On This Day
September 6
Read A Book Day
1847 Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond
1916 The Piggly Wiggly the first supermarket opens
1924 A failed assassination on Benito Mussolini
1970 Jimi Hendrix performs for the last time at Open Ai Love & Peace Festival
1986 The first episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling
1989 MTV music awards are held This Note’s for You by Neil Young wins video of the year
1990 MTV music awards are held Nothing Compares 2 by Sinead O’Connor
1995 Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles becomes MLB baseballs ironman by playing 2,131 consecutively
1997 The funeral of Princess of Wales Diana is held
2001 MTV music awards are held Lady Marmalade by Christina Aguilera. Lil’ Kim May, Pink wins for video of the year
2012 MTV music awards are held We Found Love by Rihanna & Calvin Harris wins for video of the year
Happy Birthday
1920 Elvira Paga actress, model 1st queen of the Rio Carnival
1925 Jimmy Reed musician
1947 Roger Waters in the band Pink Floyd
1947 Dino Bravo former WWF wrestler
1958 Jeff Foxworthy comedian actor
1964 Rosie Perez actress Do The Right Thing, White Men Can’t Jump, In Living Color
1978 Alex Escobar MLB baseball player
1979 Foxy Brown Rapper
1980 Kerry Katona singer in the band Atomic Kitten
1994 Ashlee Füss actress
http://oldies.about.com/od/oldieshistory/a/Today-In-Oldies-Music-History-September-6.htm
http://www.profightdb.com/this-day-in-history/08-06-2010.html
http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/septemb
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