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October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days remaining until the end of the year. 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
October 2007 is the tenth month of that year. ...
October 2006 is the tenth month of that year and has yet to occur. ...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles...
October 6, 2004 Appearing before the United States Senate Armed Services Committee, Charles Duelfer, head of the Iraq Survey Group announces that the group found no evidence that Iraq under Saddam Hussein had produced any weapons of mass destruction since 1991, when UN sanctions were imposed. ...
October 6, 2003 2004 U.S. Democratic Primaries: Senator Bob Graham announces on Larry King Live that he is ending his 2004 presidential campaign. ...
October 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // Events October 31, 2002 The Russian Health Minister Yuri Shevchenko has now stated that the incapacitating agent used in the storming of the Moscow theatre siege was a fentanyl derivative. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: October 2 - Bankruptcy of Swissair. ...
October 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events October 1 - 2 - Nine Israeli-Arabs are killed by Israeli security forces after a riot/violent demonstration of solidarity with Palestinians under military rule in the West Bank and Gaza. ...
For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ...
For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...
Events - 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.
- 68 BC - Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.
- 1582 - Due to 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, premieres in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period
- 1683 - William Penn brings 13 German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first German people to immigrate to America.
- 1762 - Seven 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.
- 1789 - French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
- 1849 - The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
- 1854 - The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
- 1884 - The Naval War College of the United States Navy was founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1889 - Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
- 1898 - Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity founded at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 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.
- 1921 - International PEN is founded in London.
- 1922 - The great powers of the first world war withdraw from Istanbul
- 1927 - Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.
- 1928 - Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
- 1939 - Last Polish army is defeated in World War II.
- 1945 - Baseball: 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).
- 1955 - A United Airlines DC-4 crashes in Medicine Bow Peak, Wyoming, killing 66 people
- 1966 - LSD is declared illegal in the United States.
- 1973 - The Crossing: 80,000 Egyptian troops cross the Suez Canal, destroying the fortified Israeli Bar-Lev Line and starting the Yom Kippur War.
- 1976 - Cubana Flight 455 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 - 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 - 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.
- 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.
- 1979 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
- 1981 - President of Egypt, Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated.
- 1985 - PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
- 1987 - Fiji becomes a republic.
- 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.
- 2000 - Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.
- 2002 - The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
- 2002 - Opus Dei founder Josemaría Escrivá is canonized.
- 2007 - Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC - 100s BC - 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC Years: 110 BC 109 BC 108 BC 107 BC 106 BC - 105 BC - 104 BC 103 BC...
Combatants Cimbri and Teutones Roman Republic Commanders Kings Boiorix and Teutobod Quintus Servilius Caepio and Gnaeus Mallius Maximusâ Strength about 200,000 80,000 troops in 10-12 legions with up to 40,000 auxiliaries and camp followers Casualties Unknown, perhaps several thousand An estimated 112,000 The Battle of...
The migrations of the Teutons and the Cimbri The Cimbri were a Celtic tribe who together with the Teutones and the Ambrones threatened the Roman Republic in the late 2nd century BC. The ancient sources located their home of origin in the northern Jutland. ...
This article is about the state which existed from the 6th century BC to the 1st century BC. For the state which existed in the 18th century, see Roman Republic (18th century). ...
Gnaeus Manlius Maximus was the Roman Republic consul who was defeated and killed by Cimbri at the battle of Arausio (6 October 105 BC). ...
Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC - 60s BC - 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC Years: 73 BC 72 BC 71 BC 70 BC 69 BC 68 BC 67 BC 66 BC 65...
The Battle of Artaxata was fought in 68 BC between Rome and Armenia. ...
Lucius Licinius Lucullus (c. ...
Tigranes (sometimes Tigran or Dikran) was the name of a number of historical figures, primarily kings of Armenia. ...
Gregorian Calendar switch: Year 1582 involved conversion to the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...
1600 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Jacopo Peri Jacopo Peri (August 20, 1561 â August 12, 1633) was an Italian composer and singer of the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles, and is often called the inventor of opera. ...
Jacopo Peri, in costume for the performance of the first opera, Dafne. ...
For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). ...
Florence (or Firenze, Florentia and Fiorenza) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany, and of the province of Florence. ...
Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In the arts, Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the artistic style that dominated it. ...
Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ...
For other uses, see William Penn (disambiguation). ...
This article is about a type of political territory. ...
This article is about the U.S. State. ...
North American redirects here. ...
1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
For the 1563â1570 war, see Northern Seven Years War. ...
