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1915 : The first tank sponsored by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill was produced named Little Willie in a factory in England, before the end of World War I the British were using them to fight the Germans.
1901 : President McKinley is shot and fatally wounded in Buffalo, New York by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz.
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1921 : Members of the Police in Connecticut are investigating the Klu Klux Klan who are recruiting members by proposing "Preserve The Ideals of A Pure Anglo Saxon Civilization." To join the Klan new members must donate $10.00. It is believed the Klan is growing quickly and the police department is concerned over racial attacks when it reaches full strength.
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1934 : The Austrian Army is being deployed on the border with Yugoslavia as it is rumored that the Nazis will make another push into Austria in the coming days.
1941 : The head of the Berlin Secret Police ordered all Jews over 6 years old to wear a yellow star of David on their coats together with the word Jew, and they are not to leave the area they have been assigned without obtaining police permission.
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An all silk canton crepe, trimmed with bands and a long streamer tie of matching color all silk crepe satin. The dainty collar is of beautiful ecru lace. Full flare skirt is below low scalloped waistline. Girlish slenderness is delightfully flattered by its lovely lines. Choose from navy blue or marron glace (cocoa brown).
1943 : A new high-speed train traveling between New York City and Washington, D.C., derails, killing 79 people.
1948 : Queen Juliana was inaugurated today in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1949 : The Allied military authorities relinquished control of the Volkswagen factory which had become the largest car producer in Europe.
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1952 : A De Havilland 110 fighter aircraft has disintegrated after breaking the sound barrier showering debris over spectators at the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire, England, the large pieces of debris has caused the death of 30 and injured 63 more.
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September 6th, 1955 : An American Major General from the Rocket Sciences Division of the forces has told a news conference that any ideas of human space travel is pure fantasy as the expense to put a man into space can not be justified unless gains can be identified , he also stated that it could be achieved in 15 years if enough money was put into the project. (In 1969 not only was space travel achieved but Man Landed on the Moon).
1965 : Indian troops have invaded West Pakistan, in an attack which appears to be aimed mainly at the city of Lahore. The attack is in retaliation for a covert operation by Pakistani soldiers last week into Indian territory.
September 6th, 1966 : South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd who many believe was the Architect of apartheid is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting in Cape Town.
1967 : The changes to driving on the right hand side which came into law this weekend caused less problems and accidents than in a normal weekend due to the additional careful driving of Swedish Drivers becoming acquainted to the change.
September 6th, 1970 : The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) have hijacked four aircraft from airports in Europe: TWA Boeing 707 from Frankfurt to New York, Swissair DC8 from Zurich to New York, El Al Boeing 707 from Amsterdam to New York, and Pan American Boeing 747 from Amsterdam to New York. The aircraft have been flown to airports in Jordan and Egypt where the hijackers are demanding release of three Arab dissidents held in a Swiss jail in return for the 382 passengers they are holding hostage.
1972 : A gun battle between the Palestinian group Black September who had kidnapped nine Israeli athletes from the Olympic Village in Munich ends when the nine hostages are killed in a gun battle between German Police and the terrorists at a nearby airport, Five of the terrorists were also killed and one German Police Officer.
September 6th, 1973 : Tony Boyle former leader of the United Mine Workers is charged with murder for the deaths of former UMW rival Joseph A. Yablonski and his wife and daughter.
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Attractive wood grain high-impact plastic cabinet has rounded corners for a modern look. Television has a 19-inch screen. Room light sensor automatically monitors and adjusts your picture brightness according to light conditions. Big LED channel display. Cable TV connector.
RGB composite color monitor has a sharp 13-inch diagonal measure picture. The Commodore 64 computer has 64K RAM. The 16-color selection reproduces games with close to arcade quality. 66-character keyboard includes upper and lower case letters along with four programmable function keys.
1978 : School holidays around the States are being extended due to a teachers strike in New Orleans, Dayton Ohio, and parts of Michigan, Philadelphia and Washington.
September 6th, 1991 : The Soviet Union granted independence to the three Balkan states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ending 50 years of communist rule from the Soviet Union.
1991 : Leningrad reverts back to it's earlier name of St. Petersburg (1713–1728, 1732–1918 and 1991 to Current). St. Petersburg is the second largest city and has had three names in it's history St. Petersburg, Leningrad (1924–1991) and Petrograd (1914 - 1924).
