Today is Tuesday, September 6, the 349th day of 2011. 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)
1876 ― Race riot in Charleston, S.C.
1899 ― Carnation processes its first can of evaporated milk
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
1982 ― Polish dissidents seize the Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland
1983 ― USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2
1991 ― USSR recognizes independence of the three Baltic republics