Combatants Britain Philippines Spain Commanders William Draper Archbishop Manuel Rojo Strength 1,750 regulars, 4,500 sailors and marines 4,000 Filipino troops 1,000 regulars, 9,000 natives East Indies Campaign 1757â1763 Plassey â Cuddalore â Negapatam â Pondicherry â Manila The Battle of Manila of 1762 was fought in the Seven...
For other meanings of the word, see Manila (disambiguation). ...
Year 1789 (MDCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The French Revolution (1789â1815) was a period of political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on...
Louis XVI, born Louis-Auguste de France (23 August 1754 â 21 January 1793) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. ...
This article is about the capital of France. ...
The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, France. ...
This article is about the capital of France. ...
For other uses, see 5th October (Serbia). ...
Year 1849 (MDCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The 13 Martyrs of Arad were the thirteen Hungarian rebel generals that were executed on 6 October 1849 in Arad, Romania, after the Hungarian War of Independence (1848 - 49) was quashed by Austrian troops, backed by Russia. ...
1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Illustration of the great fire, as seen from the High Level Bridge The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead was a tragic and spectacular series of events starting on Friday 6 October 1854, in which a substantial amount of property in the two towns was destroyed in a series of...
Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
The Naval War College. ...
USN redirects here. ...
Newport, Rhode Island Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. ...
Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Edison redirects here. ...
This article is about motion pictures. ...
Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Phi Mu Alpha (ΦÎÎ) Sinfonia is a collegiate social fraternity for men of musicianly character. ...
The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) in Boston, Massachusetts is the oldest independent conservatory in the United States. ...
Boston redirects here. ...
Year 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
High Court entrance The High Court of Australia is the final court of appeal in Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. ...
Year 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
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Year 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
This article is about a geographic region of Bosnia. ...
This article is about the geographic area of Herzegovina. ...
Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Logo of International PEN International PEN, the worldwide association of writers, was founded in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere; to emphasise the role of literature in the development of mutual understanding and world culture; to fight for freedom of expression; and to act as...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Location of Istanbul on the Bosphorus Strait, Turkey Coordinates: , Country Turkey Region Province Istanbul Founded 667 BC as Byzantium Roman/Byzantine period AD 330 as Constantinople Ottoman period 1453 as Constantinople (internationally) and various other names in local languages Turkish Republic period 1923 as Constantinople, officially renamed as Istanbul in...
Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Jazz Singer (1927) is a U.S. movie musical and the first feature-length motion picture with talking sequences. ...
Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 â April 5, 1975) was the Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. ...
The Presidential Building is located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City. ...
Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Wojsko Polskie (WP, Polish Army) is the name applied to the military forces of Poland. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...
This article is about the sport. ...
William Sianis (c. ...
For the former ballpark in Los Angeles, see Wrigley Field (Los Angeles). ...
The 1945 World Series matched the American League Detroit Tigers against the National League Chicago Cubs. ...
The Curse of the Billy Goat is an urban legend concerning various regular-season and postseason woes of the Chicago Cubs, a Major League Baseball team. ...
Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ...
United Airlines is a major airline of the United States. ...
The designation DC-4 was used by Douglas Aircraft Company when developing the DC-4E as a large, four-engined type to complement its forthcoming DC-3 design. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area Ranked 10th - Total 97,818 sq mi (253,348 km²) - Width 280 miles (450 km) - Length 360 miles (580 km) - % water 0. ...
Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ...
Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly called LSD, LSD-25, or acid. ...
For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...
The Crossing is a term used in Egypt to refer to the west to east crossing of the Suez Canal by the Egyptian army at the start of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. ...
For other uses, see Suez (disambiguation). ...
Bar Lev Line fortifications The Bar Lev Line was a chain of fortifiations built by Israel along the eastern coast of the Suez Canal after it captured the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt during the 1967 Six-Day War. ...
Combatants Israel Egypt, Syria, Iraq Commanders Moshe Dayan, David Elazar, Ariel Sharon, Shmuel Gonen, Benjamin Peled, Israel Tal, Rehavam Zeevi, Aharon Yariv, Yitzhak Hofi, Rafael Eitan, Abraham Adan, Yanush Ben Gal Saad El Shazly, Ahmad Ismail Ali, Hosni Mubarak, Mohammed Aly Fahmy, Anwar Sadat, Abdel Ghani el-Gammasy, Abdul Munim...
Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Cubana Flight 455 was a Cubana de Aviación flight departing from Barbados, via Trinidad, to Cuba. ...
The United States of America has been accused of sponsoring state terrorism and maintaining a hypocritical stance on terrorism by various governments and by various individuals, including funding or harboring terrorists and even conducting operations which can be considered terroristic according to international and even US definitions. ...
