Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 6

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September 6: Independence Day in Swaziland (flag pictured) (1968); Defence Day in Pakistan; Unification Day in Bulgaria; Stillbirth Remembrance Day in Canada & the United States.

• 394 - The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeated the pagan usurper Eugenius in the Battle of Frigidus.
• 1522 - The Victoria returned to Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, with Juan Sebastián Elcano and 17 survivors of Ferdinand Magellan's 265-man expedition, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the globe.
• 1948 - Juliana became Queen of the Netherlands.
• 1955 - Ethnic Greeks in Istanbul were attacked by an overwhelming Turkish mob during the Istanbul Pogrom.
• 1995 - Baltimore Oriole shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. played his 2131st consecutive major league baseball game, breaking the 56-year old record set by New York Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig.

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