Today in History: 2385 People Died in the Earthquake in Diyarbakir Lice

September 6 is the 249th (250th in leap years) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The number of days left until the end of the year is 116.

Railways

• September 6, 1939 The first train arrived in Erzurum.

Events 

• 1422 – II. Murad ended the Siege of Istanbul.
• 1901 - William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, is assassinated in Buffalo, New York, by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz. McKinley died on September 14 and was succeeded by his deputy, Theodore Roosevelt.
• 1914 – World War I: The First Battle of the Marne begins, resulting in the German Army's defeat to the Franco-British Army.
• 1915 – Bulgaria signs a treaty with the Central Powers and is involved in World War I.
• 1922 – Turkish War of Independence-(Liberation of Balıkesir): Turkish Army entered Balıkesir, Bilecik and İnegöl under Greek Occupation.
• 1930 – The radical President of Argentina, Hipolito Irigoyen, is overthrown in a military coup.
• 1938 – Prime Ministry Supreme Audit Board was established.
• 1939 - Nazi Germany obliges all Jewish citizens to wear the "Yellow Jewish Star".
• 1955 – September 6-7 Incidents in Istanbul: The demonstrations in Istanbul and Izmir, which were started on the grounds of false news that the house where Atatürk was born in Thessaloniki was bombed and lasted for two days, turned into a movement of destruction and plunder against the Greeks. Martial law was declared in Istanbul and Izmir.
• 1960 – Turkish National Wrestling Team won 4 gold and 2 silver medals in freestyle wrestling at the Rome Olympics.
• 1962 – Earthquake in Iğdır. 5 thousand houses were destroyed, 25 thousand people were left homeless.
• 1968 - Esvatini declared independence.
• 1975 – Lice earthquake: In the earthquake that occurred in Diyarbakır Lice, 2385 people died.
• 1977 – The first oil shipment to foreign countries started from Yumurtalık.
• 1980 – Before the September 12 coup, the Jerusalem Meeting was held in Konya.
• 1980 – The Soviet Union shot down Korean Airlines Boeing 007 flight 747, killing 249 people.
• 1986 – In the terrorist attack on the Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul, 21 people were killed and 4 injured.
• 1987 – In the 3rd referendum in the history of the Republic, it was voted whether the ban on former politicians in the 1982 Constitution should be lifted. YSK, the final results are 50,16 percent. evade, 49,84 percent Hayir as declared.
• 1991 – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania that seceded from the Soviet Union were officially recognized.
• 2008 – Rocks from the “Muqattam hills” near Egypt's capital Cairo fell on houses; 18 people were killed and 22 injured. In 1993, rocks rolled in the same area and 30 people were killed.

Births 

• 1666 – Ivan V, Tsar of Russia (d. 1696)
• 1729 – Moses Mendelssohn, Jewish philosopher (d. 1786)
• 1757 – Marquis de Lafayette, French aristocrat (d. 1834)
• 1766 – John Dalton, English chemist and physicist (d. 1844)
• 1808 – Abdulkadir Algeria, Algerian people's leader, clergyman, and soldier (d. 1883)
• 1860 – Jane Addams, American social reformer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1935)
• 1868 – Axel Hägerström, Swedish philosopher (d. 1939)
• 1876 ​​– John James Richard Macleod, Scottish physician, physiologist, and Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine (discoverer of insulin) (d. 1935)
• 1880 – Alexander Shotman, Soviet statesman (d. 1937)
• 1884 – Julien Lahaut, Belgian communist parliamentarian and President of the Belgian Communist Party (d. 1950)
• 1892 – Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (d. 1965)
• 1897 – Tom Florie, American football player (d. 1966)
• 1906 – Luis Leloir, Argentine physician and biochemist (d. 1987)
• 1912 – Nicolas Schöffer, French artist (d. 1992)
• 1913 – Julie Gibson, American actress, dubbing artist, singer, and educator (d. 2019)
• 1913 – Leonidas, Brazilian football player (d. 2004)
• 1923 – II. Petar, last King of Yugoslavia (d. 1970)
• 1926 – Claus von Amsberg, wife of Queen Beatrix and Prince of the Netherlands from Beatrix's accession in 1980 until her death in 2002 (d. 2002)
• 1928 – Fumihiko Maki, Japanese architect
• 1928 – Robert M. Pirsig, American author and philosopher (d. 2017)
• 1928 – Sid Watkins, British neurosurgeon (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Irina Solovyova, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1939 – Brigid Berlin, American model and actress (d. 2020)
• 1939 – David Allan Coe, American country singer
• 1939 – Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese scientist
• 1943 – Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and molecular biologist
• 1943 – Roger Waters, English musician, composer and vocalist of Pink Floyd
• 1944 - Donna Haraway is an American feminist academic.
• 1944 - Swoosie Kurtz is an American actress.
• 1947 – Jane Curtin, American comedian and actress
• 1947 - Bruce Rioch, English manager and former football player
• 1951 – Melih Kibar, Turkish musician (d. 2005)
• 1954 – Carly Fiorina is an American politician and businesswoman.
• 1957 – Ali Divandari, Iranian cartoonist, painter, graphic designer, sculptor and journalist
• 1957 – José Sócrates, Portuguese politician
• 1958 – Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, and voice actor
• 1958 – Michael Winslow, American actor, comedian, and voice actor
• 1959 – José Sócrates, Portuguese politician and Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1962 – Chris Christie, American politician
• 1962 - Kevin Willis, Former American NBA basketball player
• 1963 – Geert Wilders, Dutch politician
• 1964 - Rosie Perez is an American actress.
• 1965 – John Polson, Australian director
• 1965 – Takumi Horiike, Japanese national football player
• 1967 – William DuVall, American artist, musician, guitarist, and band member
• 1969 – Macy Gray, American singer and actress
• 1969 – CeCe Peniston (Cecelia Peniston), American singer
• 1971 – Dolores O'Riordan, Irish singer (d. 2018)
• 1972 – Idris Elba, English actor and singer
• 1973 - Carlo Cudicini, Italian football player
• 1974 – Özgür Özberk, Turkish actor, film director, screenwriter and producer
• 1974 – Nina Persson, Swedish singer
• 1976 - Naomie Harris, English actress
• 1978 – Mathew Horne, English actor, comedian, presenter and narrator
• 1978 – Süreyya Ayhan Kop, Turkish athlete
• 1978 – Homare Sawa, Japanese international football player
• 1979 – Foxy Brown, American rapper, model, and actress
• 1979 – Massimo Maccarone, Italian national football player
• 1979 - Carlos Morales, Mexican football player
• 1979 – Low Ki, American professional wrestler
• 1980 – Jillian Hall is an American professional female wrestler and singer.
• 1980 – Joseph Yobo, former Nigerian national football player
• 1981 - Yuki Abe, Japanese football player
• 1983 – Braun Strowman, American professional wrestler
• 1984 – Özgün Aydın, Turkish theater actor
• 1987 – Emir Preldzic, Turkish basketball player
• 1988 - Max George, English singer
• 1989 – Lee Kwang-seon, South Korean football player
• 1990 – John Wall, American professional basketball player
• 1991 – Jacques Zoua, Cameroonian football player
• 1992 – Lisa Eckhart, Austrian poet, comedian and cabaret performer
• 1993 – Saman Kuddus, Iranian football player
• 1994 – Elif Doğan, Turkish actress
• 1995 – Matus Bero, Slovak football player
• 1996 – Lana Rhoades, American model and former pornstar
• 1998 – Michele Perniola, Italian singer

