Page 6: Historical Events In October - 06

1951  On this day in history stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb   

1951  Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated on October - 06.   

1953  WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1953  On October - 06 porter Hall, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity), dies at 64   

1954  On this day in history hakon Borresen, composer, dies at 78   

1955  On this day in history lSD made illegal in US   

1956  On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad   

1956  Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1959  On October - 06 soviet Luna 3, First successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon   

1960  Douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1963  Barbra Streisand appears on "The Judy Garland Show" on October - 06.   

1964  On October - 06 f T Mann, cricketer (father of F G, 281 runs in 5 Tests 1922-23), dies   

1965  On October - 06 georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter, dies at 78   

1966  On this day in history sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48   

1967  Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies on October - 06.   

1969  Walter Hagen, US PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19), dies at 76 on October - 06.   

1972  22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico on this day in history.   

1973  On October - 06 yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel   

1973  Arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57   

1976  John Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world and cycling 50,600 miles on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history pres Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"   

1979  Pope John Paul II is First Pope to visit the White House on October - 06.   

1979  On this day in history elizabeth Bishop, poetess (North & South, Pulitzer 1956), dies at 68   

1980  Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56 on October - 06.   

1981  On October - 06 [Mohammed] Anwar al-Sadat, pres Egypt (1970-81), assassinated at 62   

1983  On this day in history terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62   

1984  George S Simpson, US paleontologist, dies at 82 on October - 06.   

1989  Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81 on October - 06.   

1991  On October - 06 elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky)   

1991  On October - 06 lincoln Demyan, dies at 66   

1992  Bill O'Reilly, cricketer (great leggie, 774 wickets at 16 60), dies on October - 06.   

1993  Agnes de Mille, US dancer/choreographer (Oklahoma!), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88   

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1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on October - 06.   

1459  On October - 06 birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)   

1510  On this day in history birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)   

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)   

1573  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.   

1610  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on this day in history.   

1618  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on October - 06.   

0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on this day in history.   

0877  Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 on October - 06.   

1014  On this day in history samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies   

1072  On October - 06 death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered   

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on October - 06.   

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on October - 06.   

1413  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on October - 06.   

1542  Death of Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503) on October - 06.