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October 6 Events in History - October 6 Birthdays - October 6 Deaths
October 6, 2000 Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic resigns
October 6, 1996 Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate
October 6, 1996 Caroline Pierce wins JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
October 6, 1996 New York Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals
October 6, 1995 BPAA U.S. Women's Open won by Cheryl Daniels
October 6, 1995 Colorodo Avalanche (former Que Nordiques) 1st NHL game, beat Detroit
October 6, 1994 European Campaign against Racism confers in Austria
October 6, 1994 Ben Mokoena becomes 1st black mayor of Middelburg South Africa
October 6, 1993 Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time
October 6, 1991 Elizabeth Taylor weds for 8th time (Larry Fortensky)
October 6, 1991 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Daikyo World Golf Championship
October 6, 1991 New York Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies
October 6, 1991 Orioles last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers)
October 6, 1990 Spacecraft Ulysses launched towards pole of Sun
October 6, 1990 U.S. 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) launches into orbit
October 6, 1988 Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant
October 6, 1987 Milt coup leader Maj-Gen Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic
October 6, 1986 Russian nuclear sub sinks in Atlantic Ocean
October 6, 1985 Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m woman's record (47.6) in Australia
October 6, 1985 Yankee Phil Niekro becomes 18th pitcher to win 300 games and also at 46 becomes oldest to pitch a shut-out beating Toronto 8-0
October 6, 1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Hitachi Ladies British Golf Open
October 6, 1983 Buffalo Bill QB Joe Ferguson passes 419 yards with 5 TDs
October 6, 1983 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
October 6, 1983 Islander's Mike Bossy's 25th career hat trick
October 6, 1983 New York Jets announce they are leaving Shea for Meadowlands
October 6, 1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 6, 1982 Auburn's Al Del Greco kicks 6 field goals
October 6, 1982 Fokker's Fellowship crashes at Moerdijk Neth, 17-22 die
October 6, 1980 Guyana adopts constitution
October 6, 1980 John Lydon sentenced to 3 months on assault charges
October 6, 1979 Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yds 1'9"
October 6, 1979 Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit White House
October 6, 1978 Hannah H Gray inaugurated as 1st female head of U.S. university (Chic)
October 6, 1978 Iraq declares Ayatollah Khomeini an undesirable person
October 6, 1978 Mick Jagger apologizes for racist lyrics in "Some Girls"
October 6, 1978 Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5
October 6, 1977 DL Coburns "Gin Game," premieres in New York City
October 6, 1977 Yankees win AL pennant by rallying for 3 runs in 9th to beat Kansas City Royals 5-3 in 5th and deciding playoff game
October 6, 1976 "Gang of Four" arrested in Beijing
October 6, 1976 Cubans DC-8 crashes after bomb attack
October 6, 1976 John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent
October 6, 1976 President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"
October 6, 1974 "Mack and Mabel," opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 66 performances
October 6, 1974 Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Sacramento Union Ladies Golf Classic
October 6, 1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel
October 6, 1972 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico
October 6, 1969 WMPB TV channel 67 in Baltimore, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
October 6, 1967 Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funneral to mark end of hippies
October 6, 1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
October 6, 1966 Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout
October 6, 1966 Partial meltdown at Detroits's Fermi 1 nuclear reactor
October 6, 1965 Supremes release "I Hear a Symphony"
October 6, 1965 William Goodhart's "Generation," premieres in New York City
October 6, 1964 "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances
October 6, 1963 Barbra Streisand appears on "Judy Garland Show"
October 6, 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers sweep New York Yankees, in 60th World Series
October 6, 1962 16th NHL All-Star Game: Toronto beat All4-Stars -1 at Toronto
October 6, 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
October 6, 1961 John F. Kennedy advises Americans to build fallout shelters
October 6, 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear tests at Kapustin Yar and Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 6, 1959 Single game World Series attendence record set (92,706 in LA)
October 6, 1959 Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon
October 6, 1958 US nuclear sub USS Seawolfe remains record 60 days under pole
October 6, 1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 6, 1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA United Voluntary Services Golf Open
October 6, 1956 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad
October 6, 1956 Dr. Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vaccine
October 6, 1956 South African politician "Kobie" Coetsee marries Helena E Malan
October 6, 1955 LSD made illegal in U.S.
