What happened on October 6? There are more than 258 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About October 6
October 6 is the 280th day of the year 2024. There are 86 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday. This day falls under the 40th week of the year 2024.
On this day in New Ulm, Minnesota 56073 sunrise will occur at 07:21 AM and sunset will occur at 06:50 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Libra. The modern birthstone for this month is Opal while the mystical birthstone is Jasper.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 115 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For October 6
- 68 BCBattle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.
- 69 BCBattle of Tigranocerta: Forces of the Roman Republic defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great.
- 105 BCBattle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.
- 404Empress Eudoxia has her seventh and last pregnancy who ends in a miscarriage. She is left bleeding and dies of an infection short after.
- 1582Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1600Jacopo Peri’s Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period
- 1683German immigrant families found Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America.
- 1762Seven 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.
- 1777American Revolutionary War: General Sir Henry Clinton leads British forces in the capture of Continental Army Hudson River defenses in the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery.
- 1789French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
- 1849The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
- 1854The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
- 1876The American Library Association was founded.
- 1884The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1889Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
- 1898Ossian Everett Mills founds Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1903The High Court of Australia sat for the first time.
- 1908Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1910Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first time (7 times in total).
- 1923The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul
- 1927Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.
- 1939World War II: The last Polish army is defeated.
- 1945Baseball: 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).
- 1973Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.
- 1976Cubana 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.
- 1976Massacre 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.
- 1976New 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.
- 1977In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.
- 1977The first prototype of the MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
- 1979Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
- 1981Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated.
- 1985PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
- 1987Fiji becomes a republic.
- 199551 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.
- 2000Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns.
- 2000Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.
- 2002The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
- 2007Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
Who Were Born On October 6?
- 1289King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
- 1459Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
- 1510John Caius, English physician (d. 1573)
- 1510Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
- 1552Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (d. 1610)
- 1573Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)
- 1610Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)
- 1716George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)
- 1738Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)
- 1744James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)
- 1767Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)
- 1769Sir Isaac Brock, British soldier (d. 1812)
- 1773King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
- 1801Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)
- 1803Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)
- 1820Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
- 1831Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (d. 1916)
- 1838Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)
- 1846George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914)
- 1866Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. 1932)
- 1872Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (d. 1936)
- 1874Frank G. Allen, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)
- 1876Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (d. 1941)
- 1882Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1937)
- 1886Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
- 1887Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965)
- 1888Roland Garros, French pilot (d. 1918)
- 1892Jackie Saunders, American silent film actress (d. 1954)
- 1895Caroline Gordon, American writer and critic (d. 1981)
- 1897Florence Siebert, American medical researcher (d. 1991)
- 1900Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
- 1903Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1905Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998)
- 1906Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)
- 1908Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)
- 1908Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989)
- 1910Barbara Castle, British politician (d. 2002)
- 1912Perkins Bass, American politician and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire (d. 2011)
- 1914Joan Littlewood, British theatre director (d. 2002)
- 1914Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (d. 2002)
- 1915Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (d. 2007)
- 1915Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and civil rights activist (d. 2007)
- 1916Chiang Wei-kuo, adopted son of Chiang Kai Shek and Chinese Kuomintang military commander. (d. 1997)
- 1917Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (d. 1977)
- 1918André Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1993)
- 1918Goh Keng Swee, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010)
- 1920Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005)
- 1920Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (d. 2005)
- 1921Joseph Lowery, American Civil rights movement leader
- 1921Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (d. 1997)
- 1922Joe Frazier, American baseball player
- 1925Shana Alexander, American columnist (d. 2005)
- 1927Bill King, American sports broadcaster (d. 2005)
- 1930Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)
- 1930Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer
- 1931Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)
- 1931Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1935Bruno Sammartino, Italian strongman and professional wrestler
- 1935Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)
- 1938Serge Nubret, French bodybuilder (d. 2011)
- 1939Jack Cullen, American baseball player
- 1939John LaFalce, American politician, and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- 1940Ellen Travolta, American actress
- 1942Britt Ekland, Swedish actress
- 1943Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
- 1943Michael Durrell, American actor
- 1944Boris Mikhailov, Soviet ice hockey player
- 1944José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)
- 1945Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
- 1946Eddie Villanueva, JIL Spiritual Director, Owner of ZOE Broadcasting Network
- 1946Lloyd Doggett, American politician and Member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
- 1946Millie Small, Jamaican singer
- 1946Tony Greig, South African–born English cricketer
- 1946Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
- 1947Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter
- 1948Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician
- 1949Leslie Moonves, American businessman
- 1949Nicolas Peyrac, French composer, lyricist and singer
