History for September 6

History for September 6 - On-This-Day.com

Marquis de Lafayette 1757

• 1620 - The Pilgrims left on the Mayflower from Plymouth, England to settle in the New World.
• 1819 - Thomas Blanchard patented a machine called the lathe.
• 1901 - U.S. President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz. Czolgosz, an American anarchist, was executed the following October.
• 1909 - Robert Peary, American explorer, sent word that he had reached the North Pole. He had reached his goal five months earlier.
• 1941 - Jews in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear the Star of David with the word "Jew" inscribed. The order only applied to Jews over the age of 6.
• 1990 - Iraq warned that anyone trying to flee the country without permission would be put in prison for life.