Page 6: Historical Events In October - 06

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

1951  On October - 06 henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated   

1953  On this day in history wTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting   

1953  Porter Hall, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity), dies at 64 on October - 06.   

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

1955  LSD made illegal in US on this day in history.   

1956  On October - 06 dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad   

1956  On this day in history walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42   

1959  Soviet Luna 3, First successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon on this day in history.   

1960  Douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50 on October - 06.   

1963  On this day in history barbra Streisand appears on "The Judy Garland Show"   

1964  On this day in history 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  On October - 06 walter Hagen, US PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19), dies at 76   

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  On October - 06 arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71   

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

1976  On October - 06 john Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world and cycling 50,600 miles   

1976  On October - 06 pres Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"   

1979  On this day in history pope John Paul II is First Pope to visit the White House   

1979  Elizabeth Bishop, poetess (North & South, Pulitzer 1956), dies at 68 on October - 06.   

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  Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62 on October - 06.   

1984  George S Simpson, US paleontologist, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1991  Elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky) on this day in history.   

1991  Lincoln Demyan, dies at 66 on October - 06.   

1992  On this day in history bill O'Reilly, cricketer (great leggie, 774 wickets at 16 60), dies   

1993  Agnes de Mille, US dancer/choreographer (Oklahoma!), dies at 88 on October - 06.   

1995  On October - 06 hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88   

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1289  On October - 06 birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)   

1459  On this day in history birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)   

1510  On October - 06 birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)   

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on October - 06.   

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 October - 06.   

1610  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on October - 06.   

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

0404  On this day in history eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies   

0877  On this day in history charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54   

1014  On October - 06 samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on October - 06.   

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on this day in history.   

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

1413  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on this day in history.   

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