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  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 this day in history.   

1954  On October - 06 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  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  On October - 06 douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50   

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

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

1965  Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1966  Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48 on October - 06.   

1967  On this day in history 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 October - 06 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico   

1973  On this day in history yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel   

1973  On October - 06 arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71   

1975  Henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57 on October - 06.   

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 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  On October - 06 george S Simpson, US paleontologist, dies at 82   

1989  On this day in history bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81   

1991  Elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky) on October - 06.   

1991  Lincoln Demyan, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

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

1995  Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88 on October - 06.   

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

1510  On this day in history birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)   

1552  On October - 06 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 this day in history.   

1618  On October - 06 birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

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

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

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on October - 06.   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on this day in history.   

1101  On this day in history death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order   

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on this day in history.   

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

1542  On this day in history death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)