Page 6: Historical Events In October - 06

1951  On October - 06 stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb   

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

1953  On October - 06 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  Hakon Borresen, composer, dies at 78 on October - 06.   

1955  LSD made illegal in US on October - 06.   

1956  Dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad on this day in history.   

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 October - 06.   

1963  Barbra Streisand appears on "The Judy Garland Show" on this day in history.   

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

1965  On this day in history georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter, dies at 78   

1966  Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48 on this day in history.   

1967  On October - 06 haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies   

1969  Walter Hagen, US PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1973  Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71   

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

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

1976  Pres Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe" on October - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history [Mohammed] Anwar al-Sadat, pres Egypt (1970-81), assassinated at 62   

1983  On October - 06 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  Elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky) on October - 06.   

1991  On this day in history lincoln Demyan, dies at 66   

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

1993  On October - 06 agnes de Mille, US dancer/choreographer (Oklahoma!), dies at 88   

1995  Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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

1459  Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.   

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on October - 06.   

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  On October - 06 birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)   

1610  On October - 06 birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)   

1618  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on this day in history.   

0404  On October - 06 eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies   

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

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

1072  On this day in history 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  On this day in history alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies   

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

1542  On October - 06 death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)