October 6

October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 105 BC – Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.
• 69 BC – Battle of Tigranocerta: Forces of the Roman Republic defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great.
• 68 BC – Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.
• 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1600 – Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period
• 1683 – William Penn brings 13 German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first immigration of German people to America.
• 1762 – Seven Years' War: conclusion of the Battle of Manila between Britain and Spain, which resulted in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war.
• 1789 – French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
• 1849 – The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
• 1854 – The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
• 1884 – The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
• 1889 – Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
• 1903 – The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
• 1906 – The Majlis of Iran convene for the first time.
• 1908 – Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 1922 – The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul
• 1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.
• 1928 – Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• 1939 – World War II: The last Polish army is defeated.
• 1945 – Baseball: Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series (see Curse of the Billy Goat).
• 1973 – Egypt launches a coordinated attack against Israel to reclaim land lost in the Six Day War. The Ramadan War Yom Kippur War starts at 2:05 pm that day.
• 1976 – Cubana Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados after two bombs, placed on board by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded. All 73 people on-board are killed.
• 1976 – New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China.
• 1976 – Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
• 1977 – In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.
• 1977 – The first prototype of the MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
• 1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
• 1981 – President of Egypt, Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated.
• 1985 – PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
• 1987 – Fiji becomes a republic.
• 1995 – 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.
• 2000 – Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.
• 2000 – Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns.
• 2002 – The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
• 2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.

Births

• 1289 – King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
• 1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
• 1510 – Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
• 1510 – John Caius, English physician (d. 1573)
• 1552 – Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (d. 1610)
• 1573 – 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)
• 1716 – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)
• 1738 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)
• 1744 – James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)
• 1767 – Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)
• 1769 – Sir Isaac Brock, British commander (d. 1812)
• 1773 – King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
• 1801 – Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)
• 1803 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)
• 1820 – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
• 1831 – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (d. 1916)
• 1838 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)
• 1846 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914)
• 1866 – Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. 1932)
• 1872 – Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (d. 1936)
• 1874 – Frank G. Allen, 51^st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)
• 1876 – Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (d. 1941)
• 1882 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1937)
• 1886 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
• 1887 – Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965)
• 1888 – Roland Garros, French pilot (d. 1918)
• 1892 – Jackie Saunders, American silent film actress (d. 1954)
• 1895 – Caroline Gordon, American writer and critic (d. 1981)
• 1900 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
• 1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1905 – Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998)
• 1906 – Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)
• 1908 – Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)
• 1908 – Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989)
• 1910 – Barbara Castle, British politician (d. 2002)
• 1912 – Perkins Bass, American politician
• 1914 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (d. 2007)
• 1915 – Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and civil rights activist (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (d. 1977)
• 1918 – Goh Keng Swee, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010)
• 1918 – André Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1993)
• 1920 – Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005)
• 1921 – Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (d. 1997)
• 1921 – Joseph Lowery, American Civil rights movement leader
• 1922 – Joe Frazier, American baseball player
• 1925 – Shana Alexander, American columnist (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Bill King, American sports broadcaster (d. 2005)
• 1930 – Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)
• 1930 – Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer
• 1931 – Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)
• 1931 – Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1935 – Bruno Sammartino, Italian strongman and professional wrestler
• 1935 – Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)
• 1938 – Serge Nubret, French bodybuilder
• 1939 – John LaFalce, American politician, former Member, US House of Representatives
• 1940 – Ellen Travolta, American actress
• 1942 – Britt Ekland, Swedish actress
• 1942 – Millie Small, Jamaican singer
• 1943 – Michael Durrell, American actor
• 1943 – Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
• 1944 – José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)
• 1945 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
• 1946 – Eddie Villanueva, JIL Spiritual Director, Owner of ZOE Broadcasting Network
• 1946 – Lloyd Doggett, American politician
• 1946 – Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
• 1946 – Tony Greig, South African–born English cricketer
• 1947 – Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter
• 1948 – Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician
• 1950 – David Brin, American author
• 1951 – Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
• 1951 – Kevin Cronin, American musician (REO Speedwagon)
• 1952 – Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer
• 1952 – Jürgen Schulz, German footballer
• 1953 – Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (d. 1991)
• 1954 – David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys)
• 1954 – Darrell M. West, American political scientist
• 1955 – Tony Dungy, American football coach
• 1956 – Kathleen Webb, American comic book writer and artist
• 1958 – Joseph Finder, American novelist
• 1959 – Brian Higgins, American politician, Member of US House of Representatives
• 1959 – Dennis Ray Boyd, American baseball player
• 1959 – Walter Ray Williams Jr., American bowler and horsehoes champion
• 1962 – Rich Yett, baseball player
• 1963 – Elisabeth Shue, American film actress
• 1963 – Jsu Garcia, American actor
• 1964 – Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989)
• 1964 – Matthew Sweet, American musician
• 1964 – Tom Jager, American swimmer
• 1965 – Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1965 – Steve Scalise, American politician
• 1966 – Niall Quinn, Irish footballer
• 1966 – Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
• 1967 – Kennet Andersson, former Swedish footballer
• 1967 – Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman
• 1968 – Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer
• 1969 – Troy Shaw, English snooker player
• 1970 – Darren Oliver, American baseball player
• 1970 – Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer
• 1970 – Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress
• 1971 – Phil Bennett, British racing driver
• 1971 – Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress
• 1971 – Alan Stubbs, English footballer
• 1972 – Ko So-young, South Korean actress
• 1972 – Anders Iwers, Swedish musician
• 1972 – Ryu Shi-won, South Korean actor and singer
• 1972 – Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
• 1973 – Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer
• 1973 – Jeff Davis, American comedian
• 1973 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
• 1973 – Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player
• 1974 – Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer
• 1974 – Alexis Georgoulis, Greek actor
• 1974 – Jeremy Sisto, American actor
• 1975 – Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
• 1976 – Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
• 1977 – Danny Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Melinda Doolittle, American singer and recording artist
• 1977 – Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer
• 1977 – Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer
• 1977 – Wes Ramsey, American actor
• 1978 – Ricky Hatton, English boxer
• 1979 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
• 1979 – Richard Seymour, American football player
• 1979 – Lex Shrapnel, English actor
• 1980 – Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
• 1981 – Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
• 1981 – José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1982 – MC Lars, American hip-hop artist
• 1982 – Paul Smith, English Boxer
• 1982 – Michael Arden, American actor
• 1982 – William Butler, Musician and member of Arcade Fire
• 1982 – Levon Aronian, Armenian chess Grandmaster
• 1984 – Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer
• 1984 – Morne Morkel, South African cricketer
• 1985 – Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
• 1986 – Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer
• 1986 – Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
• 1986 – Olivia Thirlby, American actress
• 1988 – Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress
• 1995 – Jessica Lunsford, American kidnapping victim (d. 2005)
• 1998 – Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer

