Page 6: Historical Events In October - 06

1951  Stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1954  Hakon Borresen, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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 October - 06 walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42   

1959  On this day in history soviet Luna 3, First successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon   

1960  On this day in history douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50   

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

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 October - 06.   

1967  Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies on this day in history.   

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

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 October - 06.   

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

1975  On October - 06 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  On October - 06 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history 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  On this day in history bill O'Reilly, cricketer (great leggie, 774 wickets at 16 60), dies   

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 this day in history birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)   

1459  Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on October - 06.   

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

1510  On October - 06 birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)   

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

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

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

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

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  On this day in history death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)   

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