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6 September 2028
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2022 - Liz Truss (pictured) succeeded Boris Johnson as prime minister following the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022
Anniversary
2018 - The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising homosexuality in India.Highest court of jurisdiction in India
Anniversary
2017 - Hurricane Irma reached peak intensity near the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Virgin Gorda.Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2017
Anniversary
2000 - The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the first Pride Night in Major League Baseball history.Major League Baseball franchise
Anniversary
1999 - The Parliament of Singapore relocated from the Old Parliament House to its current meeting place (pictured).Legislature of Singapore
Historical events
History
2026 - 21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767 freighter operating on behalf of Amazon Air, overruns the runway upon landing at Miami International Airport, striking multiple ground vehicles, killing at least five people, and injuring five others.2026 aviation accident in Florida
History
2022 - Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and is replaced by Liz Truss. Their meetings with Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle were the Queen's final official duties before her death two days later.Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
History
2022 - Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukraine begins its Kharkiv counteroffensive, surprising Russian forces and retaking over 3,000 square kilometers of land, recapturing the entire Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil River, within the next week.Ongoing conflict since 2014
History
2018 - Supreme Court of India decriminalises all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands.Highest court of jurisdiction in India
History
2018 - Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro survives a stabbing at a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais.President of Brazil from 2019 to 2023
History
2013 - Forty-one elephants are poisoned with cyanide in salt pans, by poachers in Hwange National Park.Any molecule with a cyano group (C≡N)
History
2013 - The first Minotaur V rocket is launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, carrying NASA's LADEE spacecraft.American expendable launch system
History
2012 - Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands.Fatal boat accident
History
2009 - The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.Vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo
History
2007 - Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.Country in West Asia
Notable births
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Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated
Lunar age: 16.9 days
Sun zodiac
Virgo
14.42 degrees
Constellation: Leo
Moon zodiac
Aries
11.76 degrees
Constellation: Pisces
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.