Sep. 6, Russian city of Leningrad restores its original name, Saint Petersburg

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