Page 6: Historical Events In October - 06

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  WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history porter Hall, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity), dies at 64   

1954  Hakon Borresen, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1955  LSD made illegal in US on October - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1960  On October - 06 douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50   

1963  Barbra Streisand appears on "The Judy Garland Show" on October - 06.   

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  Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48 on October - 06.   

1967  On October - 06 haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies   

1969  On this day in history 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 October - 06.   

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

1973  On this day in history arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71   

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 this day in history.   

1976  Pres Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe" on October - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1983  On October - 06 terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62   

1984  George S Simpson, US paleontologist, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1989  On October - 06 bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81   

1991  On this day in history elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky)   

1991  Lincoln Demyan, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history bill O'Reilly, cricketer (great leggie, 774 wickets at 16 60), dies   

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 October - 06.   

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

1459  Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.   

1510  On this day in history birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)   

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

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

1573  On this day in history birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)   

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  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on this day in history.   

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 October - 06.   

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 October - 06.   

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)