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September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) The earliest date on which the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is performed; Armed Forces Day (São Tomé and Príncipe) Defence Day or Army Day (Pakistan) Flag Day (Bonaire) Independence Day (Swaziland), celebrates the independence of Eswatini from the United Kingdom in 1968; Unification Day (Bulgaria)
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 began with Pakistan sending Mujahid into the Kashmir Valley to incite the population into rebellion and dislocate the local installations. [6] [a] In the second stage, on 1 September, it launched a tank attack, dubbed Operation Grand Slam, towards the Akhnoor bridge in the Jammu Division.
On 6 September, the 15th Infantry Division of the Indian Army, under World War II veteran Major General Niranjan Prasad, battled a massive counterattack by Pakistan near the west bank of the Icchogil Canal (BRB Canal), which was an in fact border of India and Pakistan. The General's entourage itself was ambushed, and he was forced to flee his ...
1 September: Formation of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP). 28 September: Japanese Red Army terrorist group forces a hijacked Japan Airlines Flight to land in Dhaka. 1978: Bangladesh is elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council. 3 June: Zia-ur Rahman wins presidential election and secures his position for a five-year term. 1979 ...
September 6: Father's Day in Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand (2015); Independence Day in Swaziland Hipólito Yrigoyen 1781 – American Revolutionary War : General Benedict Arnold led British forces to victory in the Battle of Groton Heights .
Grenfell Tower and Rwanda feature heavily on the front pages of Friday’s newspapers,
A protest rally on the night of 6 September, organised by the authorities in Istanbul, on the Cyprus issue and the bombing of Atatürk's home was the cover for amassing the rioters. At 13:00, news reports of the bombing were announced by radio. [ 40 ]
Quite a bit, it turns out, particularly regarding the bloodiest battle of the war and in American history, Antietam. In one day of savage fighting, Sept. 17, 1862, an estimated 6,500 soldiers were ...