October 6th
Holidays and Festivals
German-American Day (United States)
Armed Forces Day (Egypt) * (see below)
Come and Take it Day
Mad Hatter Day
Physician Assistant Day
Jackie Mayer Rehab Day
Christian Feast Day of Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher
Christian Feast Day of Bruno of Cologne
Christian Feast Day of Faith
Christian Feast Day of Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus
Christian Feast Day of Sagar of Laodicea
* Armed Forces Day (Egypt), commemorates the October War in 1973.
Toast of The Day
"Here's to our native land! May we live for it and die in it."
- Traditional
Drink of The Day
Apple Martini
1 Part Vodka
1 Part Apple Pucker
Shake and Strain into a Cocktail Glass. Garnish With A Cherry
Wine of The Day
Quasar (2007) "Perfecto"
Style - Cabernet Sauvignon
Central Valley
$25
Beer of The Day
- Eastern Hemisphere -
Schneider Weisse Original
Brewer - Schneider Weisse, Kelheim, Germany
- Western Hemisphere -
Old Harbor Taina
Brewer - Old Harbor Brewery San Juan, Puerto Rico
Style - South German-Style Weizenbock
Joke of The Day
There were these two guys out hiking when they came upon an old, abandoned mine shaft. Curious about its depth they threw in a pebble and waited for the sound of it striking the bottom, but they heard nothing. They went and got a bigger rock, threw it in and waited. Still nothing. They searched the area for something larger and came upon a railroad tie. With great difficulty, the two men carried it to the opening and threw it in. While waiting for it to hit bottom, a goat suddenly darted between them and leapt into the hole!
The guys were still standing there with astonished looks upon their faces from the actions of the goat when a man walked up to them. He asked them if they had seen a goat anywhere in the area and they said that one had just jumped into the mine shaft in front of them! The man replied, "Oh no. That couldn't be my goat, mine was tied to a railroad tie."
Quote of The Day
"Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension."
- Actual sign In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers
October Observances
Adopt A Shelter Dog Month
American Cheese Month
American Pharmacist Month
Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
Apple Jack Month
Apple Month
Awareness Month
Bat Appreciation Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month
Celebrate Sun Dried Tomatoes Month
Celebrating The Bilingual Child Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Children's Magazine Month
Christmas Seal Campaign (10/1-12/31)
Church Library Month
Church Safety and Security Month
Class Reunion Month
Clergy Appreciation Month
Co-op Awareness Month
Computer Learning Month
Cookie Month
Cut Out Dissection Month
Diversity Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Eat Better, Eat Together Month
Eat Country Ham Month
Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
Emotional Wellness Month
Employee Ownership Month
Energy Management is a Family Affair, Improve Your Home Month (10/1-3/31)
Fair Trade Month
Feral Hog Month or Hog Out Month
Financial Planning Month
Gay and Lesbian History Month
German-American Heritage Month
Global Diversity Awareness Month
Go Hog Wild, Eat Country Ham Month
Halloween Safety Month
Head Start Awareness Month
Health Literacy Month
Home Eye Safety Month
Intergeneration Month
International Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) Awareness Month
International Drum Month
International Starman Month
International Strategic Planning Month
International Walk To School Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
LGBT History Month
Long Term Care Planning Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Month of Free Thought
National "Gain The Inside Advantage" Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Animal Safety and Protection Month
National Arts & Humanities Month
National Audiology Awareness Month
National Bake and Decorate Month
National Book Month
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
National Canine Good Health Month
National Caramel Month
National Chili Month
National Chiropractic Month
National Communicate with Your Kid Month
National Construction Toy Month
National Cookbook Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Critical Illness Awareness Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Depression Education & Awareness Month
National Diabetes Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Month
National Ergonomics Month
National Family Sexuality Education Month
National Field Trip Month
National Gain the Inside Advantage Month
National Go On A Field Trip Month
National Kitchen & Bath Month
National Liver Awareness Month
National Medical Librarian Month
National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Pizza Month
National Popcorn Popping Month
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
National Protect Your Hearing Month
National RSV Awareness Month
National Reading Group Month
National Roller Skating Month
National Sarcastic Awareness Month
National Seafood Month
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
National Toilet Tank Repair Month
National Vegetarian Month
National Window Covering Safety Month
National Work and Family Month
Organize Your Medical Information Month
Pear and Pineapple Month
Photographer Appreciation Month
Polish American Heritage Month
Positive Attitude Month
Raptor Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Rhizomes and Persimmons Month
Rhubarb Month