Deaths 

• 394 – Eugenius, last pagan usurper to claim the Roman throne (b. ?)
• 926 – Yelü Abaoji, Khitai leader, founder and first emperor of the Liao Dynasty of China (b. 872)
• 952 – Suzaku, 61st emperor of Japan in traditional succession (b. 923)
• 972 – XIII. John, 133rd Pope of the Catholic Church (b. 930 or 935)
• 1511 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, 11th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate (b. 1481)
• 1783 - Carlo Antonio Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer. (b. 1710)
• 1868 – Júlia Szendrey, Hungarian writer, poet, translator (b. 1828)
• 1879 – Amédée de Noé, French cartoonist and lithographer (b. 1818)
• 1907 – Sully Prudhomme, French poet, author, and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
• 1939 – Arthur Rackham, English book painter (b. 1867)
• 1940 – Phoebus Levene, American biochemist (b. 1869)
• 1950 – Olaf Stapledon, British-born philosopher and author (b. 1886)
• 1956 – Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1904)
• 1957 – Sergey Malov, Russian linguist, Orientalist, Turkologist (b. 1880)
• 1962 – Ellen Osiier, Danish fencer (b. 1890)
• 1962 – Hanns Eisler, German and Austrian composer (b. 1898)
• 1966 – Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1901)
• 1966 – Margaret Sanger, American activist (b. 1883)
• 1969 – Arthur Friedenreich, former Brazilian football player (b. 1892)
• 1980 – Eşref Şefik, Turkish sports announcer and writer (b. 1894)
• 1982 – Azra Erhat, Turkish writer (b. 1915)
• 1992 – Cevat Kurtuluş, Turkish film actor (b. 1922)
• 1995 – Cenan Bıçakçı, Turkish trade unionist, politician and Chairman of the Socialist Revolution Party (b. 1933)
• 1998 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director (b. 1910)
• 2005 – Eugenia Charles, Dominican politician (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935)
• 2007 – Madeleine L'Engle, American author (b. 1918)
• 2011 – Hans Apel, German politician (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Ann C. Crispin, American author (b. 1950)
• 2014 – Molly Glynn, American actress (b. 1968)
• 2015 – Martin Sam Milner is an American actor. Route 66 distinguished himself with the television series (b. 1931)
• 2017 – Nicolae Lupescu, former Romanian international football player and manager (b. 1940)
• 2017 – Şerif Mardin, Turkish sociologist and political scientist (b. 1927)
• 2017 – Kate Millett, American feminist writer and sculptor (b. 1934)
• 2017 – Lütfi Zade, US citizen mathematician (b. 1921)
• 2018 – İsmet Badem, Turkish basketball player and columnist (b. 1946)
• 2018 – Peter Benson, English actor (b. 1943)
• 2018 – Liz Fraser (birth name: Elizabeth Joan Winch), English actor (b. 1930)
• 2018 – Burt Reynolds, American actor (b. 1936)
• 2018 – Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor (b. 1934)
• 2018 – Richard Marvin DeVos Sr., American businessman (b. 1926)
• 2019 – Chris Duncan, American former professional baseball player and radio broadcaster (b. 1981)
• 2019 – Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabwean politician. Mugabe served as president of the African country of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017 (b. 1924)
• 2019 – Abdul Kadir, Pakistani professional International cricketer (b. 1955)
• 2019 – Chester Williams, South African professional rugby league player and coach (b. 1970)
• 2020 – Levon Altunyan, Lebanese professional football player (b. 1936)
• 2020 – Kevin Dobson, American actor (b. 1943)
• 2020 – Bruce Williamson, American R&B and soul singer and lead singer of The Temptations (b. 1970)