Page 6: Historical Events In October - 06

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

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

1953  WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting on October - 06.   

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

1954  Hakon Borresen, composer, dies at 78 on October - 06.   

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  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 October - 06.   

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

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

1966  On this day in history sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48   

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 October - 06.   

1972  On October - 06 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico   

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 this day in history 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  Pope John Paul II is First Pope to visit the White House on October - 06.   

1979  On October - 06 elizabeth Bishop, poetess (North & South, Pulitzer 1956), dies at 68   

1980  On this day in history hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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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  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on October - 06.   

1573  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.   

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 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  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on this day in history.   

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

1101  On October - 06 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)