Historical Events In October - 06

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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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  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on October - 06.   

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)   

1573  On this day in history birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)   

1610  On October - 06 birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)   

1618  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on this day in history.   

0404  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered   

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on October - 06.   

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on October - 06.   

1413  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on October - 06.   

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