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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_6" title="September 6">September 6</a></b>: <b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arba%27een" title="Arba'een">Arba'een</a></b> / <b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arba%27een_Pilgrimage" title="Arba'een Pilgrimage">Arba'een Pilgrimage</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia Islam</a>, 2023); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_Janmashtami" title="Krishna Janmashtami">Krishna Janmashtami</a></b> (Hinduism, 2023); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Day" title="Defence Day">Defence Day</a></b> in Pakistan (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1492" title="1492">1492</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a></b> set sail from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Sebasti%C3%A1n_de_La_Gomera" title="San Sebastián de La Gomera">San Sebastián de La Gomera</a>, before a five-week voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1520" title="1520">1520</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman_the_Magnificent" title="Suleiman the Magnificent">Suleiman I</a></b>, the longest reigning sultan of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>, dies at the age of 71.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970" title="1970">1970</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine" title="Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine">Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%27s_Field_hijackings" title="Dawson's Field hijackings">hijacked four airliners</a></b>, landing two at Dawson's Field in Jordan and one in Cairo, while the last hijacking attempt was foiled.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Irma" title="Hurricane Irma">Hurricane Irma</a></b> reached peak intensity and reached the Carribbean islands of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbuda" title="Barbuda">Barbuda</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martin_(island)" title="Saint Martin (island)">Saint Martin</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Gorda" title="Virgin Gorda">Virgin Gorda</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a> – In the United Kingdom, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a> succeeded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> as Prime Minister, ending the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2022_United_Kingdom_government_crisis" title="July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis">July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Leonarda" title="Isabella Leonarda">Isabella Leonarda</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1620); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_Wilders" title="Geert Wilders">Geert Wilders</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1963); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jillian_Hall" title="Jillian Hall">Jillian Hall</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1980); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Donner" title="Clive Donner">Clive Donner</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2010)</p>