September 6th - Important events on this day in history, William B. McKinley, Princess Diana, Barry Bonds

Today in History - September 6th

1901 - President William B. McKinley is shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y.
1941 – Jews over the age of six in German-occupied areas are ordered to wear yellow Stars of David
1970 – Palestinian guerrillas seized control of three jetliners, which were later blown up on the ground in Jordan after the passengers and crews were evacuated

1992 – A man who received a transplanted baboon liver 10 weeks earlier dies at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
1996 – Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles hit his 500th career homerun during a game against the Detroit Tigers
1997 – Britain bids farewell to Princess Diana with a funeral service at Westminster Abbey
2001 – Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants becomes the 5th player in baseball history to hit 60 homeruns in one season
2002 – Meeting outside Washington D.C., Congress convened in New York to pay homage to the victims and heroes of September 11, 2001
2004 – Former President Bill Clinton undergoes successful heart bypass surgery
2005 – The California Legislature becomes the first legislative body in the nation to approve same-sex marriages
2006 - President George W. Bush acknowledges previously secret CIA prisons around the world and said 14 high-value terrorism suspects had been transferred from the system to Guantanamo Bay for trials

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