiste ColbertFrench politician, born in 1619. Colbert led the French economy during the time of King Louis XIV, when the country became the most important economic power in Europe;
• (1978) Adolf DasslerGerman businessman, born in 1900. Dassler founded the sporting goods company Adidas.
• (2007) Luciano PavarottiItalian tenor, born in 1935.

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