Page 6: Historical Events In October - 06

1951  On October - 06 stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb   

1951  On this day in history henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated   

1953  WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting on October - 06.   

1953  Porter Hall, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity), dies at 64 on October - 06.   

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  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  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 October - 06.   

1965  On October - 06 georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter, dies at 78   

1966  Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history 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  Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel on this day in history.   

1973  Arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71 on October - 06.   

1975  Henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57 on October - 06.   

1976  John Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world and cycling 50,600 miles on October - 06.   

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

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 October - 06.   

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

1983  Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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 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  On October - 06 bill O'Reilly, cricketer (great leggie, 774 wickets at 16 60), dies   

1993  Agnes de Mille, US dancer/choreographer (Oklahoma!), dies at 88 on October - 06.   

1995  On this day in history hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88   

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1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on this day in history.   

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

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on October - 06.   

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

1552  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on this day in history.   

1573  On October - 06 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 October - 06.   

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

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on this day in history.   

1072  On this day in history death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered   

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  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on October - 06.   

1542  On this day in history death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)