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  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 October - 06.   

1955  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1959  Soviet Luna 3, First successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon on this day in history.   

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

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 October - 06.   

1973  Arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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 October - 06.   

1976  On this day in history 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  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 October - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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1289  On October - 06 birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)   

1459  On October - 06 birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)   

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.   

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on October - 06.   

1552  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on October - 06.   

1573  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.   

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  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on October - 06.   

0877  Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 on October - 06.   

1014  On this day in history samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies   

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  On October - 06 death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)