Page 6: Historical Events In October - 06

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

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

1953  On October - 06 wTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting   

1953  On this day in history porter Hall, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity), dies at 64   

1954  On October - 06 hakon Borresen, composer, dies at 78   

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  On this day in history 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 October - 06 douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50   

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

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

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

1966  On October - 06 sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48   

1967  On this day in history haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies   

1969  On this day in history walter Hagen, US PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19), dies at 76   

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 October - 06.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56   

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

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 this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky)   

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

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

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.   

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

1618  On this day in history birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on October - 06.   

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  On this day in history death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered   

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 October - 06 death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)   

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