On this day: September 6

POSTED: 10:21 PM Sep 05 2012   UPDATED: 12:00 AM Sep 06 2012

A president is shot, Cal Ripken Jr. breaks an unbreakable record, and the world mourns the passing of a princess, all on this day.

OTD September 6 - Magellan
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1522: The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to SanlĂșcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.



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