Damascus, SANA, Some events of today Sep. 6th in history are:
1522 – Ferdinand Magellan’s “the Vittoria” ship arrives at Sanl?car de Barrameda in Spain, completing the first circumnavigation of the world.
1885 – Union of Bulgaria after unification with Eastern Rumelia.
1968 – Independence of Swaziland from the United Kingdom.
1991- Russian city of Leningrad restores its original name, Saint Petersburg.
Born today:
1766 – British Chemist John Dalton.
Passed away:
1907 – French poet and Nobel-Laureate René Sully Prudhomme.
2007 – Italian operatic lyric tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
Occasions:
Independence Day of Swaziland.
H.Zain/ Barry