October 6, 1953 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
October 6, 1951 Stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb
October 6, 1949 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10,000 fine
October 6, 1949 President Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)
October 6, 1948 "Polonaise" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 113 performances
October 6, 1948 KHJ TV channel 9 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting
October 6, 1947 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series
October 6, 1946 90 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct
October 6, 1946 President Truman questions Great Britain Jews about Palestine
October 6, 1945 General Eisenhower welcomed in Hague (on Hitler's train)
October 6, 1945 Memorial for executed unveiled in Terbregge
October 6, 1945 Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of World Series and is escorted out, he casts goat curse on Cubs
October 6, 1944 Allied aircrafts bombard per accident Fishing, Overijssel
October 6, 1944 Canadians free Austria
October 6, 1944 HM Zwaardvis sinks U168 at Java
October 6, 1944 Soviets march into Hungary and Czechoslovakia
October 6, 1943 Battle at Vella Lavella, Solomon Island
October 6, 1943 Himmler wants acceleration of "Final Solution"
October 6, 1942 Allied assault on oil installations of Bula Ceram
October 6, 1941 German army occupies Briansk, U.S.S.R.
October 6, 1941 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1, in 38th World Series
October 6, 1940 Zoological Gardens opens on Sloat and Skyline in SF
October 6, 1939 Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain
October 6, 1939 Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem
October 6, 1938 Yanks Lefty Gomez sets record of 6 World Series wins without a loss
October 6, 1936 New York Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 2 in 33rd World Series
October 6, 1935 Italian army occupies Adua Abyssinia
October 6, 1935 Market Street Railway starts using trackless trolley coaches
October 6, 1931 Js Van Severen forms Verdinaso (Union of Flemish National Solidarists)
October 6, 1929 12th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Hillcrest CC Los Angeles
October 6, 1928 11th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Five Farms CC Baltimore
October 6, 1928 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of China
October 6, 1928 Josip Broz (Tito) sentenced to 5 years in jail
October 6, 1927 "Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (New York City)
October 6, 1926 Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a World Series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5
October 6, 1925 Greek premier Papanastasiou orders gen Pangulos arrested
October 6, 1923 1st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies)
October 6, 1923 2nd government of Stresemann in Germany forms
October 6, 1923 U.S. lt Al Williams fly 392.2 KPH (record)
October 6, 1923 U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar
October 6, 1922 Schwebla replaces Benes government in Czechoslavakia
October 6, 1921 Century Theater opens at 7th Ave and 59th St. New York City (demolished 1962)
October 6, 1921 Fewest hits in World Series Game, 5, Yanks (3) beat Giants (2), 3-0
October 6, 1920 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleve's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Bkln
October 6, 1919 Stambuliski becomes premier of Bulgaria
October 6, 1919 White Sox catcher Ray Schalk is 2nd man ejected from a World Series
October 6, 1918 U.S. ship Otranto sinks between Scotland and Ireland, 425 die
October 6, 1912 Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season
October 6, 1911 Beatrix van Rijk becomes 1st licensed Dutch woman pilot
October 6, 1911 Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th game
October 6, 1910 Braves beat Phillies 20-7
October 6, 1908 Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 6, 1908 Tigers beat White Sox, 7-0 to win AL pennant
October 6, 1908 Yanks lose 100th game of year go 51-103 for season
October 6, 1898 Gustav Mahler conducts 1st Wiener Philharmonic
October 6, 1893 Nabisco Foods invents Cream of Wheat
October 6, 1890 Mormon Church outlaws polygamy
October 6, 1889 Moulin Rogue opens in Paris
October 6, 1889 Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture
October 6, 1886 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Resident Patient"
October 6, 1884 Naval War College forms in Newport RI
October 6, 1882 1st World Series game, Cincinnati (AA) beats Chicago (NL) 4-0
October 6, 1876 American Library Association organized in Philadelphia
October 6, 1871 Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour
October 6, 1869 John Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres
October 6, 1866 1st train robbery in U.S. (Reno Brothers take $13,000)
October 6, 1863 Battle at Baxter Springs Kansas
October 6, 1863 Dr. Charles H Sheppard opens 1st public bath, in Brooklyn
October 6, 1861 Naval Engagement at Charleston, South Carolina USS Flag vs BR Alert
October 6, 1861 Revolt of Russian student shuts down university of Petersburg
October 6, 1857 American Chess Association organized; 1st major U.S. chess tournament (New York City)
October 6, 1811 French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht
October 6, 1799 Battle at Castricum: French and Bataafs army beats English/Russian army
October 6, 1783 Benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock
October 6, 1781 Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War
October 6, 1777 Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British
October 6, 1762 English troops occupy Manila Philippines
October 6, 1689 Pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII
October 6, 1567 Duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands
October 6, 1499 French king Louis XII occupies Milan
October 6, 1111 Boudouin VII becomes earl of Flanders
October 6, 891 Formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope



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