Deaths

• 869 – Ermentrude of Orléans, consort of Charles the Bald (b. 823)
• 877 – Charles the Bald (b. 823)
• 1014 – Samuil of Bulgaria (b. 958)
• 1101 – Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order
• 1413 – Dawit I of Ethiopia (b. 1382)
• 1542 – Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)
• 1641 – Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer
• 1644 – Elisabeth of Bourbon, consort of Philip IV of Spain (b. 1602)
• 1660 – Paul Scarron, French writer
• 1661 – Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru (b. 1630)
• 1688 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652)
• 1739 – Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon and ancestress of the Heir to the Belgian throne (b. 1684)
• 1762 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684)
• 1819 – Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (b. 1751)
• 1829 – Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
• 1873 – Paul Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)
• 1891 – Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 – Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 – Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1829)
• 1945 – Leonardo Conti, Nazi physician (b. 1900)
• 1947 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887)
• 1951 – Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1884)
• 1951 – Will Keith Kellogg, American food manufacturer (b. 1860)
• 1959 – Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b. 1865)
• 1962 – Tod Browning, American film director (b. 1880)
• 1968 – Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (b. 1917)
• 1973 – François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1973 – Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1973 – Dennis Price, English actor (b. 1915)
• 1974 – Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver (b. 1948)
• 1976 – Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
• 1980 – Hattie Jacques, British comedy actress (b. 1922)
• 1980 – Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)
• 1981 – Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918)
• 1983 – Terence Cooke, American cardinal archbishop (b. 1921)
• 1985 – Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921)
• 1986 – Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)
• 1992 – Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)
• 1992 – Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
• 1993 – Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (b. 1949)
• 1995 – Benoît Chamoux, French climber (b. 1961)
• 1997 – Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player (b. 1914)
• 1998 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 1999 – Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)
• 1999 – Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler/commentator (b. 1937)
• 2000 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Arne Harris, American television sports director (b. 1934)
• 2002 – Claus van Amsberg, German born Prince Consort of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
• 2004 – Marvin Santiago. Puerto Rican salsa singer (b. 1947)
• 2006 – Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914)
• 2007 – Bud Ekins, American stuntman (b. 1930)
• 2007 – L. M. Singhvi, Indian jurist and writer (b. 1931)
• 2007 – Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian politician (d. 1921)
• 2008 – Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean actor and model (b. 1985)
• 2008 – Peter Cox, Australian politician (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Douglas Campbell, Scottish born Canadian actor (b. 1922)

Holidays and observances

• Armed Forces Day, commemorates the October War in 1973. (Egypt)
• Christian Feast Day
  • Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher
  • Bruno of Cologne
  • Faith
  • Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus
  • Sagar of Laodicea
  • October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• German-American Day (United States)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada