Page 6: Historical Events In October - 06

1951  Stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb on October - 06.   

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

1953  On this day in history 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  On this day in history lSD made illegal in US   

1956  Dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad on this day in history.   

1956  Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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

1960  Douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history barbra Streisand appears on "The Judy Garland Show"   

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

1965  On October - 06 georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter, dies at 78   

1966  On October - 06 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  22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico on this day in history.   

1973  Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel on October - 06.   

1973  On this day in history arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71   

1975  Henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57 on October - 06.   

1976  John Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world and cycling 50,600 miles on this day in history.   

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  On October - 06 hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56   

1981  On this day in history [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  Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81 on October - 06.   

1991  On October - 06 elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky)   

1991  On October - 06 lincoln Demyan, dies at 66   

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  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  On this day in history birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)   

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 October - 06 birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)   

1573  On October - 06 birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)   

1610  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  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 October - 06.   

1413  On this day in history death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)   

1542  Death of Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503) on this day in history.