- 1950David Brin, American author
- 1951Kevin Cronin, American musician (REO Speedwagon)
- 1951Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
- 1952Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer
- 1952Jürgen Schulz, German footballer
- 1953Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (d. 1991)
- 1954Darrell M. West, American political scientist
- 1954David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys)
- 1955Tony Dungy, American football coach
- 1956Kathleen Webb, American comic book writer and artist
- 1958Joseph Finder, American novelist
- 1959Brian Higgins, American politician, and Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- 1959Dennis Ray Boyd, American baseball player
- 1959Walter Ray Williams Jr., American bowler and horseshoes champion
- 1962Rich Yett, baseball player
- 1963Elisabeth Shue, American film actress
- 1963Jsu Garcia, American actor
- 1964Matthew Sweet, American musician
- 1964Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989)
- 1964Tom Jager, American swimmer
- 1965Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1965Steve Scalise, American politician
- 1966Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
- 1966Niall Quinn, Irish footballer
- 1967Kennet Andersson, former Swedish footballer
- 1967Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman
- 1968Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer
- 1969Troy Shaw, English snooker player
- 1970Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer
- 1970Darren Oliver, American baseball player
- 1970Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress
- 1971Alan Stubbs, English footballer
- 1971Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress
- 1971Phil Bennett, British racing driver
- 1971Takis Gonias, Greek footballer
- 1972Anders Iwers, Swedish musician
- 1972Ko So-young, South Korean actress
- 1972Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
- 1972Ryu Shi-won, South Korean actor and singer
- 1973Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
- 1973Jeff Davis, American comedian
- 1973Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player
- 1973Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer
- 1974Alexis Georgoulis, Greek actor
- 1974Jeremy Sisto, American actor
- 1974Kenny Jönsson, Swedish hockey player
- 1974Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer
- 1975Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
- 1976Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
- 1977Danny Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977Melinda Doolittle, American singer and recording artist
- 1977Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer
- 1977Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1977Wes Ramsey, American actor
- 1978Ricky Hatton, English boxer
- 1979David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
- 1979Lex Shrapnel, English actor
- 1979Richard Seymour, American football player
- 1980Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
- 1981José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1981Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
- 1982Levon Aronian, Armenian chess Grandmaster
- 1982MC Lars, American hip-hop artist
- 1982Meiyang Chаng, Indian actor, singer, anchor and dancer
- 1982Michael Arden, American actor
- 1982Paul Smith, English boxer
- 1982William Butler, Musician and member of Arcade Fire
- 1984Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer
- 1984Morne Morkel, South African cricketer
- 1985Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
- 1986Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
- 1986Olivia Thirlby, American actress
- 1986Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer
- 1988Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress
- 1989Pizzi, Portuguese footballer
- 1991Roshon Fegan, American actor
- 1995Jessica Lunsford, American kidnapping victim (d. 2005)
- 1998Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer
Who Died On October 6?
- 404Aelia Eudoxia, Roman empress and consort of Arcadius
- 869Ermentrude of Orléans, consort of Charles the Bald (b. 823)
- 877Charles the Bald (b. 823)
- 1014Samuil of Bulgaria (b. 958)
- 1101Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order
- 1413Dawit I of Ethiopia (b. 1382)
- 1542Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)
- 1641Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer
- 1644Elisabeth of Bourbon, consort of Philip IV of Spain (b. 1602)
- 1660Paul Scarron, French writer
- 1661Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru (b. 1630)
- 1688Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652)
- 1739Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon and ancestress of the Heir to the Belgian throne (b. 1684)
- 1762Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684)
- 1819Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (b. 1751)
- 1829Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
- 1873Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)
- 1883Emperor Duc Duc (pronounced “dzup-duc”), the fifth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty (b. 1852)
- 1891Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
- 1892Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet (b. 1809)
- 1912Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1829)
- 1945Leonardo Conti, Nazi physician (b. 1900)
- 1947Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887)
- 1951Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1884)
- 1951Will Keith Kellogg, American food manufacturer (b. 1860)
- 1959Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b. 1865)
- 1962Tod Browning, American film director (b. 1880)
- 1968Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (b. 1917)
- 1973Dennis Price, English actor (b. 1915)
- 1973François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)
- 1973Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895)
- 1974Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver (b. 1948)
- 1976Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
- 1977Danny Greene, Irish-American mobster from Cleveland (b. 1933)
- 1979Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (b. 1911)
- 1980Hattie Jacques, British comedy actress (b. 1922)
- 1980Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)
- 1981Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918)
- 1983Terence Cooke, American cardinal archbishop (b. 1921)
- 1985Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921)
- 1986Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
- 1989Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)
- 1991Igor Talkov, Russian musician (b. 1956)
- 1992Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
- 1992Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)
- 1993Larry Walters, American “lawn chair” pilot (b. 1949)
- 1995Benoît Chamoux, French climber (b. 1961)
- 1997Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player (b. 1914)
- 1998Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
- 1999Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)
- 1999Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler/commentator (b. 1937)
- 2000Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1920)
- 2001Arne Harris, American television sports director (b. 1934)
- 2002Claus van Amsberg, German born Prince Consort of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
- 2004Marvin Santiago. Puerto Rican salsa singer (b. 1947)
- 2006Bertha Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)
- 2006Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911)
- 2006Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (b. 1940)
- 2006Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914)
- 2007Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian politician (d. 1921)
- 2007Bud Ekins, American stuntman (b. 1930)
- 2007L. M. Singhvi, Indian jurist and writer (b. 1931)
- 2008Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean actor and model (b. 1985)
- 2008Peter Cox, Australian politician (b. 1925)
- 2009Douglas Campbell, Scottish born Canadian actor (b. 1922)
- 2010Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1966)
- 2010Colette Renard, French actress and singer (b. 1924)
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