Page 6: Historical Events In October - 06

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

1951  On October - 06 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  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  Dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad on October - 06.   

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

1959  On October - 06 soviet Luna 3, First successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon   

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

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 this day in history georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter, dies at 78   

1966  On this day in history sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48   

1967  Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies on this day in history.   

1969  Walter Hagen, US PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19), dies at 76 on October - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1976  On this day in history 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  Elizabeth Bishop, poetess (North & South, Pulitzer 1956), dies at 68 on October - 06.   

1980  On October - 06 hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56   

1981  On this day in history [Mohammed] Anwar al-Sadat, pres Egypt (1970-81), assassinated at 62   

1983  Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62 on October - 06.   

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  On this day in history elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky)   

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  On October - 06 agnes de Mille, US dancer/choreographer (Oklahoma!), dies at 88   

1995  Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on October - 06.   

1459  Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on October - 06.   

1510  On October - 06 birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)   

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  On this day in history birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)   

1610  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on this day in history.   

1618  On this day in history birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

0404  On October - 06 eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies   

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

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

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on October - 06.   

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on this day in history.   

1214  On October - 06 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 October - 06.