Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 6

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September 6: Independence Day in Swaziland (1968); Defence Day in Pakistan; Unification Day in Bulgaria.

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.
1941: The Holocaust: All Jews over the age of 6 were required to wear the Star of David (pictured) in areas controlled by Nazi Germany.
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.