TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

On this day in history:

1620 - The Pilgrims left on the Mayflower from Plymouth, England to settle in the New World.

1939 - South Africa declared war on Germany.

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.

1944 - During World War II, the British government relaxed blackout restrictions and suspended compulsory training for the Home Guard.

1948 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands was crowned.

1952 - In Montreal, Canadian television began broadcasting.

1972 - Nine Israeli athletes being held hostage are killed in a bungled rescue attempt during the Munich Olympic Games.

1975 - Martina Navratilova requested political asylum while in New York for the US Open Tennis Tournament.

1990 - Iraq warned that anyone trying to flee the country without permission would be put in prison for life.

1991 - The State Council of the Soviet Union recognised the independence of the Baltic states.

1991 - The name St Petersburg was restored to Russia’s second largest city. The city was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great. The name has been changed to Petrograd (1914) and to Leningrad (1924).

1997 - The first Saturday edition of the Australian Financial Review is produced. BIRTHDAYS

Marquis de Lafayette 1757 Jane Addams 1860

Otto Kruger 1885 Joseph P. Kennedy 1888 Billy Rose 1899

Morgan Beatty 1902 Maxie ‘Slapsie’ Rosenbloom 1904

Vince DiMaggio 1912 JoAnne Worley 1937 David Allen Coe 1939 Brian Smith 1940

Mel McDaniel 1942 Swoosie Kurtz 1944 Roger Waters 1944

Ron Boone 1946

Jane Curtin 1947 Claydes Smith 1948 Banner Thomas 1954

Joe Smyth 1957

Jeff Foxworthy 1958