Page 6: Historical Events In October - 06
Saturday, 03 January 2026
1951 On this day in history stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb 

1951 On October - 06 henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated 

1953 On October - 06 wTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting 

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

1954 Hakon Borresen, composer, dies at 78 on October - 06. 

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 this day in history walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42 

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

1960 Douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50 on October - 06. 

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

1964 On October - 06 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 Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies on October - 06. 

1969 On October - 06 walter Hagen, US PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19), dies at 76 

1972 On this day in history 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico 

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

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 this day in history. 

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

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 George S Simpson, US paleontologist, dies at 82 on October - 06. 

1989 On this day in history bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81 

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

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

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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