The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ...
This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
The Premier ( Chinese: 总理 pinyin: zŏnglĭ), sometimes referred to as the Prime Minister, is the Chairman of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China and head of Central Peoples Government. ...
Hua Guofeng (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hua Kuo-feng) (born February 16, 1921) was Mao Zedongs designated successor as the paramount leader of the Communist Party of China and the Peoples Republic of China. ...
The Gang of Four on trial The Gang of Four (Chinese: 四人帮; pinyin: ) was a group of Communist Party leaders in the Peoples Republic of China who were arrested and removed from their positions in 1976, following the death of Mao Zedong, and were blamed for the events of...
This article is about the Peoples Republic of China. ...
The Massacre of 6 October 1976 was a violent crackdown on students and protestors that occured in the grounds of Thammasat University and Sanam Luang in Thailand. ...
Thammasat redirects here. ...
Location within Thailand Coordinates: , Country Settled Ayutthaya Period Founded as capital 21 April 1782 Government - Type Special administrative area - Governor Apirak Kosayothin Area - City 1,568. ...
Thanom Kittikachorn Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn (August 11, 1912 -June 16, 2004, Thai ถนอม กิตติขจร) was a Thai military leader and former prime minister of Thailand. ...
Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...
Location Coordinates : Time zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer : CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Alacant (Catalan) Spanish name Alicante Postal code 03000 - 03016 Website www. ...
MC symbol MC de Extremadura sticker MC sticker, demanding release of its general secretary Eugenio del Rio MC de Aragón sticker, demanding legalization of political parties Communist Movement (in Spanish: Movimento Comunista, in Basque: Mugimendu Komunista, in Catalan: Moviment Comunista, in Galician: Movement Comunista) was a political party in...
The Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name Fulcrum) is a Russian fighter aircraft used in the air superiority role. ...
Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
Official papal image of John Paul II. His Holiness Pope John Paul II, né Karol Józef Wojtyła (born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland), is the current Pope — the Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church. ...
For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ...
AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...
Field Marshal Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat (Ù
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This article is about the year. ...
Police Constable Keith Henry Blakelock QGM (1945 - 6 October 1985) was a police constable in the London Metropolitan Police who was killed by a mob during the Broadwater Farm riot. ...
The Broadwater Farm riot was a riot that occurred in and around the Broadwater Farm area of Tottenham London on 6 October 1985. ...
This article is about the year 1987. ...
Look up republic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
51 Pegasi (Flamsteed designation, HIP 113357 in the Hipparcos Catalogue, HD 217014 in the Henry Draper Catalogue) is the name of a Sun-like star 14. ...
Sol redirects here. ...
This article is about the astronomical term. ...
An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet beyond the Solar System. ...
Two bodies with a slight difference in mass orbiting around a common barycenter. ...
Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in the Latin alphabet, ÐÑгоÑлавиÑа in Cyrillic; English: South Slavia, or literary The Land of South Slavs) describes three political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ...
MiloÅ¡eviÄ redirects here. ...
Also see: 2002 (number). ...
The Limburg was a French-flagged oil tanker, chartered by a Malaysian oil firm. ...
For other uses, see Opus Dei (disambiguation). ...
Saint JosemarÃa Escrivá de Balaguer (Thursday, January 9, 1902 â Thursday, June 26, 1975) (also known as José MarÃa or JosemarÃa Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás, born José MarÃa Mariano Escrivá y Albás) was a Spanish Catholic priest and founder of the Prelature of the...
This article is about the process of declaring saints. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
Jason Lewis, born 1967 in Catterick UK, is a self-powered circumnavigator. ...
