Page 6: Historical Events In October - 06

1953  WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting.   

1953  Porter Hall, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity), dies at 64   

1954  Hakon Borresen, composer, dies at 78.   

1955  LSD made illegal in US   

1956  Dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad   

1956  Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42.   

1959  Soviet Luna 3, inaugural successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon   

1960  Douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50   

1963  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.   

1965  Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter, dies at 78   

1966  Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48.   

1967  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   

1972  22-car train carrying 2000 pilgrims derails, results in the deaths of 208 in Mexico.   

1973  Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel.   

1973  Arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71   

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

1976  John Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world and cycling 50600 miles.   

1976  Pres Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"   

1979  Pope John Paul II is inaugural Pope to visit the White House   

1979  Elizabeth Bishop, poetess (North and South, Pulitzer 1956), dies at 68.   

1980  Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56   

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

1983  Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62   

1984  George S Simpson, US paleontologist, dies at 82   

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

1991  Elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky).   

1991  Lincoln Demyan, dies at 66   

1992  Bill O'Reilly, cricketer (great leggie, 774 wickets at 16 60), dies.   

1993  Agnes de Mille, US dancer/choreographer (Oklahoma!), dies at 88   

1995  Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88.   

1996  Martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner, dies at 57   

1997  Johnny Vander Meer, pitched consecutive no-hitters, dies at 82.   

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1289  King wenceslaus iii of bohemia: King wenceslaus iii of bohemia (d. 1306)   

1459  Martin behaim: German navigator and geographer   

1510  Rowland taylor: English clergyman   

1510  John caius: English physician   

1552  Matteo ricci: Italian missionary (china)   

1573  Henry wriothesley: 3rd earl of southampton, english patron of the theater   

1610  Charles de sainte-maure: Duc de montausier, french soldier   

1618  Miguel gomez camargo: Composer   

0404  Death of Eudoxia aelia: Empress of austria,   

0877  Charles ii the kale: King of france/roman emperor (875-77),   

1014  Death of Samuel: Ruler of bulgaria,   

1072  Sancho ii: King of castile (1065-72), murdered   

1101  Death of Bruno of cologne: German founder of the carthusian order   

1214  Death of Alfonso viii de edele: King of castile,   

1413  Death of Dawit i: Emperor of ethiopia (b. 1382)   

1542  Death of Thomas wyatt: English poet (b. 1503)