Right Brainers Rule! Month
Sausage Month
Second Binary Month (2of 3) (0s and 1s)
Self-Promotion Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Squirrel Awareness Month (Different Than Squirrel Appreciation Day in January)
Tackling Hunger Month
Talk About Prescriptions Month
Wishbones for Pets Month (10/15 - 11/30)
Women's Small Business Month
Workplace Politics Awareness Month
World Blindness Awareness Month
World Menopause Month
Observances this Week
Customer Service Week, First Week of OctoberUniversal Children's Week, First Week of October
Get Organized Week, First Week of October
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, First Friday through Monday in October
World Space Week, October 4th through 10th
National Metric Week, First Full Week with October 10th
National Physicians Assistant Week, First Full Week in October
Emergency Nurses Week, First Full Week in October
Fire Prevention Week, First Full Week in October
Great Books Week, First Full Week in October
Mental Illness Awareness Week, First Full Week in October
Mystery Series Week, First Full Week in October
National Carry A Tune Week, First Full Week in October
National Work From Home Week, First Full Week in October
Nuclear Medicine Week, First Full Week in October
Customer Service Week, First Work Week in October
Kids' Goal Setting Week, First Work Week in October
Financial Planning Week, First Full Week in October Monday through Sunday in October
Spinning & Weaving Week, First Full Week Monday-Sunday in October
Historical Events on October 6th
(68 BC) Battle of Artaxata, Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.
(69 BC) Battle of Tigranocerta, Forces of the Roman Republic defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great.
(105 BC) Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.
891 Formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1111 Boudouin VII becomes earl of Flanders
1499 French king Louis XII occupies Milan
1567 Duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands
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 Mennonite German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first immigration of German people to America.
1689 Pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII
1762 Conclusion of the Battle of Manila of the Seven Years' War between Britain and Spain, which resulted in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war.
1781 Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War
1783 Benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock
1789 French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
1799 Battle at Castricum: French & Bataafs army beats English/Russian army
1811 French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht
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.
1857 American Chess Association organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC)
1861 Naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert
1861 Revolt of Russian student shuts down university of Petersburg
1863 Battle at Baxter Springs Kansas
1863 Dr Charles H Sheppard opens 1st public bath, in Brooklyn
1866 1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000)
1869 John Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres
1871 Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour
1876 American Library Association organized in Philadelphia
1882 1st World Series game, Cincinnati (AA) beats Chicago (NL) 4-0
1884 The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
1886 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Resident Patient" (BG)
1889 Moulin Rogue opens in Paris
1889 Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
1890 Mormon Church outlaws polygamy
1893 Nabisco Foods invents Cream of Wheat
1898 Gustav Mahler conducts 1st Wiener Philharmonic
1898 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity founded at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony)
1903 The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
1906 The Majlis of Iran convened for the first time.
1908 Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1908 Tigers beat White Sox, 7-0 to win AL pennant
1908 Yanks lose 100th game of year go 51-103 for season
1910 Braves beat Phillies 20-7
1911 Beatrix van Rijk becomes 1st licensed Dutch woman pilot
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
1912 Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season
1918 US ship Otranto sinks between Scotland & Ireland, 425 die
1919 Stambuliski becomes premier of Bulgaria
1919 White Sox catcher Ray Schalk is 2nd man ejected from a World Series
1920 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleve's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Bkln
1921 Century Theater opens at 7th Ave & 59th St NYC (demolished 1962)
1921 Fewest hits in World Series Game, 5, Yanks (3) beat Giants (2), 3-0
1921 International PEN is founded in London.
1922 Schwebla replaces Benes government in Czechoslavakia
1922 The great powers of the first world war withdraw from Istanbul
1923 1st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies)
1923 2nd government of Stresemann in Germany forms
1923 USSR adopts experimental calendar
1923 US lt Al Williams fly 392.2 KPH (record)
1925 Greek premier Papanastasiou orders gen Pangulos arrested
1926 Babe Ruth hits 3 HRs in a World Series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5
1927 "Jazz Singer", the first prominent talking movie with a sound track, premieres in New York City.
1928 11th PGA Championship, Leo Diegel at Five Farms CC Baltimore
1928 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
1928 Josip Broz (Tito) sentenced to 5 years in jail
1929 12th PGA Championship, Leo Diegel at Hillcrest CC Los Angeles
1931 Js Van Severen forms Verdinaso (Union of Flemish Natl Solidarists)
1935 Italian army occupies Adua Abyssinia
1935 Market Street Railway starts using trackless trolley coaches
1936 NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 2 in 33rd World Series
1938 Yanks Lefty Gomez sets record of 6 World Series wins without a loss
1939 Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France & Britain, announces plans to regulate Jewish problem
1939 The Last Polish army is defeated in World War II.
1940 Zoological Gardens opens on Sloat & Skyline in SF
1941 German army occupies Briansk, USSR
1941 NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1, in 38th World Series
1942 Allied assault on oil installations of Bula Ceram
1943 Battle at Vella Lavella, Solomon Island
1943 Himmler wants acceleration of "Final Solution"
1944 Allied aircrafts bombard per accident Fishing, Overijssel
1944 Canadians free Austria
1944 HM Zwaardvis sinks U168 at Java
1944 Soviets march into Hungary & Czechoslovakia
1945 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).
1945 Gen Eisenhower welcomed in Hague (on Hitler's train)
1945 Memorial for executed unveiled in Terbregge
1945 Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of World Series & is escorted out, he casts goat curse on Cubs
1946 90°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct
1946 Pres Harry Truman questions Great Britain Jews about Palestine
1947 NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series
1948 "Polonaise" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 113 performances
1948 KHJ TV channel 9 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1949 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years & $10,000 fine
1949 Pres Harry Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)
1951 Stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb
1953 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 LSD made illegal in US
1956 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad
1956 Dr Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vaccine
1956 South African politician "Kobie" Coetsee marries Helena E Malan
1957 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA United Voluntary Services Golf Open
1958 US nuclear sub USS Seawolfe remains record 60 days under pole
1959 Single game World Series attendence record set (92,706 in LA)
1959 Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon
1961 JFK advises Americans to build fallout shelters
1961 USSR performs nuclear tests at Kapustin Yar & Novaya Zemlya USSR
1962 16th NHL All-Star Game, Toronto beat All4-Stars -1 at Toronto
1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1963 Barbra Streisand appears on "Judy Garland Show"
1963 LA Dodgers sweep NY Yankees, in 60th World Series
1964 "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 23 performances
1965 Supremes release "I Hear a Symphony"
1965 William Goodhart's "Generation," premieres in NYC
1966 LSD is declared illegal in the United States.
1966 Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout
1966 Partial meltdown at Detroits's Fermi 1 nuclear reactor
1967 Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funneral to mark end of hippies
1967 USSR performs nuclear test
1969 WMPB TV channel 67 in Baltimore, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico
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.
1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria & Egypt attack Israel
1974 "Mack & Mabel," opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 66 performances
1974 Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Sacramento Union Ladies Golf Classic
1976 "Gang of Four" arrested in Beijing
1976 Cubana Flight 455 DC-8 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean after two bombs, placed by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded onboard shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados. All 73 people on-board were killed.
1976 John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent
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.
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 President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"
1977 DL Coburns "Gin Game," premieres in NYC
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.
1977 Yankees win AL pennant by rallying for 3 runs in 9th to beat KC Royals 5-3 in 5th & deciding playoff game
1978 Hannah H Gray inaugurated as 1st female head of US university (Chic)
1978 Iraq declares Ayatollah Khomeini an undesirable person
1978 Mick Jagger apologizes for racist lyrics in "Some Girls"
1978 Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5
1979 Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yds 1'9"
