Today is Saturday, September 6, the 250th day of 2008. There are 116 days left in the year.
1620 _ Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth England to the New World
1848 _ National Black Convention meets (Cleveland)
1853 _ Women's Rights Convention met (NYC)
1941 _ All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star
1966 _ ``Star Trek" premiers on NBC TV
1976 _ Russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig-25 jet
1983 _ USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on Sept. 2
1986 _ Barbra Streisand's first live concert in 20 years
1986 _ USSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying
1991 _ USSR recognizes independence of the three Baltic republics