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October 6

A look at October 6 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Isaac Brock and Le Corbusier, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1987

    Fiji

    Fiji becomes a republic.

    Country in Oceania
  2. 1985

    Murder of Keith Blakelock

    Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.

    1985 murder in England
  3. 1981

    Anwar Sadat

    Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.

    President of Egypt from
  4. 1979

    Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.

    Head of the Catholic
  5. 1939

    World War II

    World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.

    1939–1945 global conflict
  6. 1927

    The Jazz Singer

    Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.

    1927 film by Alan
  7. 1915

    World War I

    World War I: Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria launched a new offensive against Serbia under command of August von Mackensen.

    1914–1918 global conflict
  8. 1777

    American Revolutionary War

    American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.

    1775–1783 conflict in North
  9. 1762

    Seven Years' War

    Seven Years' War: The British capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

    Global war among European
  10. 618

    Transition from Sui to Tang

    Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi.

    Period in Chinese history
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Famous birthday twins

Born on October 6

Isaac Brock

b. 1769

English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada

Le Corbusier

b. 1887

Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy

Louis Philippe I

b. 1773

of France

Sheila Greibach

b. 1939

American computer scientist and academic

Martin Behaim

b. 1459

German navigator and geographer

Wenceslaus III of Bohemia

b. 1289

King of Bohemia and Poland from 1305 to 1306

Helen Wills

b. 1905

American tennis player and painter

Manfred Winkelhock

b. 1951

German race car driver

Deaths

  • 2020Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter
  • 1981Anwar Sadat, Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1962Tod Browning, American actor, director, screenwriter
  • 1951Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 404AD 404, Byzantine empress
  • 23AD 23, emperor of the Xin Dynasty

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Marie Rose Durocher
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
  • —Christian feast day: Bruno of Cologne
  • —Christian feast day: Faith
  • —Christian feast day: Mary Frances of the Five Wounds
  • —Christian feast day: Pardulphus
  • —Christian feast day: Sagar of Laodicea
  • —Christian feast day: October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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