1979 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
1980 Guyana adopts constitution
1980 John Lydon sentenced to 3 months on assault charges
1981 President of Egypt, Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated.
1982 Auburn's Al Del Greco kicks 6 field goals
1982 Fokker's Fellowship crashes at Moerdijk Neth, 17-22 die
1983 Buffalo Bill QB Joe Ferguson passes 419 yards with 5 TDs
1983 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1983 Islander's Mike Bossy's 25th career hat trick
1983 NY Jets announce they are leaving Shea for Meadowlands
1983 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Hitachi Ladies British Golf Open
1985 Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m woman's record (47.6) in Australia
1985 PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
1985 Yankee Phil Niekro becomes 18th pitcher to win 300 games & also at 46 becomes oldest to pitch a shut-out beating Toronto 8-0
1986 Russian nuclear sub sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1987 Fiji becomes a republic.
1987 Militant coup leader Maj-Gen Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic
1988 Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant
1990 Spacecraft Ulysses (Solar Polar Orbiter)launched towards pole of Sun, US 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11)
1991 Elizabeth Taylor weds for 8th time (Larry Fortensky)
1991 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Daikyo World Golf Championship
1991 NY Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies
1991 Orioles last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers)
1993 Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time
1994 European Campaign against Racism confers in Austria
1994 Ben Mokoena becomes 1st black mayor of Middelburg South Africa
1995 51 Pegasi was discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.
1995 BPAA US Women's Open won by Cheryl Daniels
1995 Colorodo Avalanche (former Que Nordiques) 1st NHL game, beat Detroit
1996 Bob Dole & Pres Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate
1996 Caroline Pierce wins JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1996 Lois & Clark (fictional characters) wed
1996 NY Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals
2000 Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns.
2000 Yugoslav president Slobodan Miloševic resigns.
2002 Opus Dei founder Josemaría Escrivá is canonized.
2002 The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
2007 Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
2010 Roy Halladay pitches the second no-hitter in MLB Postseason History during Game 1 of the NLDS versus the Cincinnati Reds
2012 Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict XVI's butler, is found guilty of leaking confidential documents and is sentenced to 18 months imprisonment
2012 The Leeds Rhinos defeat the Warrington Wolves 26-18 to win the 2012 Super League grand final
2013 53 people are killed in political clashes in Egypt
2014 John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser win the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
2015 Nobel prize for Physics awarded to Takaaki Kajita (Japan) and Arthur McDonald (Canada) for work on neutrinos
Born on October 6th
1289 King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
1459 Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
1510 John Caius, English physician (d. 1573)
1510 Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
1552 Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (China) (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)
1618 Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer
1706 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749)
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)
1777 William Russell, composer
1801 Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)
1803 Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)
1806 Andreas Randel, composer
1808 Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)
1816 William Batchelder Bradbury, composer
1818 Joseph Rummel, composer
1819 Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer
1820 Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
1824 Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book
1827 Cark Reidel, composer
1831 J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) (d. 1916)
1838 Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)
1846 George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (alternated US currency) (d. 1914)
1847 Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor
1849 Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"
1860 Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)
1860 Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13)
1862 Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)
1866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer, broadcasted 1st program of voice & music (d. 1932)
1872 Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (d. 1936)
