September 6: Defence Day in Pakistan (1965), Ghost Festival in China (2025)Cal Ripken Jr.1863 General John S. Marmaduke fatally wounded his Confederate Army colleague Lucius M. Walker in a formal duel in Arkansas.1930 Argentine president Hiplito Yrigoyen was deposed in a military coup by Jos Flix Uriburu.1952 A prototype aircraft crashed at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing the pilot and test observer on board, and 29 spectators.1995 Cal RipkenJr. (pictured) played his 2,131st consecutive Major League Baseball game, breaking the 56-year-old record set by Lou Gehrig.1999 The Parliament of Singapore relocated from the Old Parliament House to its current meeting place.Jessie Willcox Smith (b.1863)Roger Waters (b.1943)Homare Sawa (b.1978)Robert Mugabe (d.2019)More anniversaries: September 5September 6September 7ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout