Today is Thursday, September 6, the 248th day of 2007. There are 117 days left in the year.
1620 _ Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth England to the New World
1853 _ Women's Rights Convention met (NYC)
1920 _ The first radio broadcast of a prizefight
1941 _ Jews of Vilna Poland are confined to a ghetto
1948 _ Juliana becomes queen of the Netherlands
1966 _ ``Star Trek" premiers on NBC TV
1968 _ Swaziland gains independence from Britain
1975 _ A 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice, Turkey
1976 _ Russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet
1978 _ Begin and Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace
1982 _ Paul McCartney releases ``Tug of War"
1983 _ The USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on Sept. 2
1984 _ Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow
1986 _ The USSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying
1991 _ The USSR recognizes independence of the three Baltic republics