1873 Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer
1874 Frank G. Allen, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)
1876 Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (d. 1941)
1880 Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano
1882 Karol Maciej Szymanowski, Ukrainian composer (Stabatmater) and pianist (d. 1937)
1884 Lloyd Spooner, US, marksman (Olympic-4 gold/1 silver/2 bronze-1920)
1886 Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
1887 George Brown, cricketer (legendary England batsman/keeper of 20's)
1887 Le Corbusier (Charles Jeanneret), Swiss architect, city planner, artist (Urbanisme) (d. 1965)
1887 Maria Jeritza (Jedlicka), Austrian singer (Vienna Opera)
1887 MartinLuis Guzman, Mexican novelist (Eagle & the Serpent)
1888 Li Ta-chao, co-founder with Mao Tse-tung (Chinese Communist Party)
1888 Max Butting, composer
1888 Roland Garros, French pilot (d. 1918)
1889 Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Noce I Dnie)
1892 Jackie Saunders, American silent film actress (d. 1954)
1895 Caroline Gordon, American writer (Green Centuries) and critic (d. 1981)
1896 Otto Siegl, composer
1897 Jerome Cowan, NYC, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie, Tab Hunter Show)
1900 Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
1902 Mihovil Logar, composer
1903 Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1904 Horst Lange, writer
1905 Helen Wills Moody Roark, American tennis player (8 Wimbledon titles 1927-1938, US Open 1923-25, 27-29, 31)
1906 Janet Gaynor, American actress (Sunrise, A Star Is Born) (d. 1984)
1906 Louis Borell, Amsterdam Neth, actor (Over the Moon, Queer Cargo)
1908 Carole Lombard, American actress (My Man Godfrey, In Name Only) (d. 1942)
1908 Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989)
1910 Barbara Castle, British politician (d. 2002)
1912 Anthony Cuthbert Baines, writer/curator
1912 Perkins Bass, American politician
1913 Meret Oppenheim, writer
1914 Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian anthropologist, explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku) (d. 2002)
1915 Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (d. 2007)
1915 Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and civil rights activist (d. 2007)
1915 Edgardo Martin, composer
1915 Harry van Doorn (Henri W) Dutch politician, CRM minister (KVP/PPR)
1916 Tommy Lawton, footballer
1917 Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (d. 1977)
1918 André Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1993)
1920 Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005)
1920 Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (d. 2005)
1921 Joseph Lowery, American Civil rights movement leader
1921 Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (d. 1997)
1922 Joe Frazier, American baseball player
1925 Shana Alexander, American columnist, journalist (60 Minutes) (d. 2005)
1926 Alan Copeland, LA California, orchestra leader/singer (Your Hit Parade)
1926 Cyril Reuben, violinist
1927 Alice Bauer, LPGA golfer
1927 Bill King, American sports broadcaster (d. 2005)
1927 Paul Badura-Skoda, Vienna Austria, pianist (Mozart Interpretation)
1929 Les Favell, cricketer (stoic Australian batsman late 50's)
1930 Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)
1930 Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer
1931 Fred Graham, newscaster/journalist (CBS News, Court TV)
1931 Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)
1931 Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 Gloria Lane, educator/author/founder (Women's International Center)
1933 Horst Bingle, writer
1935 Bruno Sammartino, Italian strongman and professional wrestler
1935 Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)
1936 Anna Quayle, actress (Mistress Pamela)
1936 Glenn Hild, race horse trainer
1936 Rob Touber (Robert J Noordervliet), cabaret director (Capers)
1938 Serge Nubret, French bodybuilder
1939 Douglas K Bereuter, (Rep-R-Nebraska, 1979)
1939 John J LaFalce, American politician, US House of Representatives (Rep-D-NY, 1975)
1940 Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russia, cosmonaut
1940 Ellen Travolta, American actress (Grease, Charles in Charge)
1940 Wyche Fowler Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977-87)
1942 Britt Ekland, Swedish actress (Wicker Man, Asylum)
1942 Fred Travalena, NYC, comedian/impressionist (Buy & Cell)
1942 Millie Small, Jamaican singer
1943 Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
1943 Cees Veerman, pop guitarist/singer (Cats-Sure He's a Cat)
1943 Michael Durrell, American actor (Shannon, V, Alice, Chiefs)
1943 Udo Zimmermann, composer
1944 José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)
1944 Merzak Allouache, director (Salut Cousin, Amour a Paris)
1945 Domonic Barber, attorney (Howard Stern, Jessica Hahn, Joe Buttafucco)
1945 Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
1946 Eddie Villanueva, JIL Spiritual Director, Owner of ZOE Broadcasting Network
1946 Gary Gentry, baseball player (NY Mets)
