On this day in history - Today, September, 6

Today in History

• 2007 Israel Conducts Operation Orchard

  The military operation was conducted by the Israeli air force to destroy a suspected nuclear reactor

• 1999 Suai Church Massacre

  More than 200 people who had found refuge in a church in Suai, East Timor were killed by pro-Indones

• 1968 Swaziland Gains Independence From the British

  The Southern African state became a British protectorate in 1902 after the Anglo-Boer war. King Sobh

• 1870 A Woman casts her Vote in the US for the first time

  Louisa Ann Swain voted during state elections in the state of Wyoming. Although women weren’t extend

• 1522 Victoria Becomes the First Ship to Circumnavigate the World

  The Spanish ship, which was commanded by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, set sail from S