Births - 1289 - King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
- 1459 - Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
- 1510 - Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
- 1510 - John Caius, English physician (d. 1573)
- 1552 - Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (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)
- 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)
- 1801 - Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)
- 1803 - Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)
- 1820 - Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
- 1831 - Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (d. 1916)
- 1838 - Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)
- 1846 - George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914)
- 1866 - Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. 1932)
- 1872 - Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (d. 1936)
- 1874 - Frank G. Allen, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)
- 1876 - Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (d. 1941)
- 1882 - Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1937)
- 1886 - Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
- 1887 - Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965)
- 1888 - Roland Garros, French pilot (d. 1918)
- 1895 - Caroline Gordon, American writer and critic (d. 1981)
- 1900 - Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
- 1903 - Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1905 - Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998)
- 1906 - Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)
- 1908 - Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)
- 1908 - Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989)
- 1910 - Barbara Castle, British politician (d. 2002)
- 1912 - Pauline Gore, mother of American Vice President Al Gore (d. 2004)
- 1914 - Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (d. 2007)
- 1915 - Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and civil rights activist (d. 2007)
- 1917 - Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (d. 1977)
- 1918 - André Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1993)
- 1920 - Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005)
- 1921 - Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (d. 1997)
- 1921 - Joseph Lowery, American Civil rights movement leader
- 1922 - Joe Frazier, American baseball player
- 1925 - Shana Alexander, American columnist (d. 2005)
- 1927 - Bill King, American sports broadcaster (d. 2005)
- 1930 - Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)
- 1930 - Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer
- 1931 - Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)
- 1931 - Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1935 - Bruno Sammartino, Italian strongman and professional wrestler
- 1935 - Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)
- 1938 - Serge Nubret, French bodybuilder
- 1939 - John LaFalce, American politician, former Member, US House of Representatives
- 1942 - Britt Ekland, Swedish actress
- 1942 - Millie Small, Jamaican singer
- 1943 - Michael Durrell, American actor
- 1943 - Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
- 1944 - José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)
- 1946 - Lloyd Doggett, American politician
- 1946 - Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
- 1946 - Tony Greig, South African-born English cricketer
- 1947 - Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter
- 1948 - Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician
- 1950 - David Brin, American author
- 1950 - Thomas McClary, American guitarist (Commodores)
- 1951 - Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
- 1951 - Kevin Cronin, American musician (REO Speedwagon)
- 1952 - Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer
- 1953 - Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (d. 1991)
- 1954 - David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys)
- 1955 - Tony Dungy, American football coach
- 1959 - Brian Higgins, American politician, Member of US House of Representatives
- 1959 - Dennis Ray Boyd, American baseball player
- 1962 - Rich Yett, baseball player
- 1963 - Elisabeth Shue, American film actress
- 1963 - Chip Foose, American automobile customizer
- 1963 - Jsu Garcia, American actor
- 1964 - Matthew Sweet, American musician
- 1965 - Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1966 - Niall Quinn, Irish footballer
- 1966 - Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
- 1967 - Kennet Andersson, former Swedish footballer
- 1967 - Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman
- 1969 - Troy Shaw, English snooker player
- 1970 - Darren Oliver, American baseball player
- 1970 - Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer
- 1971 - Phil Bennett, British racing driver
- 1971 - Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress
- 1971 - Alan Stubbs, English footballer
- 1972 - Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
- 1972 - Ryu Shi-won, Korean actor and singer
- 1973 - Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer
- 1973 - Jeff Davis, American comedian
- 1973 - Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
- 1973 - Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player
- 1974 - Jeremy Sisto, American actor
- 1974 - Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer
- 1975 - Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
- 1976 - Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
- 1977 - Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 - Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1978 - Ricky Hatton, English boxer
- 1979 - David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
- 1980 - Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
- 1981 - Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
- 1981 - José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1982 - MC Lars, American hip-hop artist
- 1982 - William Butler, Musician and member of Arcade Fire
- 1984 - Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer
- 1986 - Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
- 1986 - Olivia Thirlby, American actress
- 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
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Wenceslaus III Wenceslaus III Premyslid (Czech and Slovak Václav, German: Wenzel III, Hungarian Vencel, Polish WacÅaw, Croatian: Vjenceslav), (October 6, 1289 â August 4, 1306, Olomouc, Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic) was the King of Hungary (1301 - 1305) and King of Bohemia (1305 - 1306). ...
Events March 25 - Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland June 19 - Forces of Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruces Scottish rebels at the Battle of Methven Philip IV of France exiles all the Jews from France and confiscates their property In London, a city ordinance degrees that heating with...
Events September 23 - Battle of Blore Heath. ...
Martin Behaim (October 6, 1459 â July 29, 1507), or Behem, was a navigator and geographer of great pretensions. ...
Year 1507 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...
Year 1510 (MDX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...
Rowland Taylor (October 6, 1510 - February 9, 1555) was an English Protestant martyr of the Tudor period. ...
Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope. ...
Year 1510 (MDX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...
John Caius [Anglice Kees, Keys, etc. ...
Year 1573 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...
Events April - War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun. ...
Matteo Ricci. ...
// Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ...
Year 1573 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, 1603, in the Tower, atrributed to John de Critz. ...
Events January 24 - Alfonso Mendez, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. ...
// Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ...
Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier (October 6, 1610 - November 17, French soldier, was the second son of Leon de Sainte-Maure, baron de Montausier. ...
Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ...
// Events August 5 - In the Battle of Peterwardein 40. ...
George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (6 October 1716 - 8 June 1771) was a British statesman of the Georgian era. ...
