Historical Events In October - 06

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

1951  On this day in history henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated   

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  LSD made illegal in US on October - 06.   

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

1956  On October - 06 walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42   

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

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

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 October - 06.   

1966  On October - 06 sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48   

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

1973  On this day in history yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel   

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

1975  On this day in history henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57   

1976  On October - 06 john Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world and cycling 50,600 miles   

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  On this day in history [Mohammed] Anwar al-Sadat, pres Egypt (1970-81), assassinated at 62   

1983  On October - 06 terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62   

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 October - 06.   

1991  On this day in history lincoln Demyan, dies at 66   

1992  On October - 06 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 October - 06 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 this day in history.   

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

1552  On October - 06 birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)   

1573  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on October - 06.   

1610  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on October - 06.   

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  Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 on October - 06.   

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on this day in history.   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on this day in history.   

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.