1946 Lloyd Doggett, American politician
1946 Tony Greig, South African–born English cricketer
1946 Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
1947 Aleksandr Stepanovich Andryushkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
1947 Klaus Dibiasi, Italy, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1968, 72, 76)
1947 Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter
1948 Dan Hamburg, (Rep-D-California)
1948 Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician
1949 Bobby Farrell, Jamaica, rock vocalist
1950 David Brin, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Sundiver, Postman)
1950 Thomas McClary, US soul guitarist (Commodores-Still)
1951 Kevin Cronin, American vocalist (REO Speedwagon)
1951 Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
1952 Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer
1953 Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (d. 1991)
1954 Darrell M. West, American political scientist
1954 David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys)
1955 Tony Dungy, American football coach
1956 Kathleen Webb, American comic book writer and artist
1956 Stephanie Zimbalist, NYC, actress (Remington Steele, Centennial)
1957 Dom Galluscio, race horse trainer
1957 Shahzad Altaf, cricketer (UAE off-spinner 1996 World Cup)
1958 Joseph Finder, American novelist
1959 Brian Higgins, American politician, Member of US House of Representatives
1959 Dennis Ray Boyd, American baseball player
1959 John Mackin, programmer
1959 Robyn Maher, Australian basketball guard (Olympics-bronze-96)
1959 Walter Ray Williams Jr., American bowler (twice Player of the Year) and horsehoes champion
1959 (Dennis Ray) "Oil Can" Boyd, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1960 Albert Lewis, NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
1960 Jeffrey Trachta, Staten Island NY, actor (Thorne-Bold & Beautiful)
1960 Richard Jobson, British TV person/rocker (Skids-Scared to Dance)
1960 Scott Stevens, jockey
1961 Kathrin Dörre, East German marathoner (Olympic-bronze-1988)
1961 Tim Burgess, rocker
1962 Rich Yett, baseball player
1963 Elisabeth Shue, American film actress (Cocktail, Adv in Babysitting)
1963 Jsu Garcia, American actor
1964 Matthew Sweet, American musician
1964 Pam Kometani, Honolulu HI, LPGA golfer (1992 Welch's Classic-27th)
1964 Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989)
1964 Thomas "Tom" Hunter, US 50M FREESTYLE swimmer (world record)
1964 Tom Jager, American swimmer
1965 Cynthia Meyer, NY, Canadian trap shooter (Olympics-96)
1965 David Spaulding, Newport Beach California, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1965 Jim Sharp, US rodeo rider (Las Vegas 1988)
1965 Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican baseball player, outfielder (NY Yankees)
1966 Archi Cianfrocco, Rome NY, infielder (San Diego Padres)
1966 Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
1966 Jimmie Johnson, NFL tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1966 Julianne McNamara, Flushing NY, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984)
1966 Niall Quinn, Irish footballer
1966 Oscar Caballos, jockey
1967 Kennet Andersson, former Swedish footballer
1967 Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman
1969 Byron Black, Zimbabwe, tennis star
1969 Jeff Lay, Ottawa Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1969 Martha Richards, Hudson WI, LPGA golfer (1995 Safeco Classic-21st)
1969 Robert Person, St Louis MO, pitcher (NY Mets)
1969 Troy Shaw, English snooker player
1970 Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer
1970 Darren Oliver, American baseball player, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
1970 Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress
1971 Alan Stubbs, English footballer
1971 Chris Hudson, NFL strong safety (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress
1971 Phil Bennett, British racing driver
1972 Anders Iwers, Swedish musician
1972 J J Stokes, NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers)
1972 Ko So-young, South Korean actress
1972 Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
1972 Ryu Shi-won, South Korean actor and singer
1973 Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
1973 Jeff Davis, American comedian
1973 Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player, WNBA center (Olympics-gold-96) (NY Liberty)
1973 Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer
1974 Alexis Georgoulis, Greek actor
1974 Brian Kelly, Mission Viejo California, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1974 Geert Jelle de Vries, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1974 Jeremy Sisto, American actor
1974 Kenny Jonsson, Angelholm SW, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, NY Islander)
1974 Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer
1975 Ines Sainz, Miss Spain Universe (1997)
1975 John Harm Skippers, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1975 Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
