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On this day...
September 6: Labour Day in Canada and Labor Day in the United States (2010); Independence Day in Swaziland; Defence Day in Pakistan; Unification Day in Bulgaria


394 – Forces of the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius I (pictured) defeated Eugenius, the usurper of the Western Roman Empire, at the Battle of the Frigidus near modern-day Vipava, Slovenia.
1955 – An overwhelming Turkish mob attacked ethnic Greeks in Istanbul, killing over 13 people, wounding over thirty others, and damaging over 5,000 Greek-owned homes and businesses.
1963 – The Krulak Mendenhall mission, led by U.S. Marine Corps Major General Victor Krulak and U.S. Foreign Service Officer Joseph Mendenhall, was launched by the Kennedy administration to assess the progress of the Vietnam War.
1970 – Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked four jet aircraft en route from Europe to New York City, landing two of them at Dawson's Field in Zerqa, Jordan, and one plane in Beirut, Lebanon. The fourth hijacking was successfully foiled.
2000 – The Millennium Summit, a meeting of world leaders to discuss the role of the United Nations in the turn of the 21st century, opened.
More anniversaries: September 5 – September 6 – September 7