Today in history

Today is Thursday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2018 and the 78th day of summer.

Today's History: In 1522, Ferdinand Magellan's ship, Victoria, docked in Sanlucar, Spain, completing the first global circumnavigation. Magellan himself had died en route.

In 1901, President William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. He died eight days later.

In 1972, nine members of the Israeli Olympic team, taken hostage in Munich by Palestinian terrorists the day before, were killed during a failed rescue attempt.

In 1997, funeral services were held in London for Diana, Princess of Wales.

Today's Fact: More than 2.5 billion people worldwide were estimated to have watched at least part of Princess Diana's funeral services on television in 1997.

Today's Sports: In 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles played in his 2,131st Major League Baseball game, breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive-games record.

Today's Quote: "We fatuously hoped that we might pluck from the human tragedy itself a consciousness of a common destiny which should bring its own healing, that we might extract from life's very misfortunes a power of cooperation which should be effective against them." -- Jane Addams, "Twenty Years at HullHouse"

Today's Number: 2,632 -consecutive games Cal Ripken Jr. ultimately played before taking a game day off on Sept. 20, 1998.

Today's Moon: Between last quarter moon (Sept. 2) and new moon (Sept. 9).