1976 Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
1977 Daniel 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 Lex Shrapnel, English actor
1979 Richard Seymour, American football player
1980 Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
1981 José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
1981 Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
1982 Levon Aronian, Armenian chess Grandmaster
1982 MC Lars, American hip-hop artist
1982 Michael Arden, American actor
1982 Paul Smith, English Boxer
1982 William Butler, Musician and member of Arcade Fire
1984 Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer
1984 Morne Morkel, South African cricketer
1985 Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
1986 Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
1986 Olivia Thirlby, American actress
1986 Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer
1988 Kayky Brito , Brazilian actor.
1988 Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress
1992 Rhyon Nicole Brown, American actress
1995 Jessica Lunsford, American kidnapping victim (d. 2005)
1998 Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer
Died on October 6th
404 Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria
869 Ermentrude of Orléans, consort of Charles the Bald (b. 823)
877 Charles II the Kale, King of France, Roman emperor (875-77) (b. 823)
1014 Samuel, Emperor of the Bulgarian Empire (b. 958)
1072 Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered
1101 Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order
1214 Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile
1413 Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)
1542 Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)
1585 Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor, dies
1641 Matthijs H Quast, Dutch explorer, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle
1644 Elisabeth of Bourbon, consort of Philip IV of Spain (b. 1602)
1644 Isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV
1651 Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien)
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 Onofrio Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684)
1786 Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer
1819 Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802), Jesuit (b. 1751)
1829 Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
1837 Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer,
1855 August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln)
1860 Stephen Elvey, composer
1861 Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14)
1868 Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer
1873 Paul Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)
1873 Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)
1874 Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer
1880 Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician, astronomer
1891 Charles S(tewart) Parnell, Irish politician, Home Rule Party leader (b. 1846)
1892 Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet (b. 1809)
1905 Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer, explorer
1909 Dudley Buck, US organist, composer
1912 Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel Peace Prize 1909) (b. 1829)
1920 Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer/conductor (Artemis), dies at 56
1924 Jacques Oppenheim, lawyer
1926 Charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse)
1933 Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer
1935 Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer
1940 Ferdinando Liuzzi, composer
1942 Erich Kuttner, German journalist, historian (Vorwarts)
1943 Robert Cooper, father of Card pitcher Mort & catcher Walker
1945 Leonardo Conti, Nazi physician (b. 1900)
1947 Leevi Antti Madetoya, composer
1947 Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887)
1949 Robert Lynd, Irish writer, critic (News Chronicle)
1951 Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated
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)
1953 Porter Hall, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity)
1954 Hakon Borresen, composer
1956 Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook)
1959 Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b. 1865)
1960 Douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing)
1962 Tod Browning, American film director (b. 1880)
1964 F T Mann, cricketer (father of F G, 281 runs in 5 Tests 1922-23)
1964 Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz)
1965 Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter
1966 Sydney Chatton
1968 Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (b. 1917)
1969 Walter Hagen, US PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19)
1973 Arnold Maria Walter, composer
1973 Dennis Price, English actor (VIPs, Pulp, Canterbury Tales) (b. 1915)
1973 François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)
1973 Sidney Blackmer, American actor (Love Crazy) (b. 1895)
1974 Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver (b. 1948)
1975 Henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro)
1976 Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
1979 Elizabeth Bishop, poetess (North & South, Pulitzer 1956)
1980 Hattie Jacques, British comedy actress (Make Mine Mink) (b. 1922)
1980 Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)
1980 Ray Walker, actor (Baby Take a Bow)
1981 Anwar Sadat,
1981 (Mohammed) Anwar al-Sadat, President of Egypt (1970-81), recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, assassinated (b. 1918)
1983 Terence Cooke, American cardinal archbishop (b. 1921)
1984 George S Simpson, US paleontologist
1985 Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921)
1986 Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
1989 Bette (Ruth E) Davis, American actress (All About Eve, White Mama) (b. 1908)
1991 Lincoln Demyan
1991 Wendell Phillips
1992 Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
1992 Denholm Elliott, English actor (Raiders of Lost Ark) (b. 1922)
1993 Agnes de Mille, US dancer/choreographer (Oklahoma!)
1993 Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (b. 1949)
1995 Benoît Chamoux, French climber (b. 1961)
1995 Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario
1995 Oswald Moxley Gibbs, diplomat
1995 Walter "Crash" Morgan, drummer
1996 Martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner
1996 Ted Bessell, director/actor (That Girl)
1997 Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player, pitched consecutive no-hitters (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 von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
2003 Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist (b. 1957)
2004 Marvin Santiago. Puerto Rican salsa singer (b. 1947)
2006 Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911)
2006 Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (b. 1940)
2006 Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)
2006 Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914)
2007 Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian politican (d. 1921)
2007 Bud Ekins, American stuntman (b. 1930)
2007 L. M. Singhvi, Indian jurist and writer (b. 1931)
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)
2010 Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1966)
2010 Colette Renard, French actress and singer (b. 1924)
2012 Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian president
2013 Will Ogdon, American composer
2014 Marian Seldes, American actress
2015 Árpád Göncz, Hungarian politician, 1st post-communist President (1990-2000)
2015 Billy Joe Royal, American country and pop singer (Down in the Boondocks)
2015 Kevin Corcoran, American actor (Swiss Family Robinson, Babes in Toyland)
2015 Sandra Spuzich, American LPGA golfer