October 6
October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). There are 86 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1459 - Martin Behaim, navigator, geographer (d. c. 1507)
- 1510 - Rowland Taylor, pastor, martyr (d. 1555)
- 1742 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet
- 1773 - King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
- 1820 - Jenny Lind, singer
- 1831 - Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (d. 1916)
- 1846 - George Westinghouse, American engineer, inventor (d. 1914)
- 1868 - George Horace Lorimer, editor of the Saturday Evening Post (d. 1937)
- 1882 - Karol Szymanowski, composer (d. 1937)
- 1886 - Edwin Fischer, pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
- 1887 - Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965)
- 1905 - Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998)
- 1906 - Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)
- 1908 - Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)
- 1910 - Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, British Labour politician (d. 2002)
- 1914 - Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer, leader of the Kon-Tiki expedition (d. 2002)
- 1930 - Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)
- 1930 - Richie Benaud, Australian cricket player
- 1935 - Bruno Sammartino, "The Italian Strongman"
- 1948 - Gerry Adams, Irish politician
- 1950 - David Brin, science fiction author
- 1951 - Manfred Winkelhock, German auto racing driver (d. 1985)
- 1969 - Troy Shaw, English snooker player
- 1993 - Demi Garcia, young Tejano singer
Deaths
- 1892 - Alfred Tennyson, British poet laureate
- 1962 - Tod Browning, American film director
- 1981 - Anwar Sadat, Egyptian president (assassinated)
- 1983 - Terence Cardinal Cooke, tenth bishop (seventh archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York (b. 1921)
- 1985 - Murder of PC Keith Blakelock in the Broadwater Farm Riot, London
- 1985 - Nelson Riddle, bandleader (b. 1921)
- 1988 - Larry Walters, who used 45 helium balloons and a lawnchair to propel himself to 16,000 feet in 1982
- 1989 - Bette Davis, American actress
- 1992 - Denholm Elliott, actor
- 1993 - Agnes de Mille, dancer, choreographer
- 2002 - Claus von Amsberg (76), husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Holidays and Observances
- German-American Day (U.S. observance, since 1987)
October 5 - October 7 - September 6 - November 6 - more historical anniversaries
