Unforgettable Moments: September 6 in History

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On September 6, in history, This is a compilation of some of the most interesting and unforgettable moments on September 6 in history.

1522 Ferdinand Magellan's Spanish expedition aboard the Vitoria returns to Spain without their captain. First to circumnavigate the earth.

1666 After St Paul's Cathedral and much of the city had been burned down over four days, the Great Fire of London is finally extinguished.

1776 1st (failed) submarine attack: David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of NY

1866 Frederick Douglass is 1st US black delegate to a national convention

1901 US President William McKinley is shot by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, while visiting the Pan-American Exposition in New York

1916 1st true supermarket, the "Piggly Wiggly" is opened by Clarence Saunders in Memphis, Tennessee

1924 Assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails

1939 1st German air attack on Great Britain in WW II

1972 Summer Olympics resume in Munich, Germany after massacre of 11 Israeli athletes by Black September Palestinian terrorist organization

1997 Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales held at Westminster Abbey in London

2012 Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for US President

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