It happened on… September 6

“New Moon,” the second novel in Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” series, is published by Little Brown.

Princess Diana’s funeral takes place in London. More than one million people pay their respects to her in the streets of the British capital, and 2.5 billion watch the ceremony on TV.

Cal Ripken Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig’s baseball record by playing in 2,131 consecutive games.

The city of Saint Petersburg in Russia regains its original name. The country’s second-largest city had been called Leningrad since 1924.

Eric Clapton records his guitar part on George Harrison’s song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”

Elvis Presley records the songs “White Christmas,” “Silent Night,” and “Here Comes Santa Claus.”

Canada’s first television station, CBFT in Montreal, goes on the air.

The first supermarket, “Piggly Wiggly,” opens in Memphis, Tennessee.