Page 6: Historical Events In October - 06

1951  On October - 06 stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb   

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 this day in history.   

1953  On October - 06 porter Hall, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity), dies at 64   

1954  On this day in history hakon Borresen, composer, dies at 78   

1955  On October - 06 lSD made illegal in US   

1956  On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad   

1956  Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42 on October - 06.   

1959  Soviet Luna 3, First successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon on October - 06.   

1960  On October - 06 douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50   

1963  On October - 06 barbra Streisand appears on "The Judy Garland Show"   

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

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

1973  Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel on this day in history.   

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  John Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world and cycling 50,600 miles on October - 06.   

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

1980  Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1981  [Mohammed] Anwar al-Sadat, pres Egypt (1970-81), assassinated at 62 on October - 06.   

1983  Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history george S Simpson, US paleontologist, dies at 82   

1989  Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81 on October - 06.   

1991  Elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky) on this day in history.   

1991  Lincoln Demyan, dies at 66 on October - 06.   

1992  Bill O'Reilly, cricketer (great leggie, 774 wickets at 16 60), dies on this day in history.   

1993  Agnes de Mille, US dancer/choreographer (Oklahoma!), dies at 88 on October - 06.   

1995  On this day in history hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88   

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1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on this day in history.   

1459  Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.   

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  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on this day in history.   

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

1610  On this day in history 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 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  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on October - 06.   

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

1214  On this day in history alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies   

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.