6 September Deaths

September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 116 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Deaths

394 – Eugenius, Roman usurper
926 – Taizu of Liao, Khitan ruler (b. 872)
952 – Suzaku, emperor of Japan (b. 923)
957 – Liudolf, duke of Swabia (b. 930)
972 – John XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 930)
1092 – Conrad I of Brno, duke of Bohemia
1276 – Vicedomino de Vicedominis, Italian cardinal (b. 1210)
1431 – Demetrios Laskaris Leontares, Byzantine admiral and diplomat
1511 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1481)
1553 – Juan de Homedes y Coscon, 47th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. c.1477)
1566 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan (b. 1494)
1625 – Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1579)
1635 – Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b. 1571)
1649 – Robert Dudley, English geographer and explorer (b. 1574)
1683 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (b. 1619)
1708 – Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet, English merchant and philanthropist, founded Morden College (b. 1623)
1748 – Edmund Gibson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1669)
1783 – Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and author (b. 1710)
1808 – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian and author (b. 1723)
1868 – Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
1885 – Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
1891 – Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
1902 – Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
1907 – Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
1919 – Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
1927 – William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
1938 – John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
1939 – Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)
1945 – John S. McCain Sr., American admiral (b. 1884)
1949 – Walter Widdop, English tenor and actor (b. 1892)
1950 – Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (b. 1886)
1951 – James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (b. 1867)
1952 – Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1898)
1956 – Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1904)
1956 – Lee Jung-seob, North Korean painter (b. 1916)
1959 – Edmund Gwenn, English actor (b. 1877)
1959 – Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (b. 1927)
1962 – Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian composer (b. 1898)
1962 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
1966 – Margaret Sanger, American nurse, educator, and activist (b. 1879)
1966 – Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1901)
1969 – Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (b. 1892)
1972 – Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre
Luttif Afif, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1945)
David Mark Berger, American-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
Yossef Gutfreund, Israeli wrestling judge (b. 1931)
Eliezer Halfin, Russian-Israeli wrestler (b. 1948)
Amitzur Shapira, Russian-Israeli runner and coach (b. 1932)
Kehat Shorr, Romanian shooting coach (b. 1919)
Mark Slavin, Israeli wrestler (b. 1954)
Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (b. 1945)
Yakov Springer, Polish-Israeli wrestler and coach (b. 1921)
1974 – Olga Baclanova, Russian-Swiss actress and ballerina (b. 1896)
1978 – Max Decugis, French tennis player (b. 1882)
1978 – Tom Wilson, American record producer (b. 1931)
1979 – Ronald Binge, English organist and composer (b. 1910)
1982 – Azra Erhat, Turkish archaeologist, author, and academic (b. 1915)
1984 – Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
1985 – Franco Ferrara, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
1986 – Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1896)
1987 – Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)
1988 – Leroy Brown, American wrestler (b. 1950)
1988 – Bill Northam, Australian sailor and businessman (b. 1905)
1990 – Tom Fogerty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
1990 – Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1916)
1991 – Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1922)
1992 – Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1912)
1994 – James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1994 – Nicky Hopkins, English pianist (b. 1944)
1994 – Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1908)
1997 – P. H. Newby, English author and broadcaster (b. 1918)
1998 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1998 – Ric Segreto, American-Filipino singer-songwriter, actor, and journalist (b. 1952)
1999 – Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician, 3rd President of Nauru (b. 1938)
1999 – René Lecavalier, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
2005 – Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1929)
2005 – Eugenia Charles, Dominican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1919)
2007 – Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (b. 1918)
2007 – Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935)
2008 – Anita Page, American actress (b. 1910)
2009 – Catherine Gaskin, Irish-Australian author (b. 1929)
2010 – Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (b. 1926)
2010 – Clive Donner, English director and editor (b. 1926)
2011 – Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (b. 1947)
2012 – Elisabeth Böhm, German architect (b. 1921)
2012 – Lawrie Dring, Scottish scout leader, founded World Federation of Independent Scouts (b. 1931)
2012 – Jerome Kilty, American actor and playwright (b. 1922)
2012 – Art Modell, American businessman (b. 1925)
2012 – Oscar Rossi, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
2013 – Ann C. Crispin, American author (b. 1950)
2013 – Khin Maung Kyi, Burmese economist and scholar (b. 1926)
2013 – Santiago Rosario, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
2014 – Odd Bondevik, Norwegian bishop and theologian (b. 1941)
2014 – Cirilo Flores, American bishop (b. 1948)
2014 – Seth Martin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1933)
2014 – Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player and educator (b. 1919)
2015 – Ralph Milne, Scottish footballer (b. 1961)
2015 – Martin Milner, American actor (b. 1931)
2015 – Barney Schultz, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
2015 – Calvin J. Spann, American general and pilot (b. 1924)

Source: wikipedia