Page 6: 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 October - 06.   

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 October - 06.   

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

1955  LSD made illegal in US on this day in history.   

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 October - 06.   

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

1960  On this day in history douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50   

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

1964  On this day in history 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 this day in history haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies   

1969  On October - 06 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 this day in history.   

1973  On October - 06 yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel   

1973  Arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71 on October - 06.   

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 October - 06.   

1976  On October - 06 pres Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"   

1979  On October - 06 pope John Paul II is First Pope to visit the White House   

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 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 October - 06 george S Simpson, US paleontologist, dies at 82   

1989  On October - 06 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 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 this day in history.   

1995  On October - 06 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  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.   

1510  On October - 06 birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)   

1552  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)   

1618  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on October - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1072  On October - 06 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  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on this day in history.   

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