September 6th, 1993 : Syria today backed the peace plan proposed by Yassar Arafat and Israel over self rule for Palestine over the Gaza Strip and the West Bank including the town of Jericho, Syria joined other Arab Nations backing the plan including Jordan and Lebanon.
1997 : Princess Diana's funeral and the four mile procession which took her coffin to Westminster Abbey is watched by over a million people lining the route and an estimated 2.5 billion people around the world, the number reflecting how many around the world have a place in their hearts for "The Peoples Princess". After the services at Westminster Abbey a private ceremony is held out of the public eye when Diana is finally laid to rest on an island in the heart of her family estate at Althorp.
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September 6th, 2000 : The Single European Currency (Euro) falls to record low against the US dollar at $0.8691, since it's launch in January last year the euro has dropped by more than 25% against the dollar. The rate in August 2008 was $1.47 nearly 80% higher in value. The current rate (August 2017) is $1.19.
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2006 : President Bush asked Congress to pass the Military Commission Act of 2006 which included to re-define U.S. obligations under Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions to change the absolute prohibition on inhumane treatment with a "flexible" standard, which would assess on a case-by-case basis whether particular conduct would amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Common Article 3 of the Geneva Convention places an absolute prohibition on inhumane treatment of detainees during an armed conflict.
September 6th, 2006 : President Bush acknowledged previously secret CIA prisons around the world often referred to as "Black Sites" because they are outside of mainland U.S. territory and US legal jurisdiction.
2006 : Princess Kiko of Japan gave birth to a baby boy on this day. The thirty-nine year old mother has two previous daughters, and the birth of this boy, Prince Hisahito, would resolve any succession crisis the family would face.
September 6th, 2007 : Luciano Pavarotti the Italian operatic tenor, best known as a member of "The Three Tenors" who popularized operatic music dies at the age of 71 from the effects of pancreatic cancer.
2007 : The town of Batna in Algeria was attacked by a suicide bomber who managed to kill twenty people and injure one hundred and seven. The attack came as people gathered in anticipation of a visit from President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
September 6th, 2008 : A nuclear deal between the United States and India was approved by the Nuclear Suppliers Group. The deal would allow the USA to sell nuclear technology to India in order for India to increase its energy program.
2009 : A new species of rat was discovering in Papua New Guinea. The species is one of the largest types of rats in the world and is found only in the Mount Bosavi crater.
September 6th, 2011 : A gunman shot and killed four patrons of an IHOP restaurant in Carson City, Nevada. After the attack the gunman, Eduardo Sencion, shot himself and died in a hospital.
2011 : Honda announced it would recall thousands of City sedans in India to replace a faulty part. The cars were built between 2005 and 2007 may have a faulty power window switch that could caused fires.
September 6th, 2011 : Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, officially opened the Nord Stream Baltic Gas pipeline that carries natural gas under the Baltic Sea directly to Germany. The pipeline was expected to reduce Russia's dependence on pipelines that run through Ukraine, which had been shut down by Ukraine after the two countries were arguing.
2012 : The Mars Curiosity Rover used its Sample Analysis at Mars (Sam) instrument to test the planet's atmospheric composition. The rover was expected to find that carbon dioxide dominated the atmosphere and was looking to find out what other gases and in what concentrations the atmosphere held.
September 6th, 2013 : Forty-one elephants were poisoned by poachers in the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. Authorities caught five of the suspected poachers and thought that they might have put cyanide in salt pans.
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Jane Addams
Born: 6th September 1860 Chicago, Illinois
Died: May 31 1934 Chicago, IllinoisKnown For : Jane Addams best known as the co-founder (together with Ellen Gates Starr) of Hull House in Chicago, Illinois. Jane Addams came from a wealthy background and following her visit to the first of it's kind Toynbee Hall in London set out to create Hull House in Chicago a settlement house staffed by volunteers from middle-class and upper-middle class women and men who lived in the house providing social and educational opportunities for working class people (In Chicago at that time mostly immigrants were from Italy, Ireland, Germany, Greece, Russia and Poland) in the neighborhood. Following the success of Hull House over 100 were set up in cities (Settlement House movement) throughout the United States. For this and her other social work including Helping to found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Founding the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Jane Addams became one of the first women in history to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The small photo at the top is a 10 cent stamp from 1940 honoring her work. She has been honored in many other ways including the Northwest Tollway as the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway.
From 1927 Hats and Shoes Page
Nifty flapper style of full body felt. Tinted felt is clever "halo" trimming, having late style point at either side. Felt strip finishes back. Tiny ornaments also of felt. Silk lining. Dandy value at this low price.