1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Events February 4 - Court Jew Joseph Suss Oppenheimer is executed in Württenberg April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ...
Maria Anna of Austria (13 January 1610-25 September 1665) (also known as Maria Anna von Bayern, Maria Anna von Habsburg, Maria-Anna Kurfrstin). ...
Year 1789 (MDCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
// Events The third French and Indian War, known as King Georges War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud Prague occupied by Prussian armies Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) Births January 10 - Thomas Mifflin, fifth President...
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Year 1813 (MDCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1767 (MDCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Portrait as King Henry I. Henri Christophe (October 6, 1767 â October 8, 1820) was a career officer and general in the Haïtian Army. ...
1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
This article refers to the British general. ...
For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting...
Year 1773 (MDCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Louis-Philippe I, King of the French (October 6, 1773 â August 26, 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. ...
For the game, see: 1850 (board game) 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...
Lazare Hippolyte Carnot (October 6, 1801 - March 16, 1888) was a French statesman. ...
Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (October 6, 1803 â April 4, 1879) was a Prussian physicist and meteorologist. ...
Year 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
First U.S.Daguerrotype of Jenny Lind in New York, September 14, 1850 taken by her Swedish classmate, Poly Von Schneidau from Chicago, at the Mathew Brady Studio in New York City. ...
Year 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Richard Dedekind Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind (October 6, 1831 â February 12, 1916) was a German mathematician who did important work in abstract algebra and the foundations of the real numbers. ...
Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
| Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Giuseppe Cesare Abba (October 6, 1838-November 6, 1910), was an Italian patriot and writer. ...
Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
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Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
Reginald Fessenden (October 6, 1866 â July 22, 1932) was a Canadian inventor, best known for his work in early radio. ...
Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin (ÐиÑ
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Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Frank G. Allen (October 6, 1874-October 5, 1950) was a governor of the state of Massachusetts. ...
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ...
Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) // January 31 - United States orders all Indigenous peoples in the United States to move onto reservations February 2 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. ...
The Right Honourable Ernest Lapointe, PC (October 6, 1876 - November 26, 1941) was a Canadian politician. ...
For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ...
Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Karol Szymanowski Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Korwin-Szymanowski (October 6, 1882âMarch 28, 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. ...
Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Edwin Fischer (October 6, 1886 – January 24, 1960) was a Swiss classical pianist and conductor. ...
Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Charles-Ãdouard Jeanneret-Gris, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887 â August 27, 1965), was a Swiss-born architect, designer, urbanist, writer and also painter, who is famous for his contributions to what now is called Modern Architecture. ...
Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Roland Garros Roland Garros (October 6, 1888 â October 25, 1918) was an early French aviator and a fighter aircraft pilot during World War I. Garros was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion. ...
Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Caroline Ferguson Gordon 1895-1981 Her early novels of southern history: Penhally (1931), None Shall Look Back (1937), and The Garden of Adonis (1937). ...
AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...
Ä: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ...
Stan Nichols (Morris Stanley Nichols and sometimes called since his death Morris Nichols; born October 6, 1900, Stondon Massey, Essex, England; died 26 January 1961, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England) was the leading all-rounder in English cricket for much of the 1930s. ...
Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (October 6, 1903 â June 25, 1995) was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate for his work with John Cockcroft with atom-smashing experiments done at Cambridge University in the early 1930s. ...
Hannes Alfvén (1908â1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ...
Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ...
Helen Newington Wills Roark (October 6, 1905 â January 1, 1998), also known as Helen Wills Moody, was an American tennis player who is generally considered to have been one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 â September 14, 1984) was an American actress who, in 1928, became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her three most prominent films: Sunrise (1927), Seventh Heaven (1927), and Street Angel (1928). ...
This article is about the year. ...
Year 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 â January 16, 1942) was an American actress. ...
Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sobolev, Sergei Lvovich (Russian: Сергей Львович Соболев) (6 October 1908- 3 January 1989) was a Russian mathematician, working in mathematical analysis and partial differential equations. ...
Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn PC (October 6, 1910 â May 3, 2002) was a British left-wing politician, born Barbara Anne Betts in Chesterfield, Derbyshire (and brought up in Pontefract and Bradford, Yorkshire), who adopted her familys politics, joining the Labour Party. ...
Also see: 2002 (number). ...
Year 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Pauline LaFon Gore (1912-December 15, 2004) was the mother of former United States Vice President Al Gore and the wife of former US Senator Al Gore, Sr. ...
This article is about the former Vice President of the United States. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Hi Every Body For the cruiseferry, see: M/S Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 Larvik, Norway â April 18, 2002 Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography. ...
Also see: 2002 (number). ...
Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
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