Historical Events In October - 06
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1951 Stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb on October - 06.
1951 Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1955 On October - 06 lSD made illegal in US
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 Soviet Luna 3, First successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon on October - 06.
1960 On this day in history douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50
1963 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Judy Garland Show" on this day in history.
1964 F T Mann, cricketer (father of F G, 281 runs in 5 Tests 1922-23), dies on this day in history.
1965 On October - 06 georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter, dies at 78
1966 Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48 on this day in history.
1967 Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies on October - 06.
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 October - 06 henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57
1976 John Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world and cycling 50,600 miles on this day in history.
1976 Pres Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe" on October - 06.
1979 Pope John Paul II is First Pope to visit the White House on October - 06.
1979 Elizabeth Bishop, poetess (North & South, Pulitzer 1956), dies at 68 on this day in history.
1980 Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56 on October - 06.
1981 [Mohammed] Anwar al-Sadat, pres Egypt (1970-81), assassinated at 62 on October - 06.
1983 On October - 06 terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62
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 On October - 06 elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky)
1991 Lincoln Demyan, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1992 On October - 06 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 October - 06.
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