1948
Sep 6, Queen Juliana (1909-2004) of the Netherlands was crowned, two days after the abdication of her mother, Queen Wilhelmina. Juliana abdicated in 1980.

1997
Sep 6, Britain bade farewell to Princess Diana with a funeral service at Westminster Abbey.

1997
Sep 6, Weeping masses gathered in Calcutta, India, to pay homage to Mother Teresa, who had died the day before at age 87.

2005
Sep 6, In Australia Donna Fitchett (46) murdered her 2 sons aged 9 & 11. She was first convicted in 2008 and sentenced to 24 years prison. She appealed her conviction and was granted a retrial in May, 2010. A jury again found her guilty after she admitted drugging her sons and then strangling one and smothering the other. On Sep 1, 2010, she was sentenced to 27 years in prison.

2005
Sep 6, Eugenia Charles (b.1919), former PM of Dominica (1980-1995), died. She invited Ronald Reagan to invade Grenada in 1983.

2006
Sep 6, Japan's Princess Kiko gave birth to the royal family's first male heir in four decades. The male heir was named Hisahito, meaning "virtuous, calm and everlasting"

2007
Sep 6, Madeleine L’Engle (b.1918), author, died in Litchfield, Conn. Her more than 60 books included “A Wrinkle in Time" (1962), winner of the 1963 Newberry Medal for best American children’s book.