Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
October 6
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
{{Other uses|6th of October (disambiguation)}} {{pp-semi-indef}} {{pp-move}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[105 BC]] – [[Cimbrian War]]: Defeat at the [[Battle of Arausio]] of the [[Roman army of the mid-Republic]] *[[69 BC]] – [[Third Mithridatic War]]: The [[Roman army of the late Republic|military]] of the [[Roman Republic]] [[Battle of Tigranocerta|subdue Armenia]]. *[[AD 23]] – Rebels decapitate [[Wang Mang]] two days after his capital was sacked during a [[Lulin|peasant rebellion]]. *[[AD 404|404]] – [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Empress [[Aelia Eudoxia|Eudoxia]] dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy. * [[618]] – [[Transition from Sui to Tang]]: [[Wang Shichong]] decisively defeats [[Li Mi (Sui dynasty)|Li Mi]] at the [[Battle of Yanshi]]. *[[1539]] – Spain's [[De Soto Expedition|DeSoto expedition]] takes over the Apalachee capital of [[Anhaica]] for their winter quarters. *[[1600]] – ''[[Euridice (Peri)|Euridice]]'', the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the [[Baroque|Baroque period]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1683]] – Immigrant families found [[Germantown, Philadelphia|Germantown, Pennsylvania]] in the first major immigration of [[German Americans|German people to America]]. *[[1762]] – [[Seven Years' War]]: The British [[Battle of Manila (1762)|capture Manila]] from Spain and occupy it. *[[1777]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: British forces [[Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery|capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery]] on the Hudson River. *[[1789]] – [[French Revolution]]: King [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]] is forced to change his residence from [[Versailles]] to the [[Tuileries Palace]]. *[[1810]] – A large fire destroys a third of all the buildings in the town of [[Raahe]] in the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://edu.raahe.fi/yhdistykset/matkailuoppaat/palokk.html | title = Ookko kuullu | work = Raahen matkailuoppaat ry | access-date = November 19, 2021 | language = fi}}</ref> *[[1849]] – The execution of [[the 13 Martyrs of Arad]] after the Hungarian war of independence. *[[1854]] – In England the [[Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead]] leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured. *[[1884]] – The [[Naval War College]] of the United States is founded in [[Rhode Island]]. *[[1898]] – [[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]], the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the [[New England Conservatory of Music]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – The [[High Court of Australia]] sits for the first time. *[[1908]] – The [[Bosnian crisis]] erupts when [[Austria-Hungary]] formally annexes [[Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. *[[1910]] – [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] is elected [[Prime Minister of Greece]] for the first of seven times. *[[1915]] – [[World War I]]: Combined Austro-Hungarian and German [[Central Powers]], reinforced by the recently joined [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] launched a new offensive against [[Kingdom of Serbia|Serbia]] under command of [[August von Mackensen]] .<ref>{{cite book|last=Falls|first=C.|title=Military Operations Macedonia: From the Outbreak of War to the Spring of 1917|publisher=[[HMSO]]|year=1996|isbn=0-89839-242-X|edition=Imperial War Museum and Battery Press|series=History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence|volume=I|location=London|pages=22–33|author-link=Cyril Falls|orig-year=1933}}</ref> * 1915 – [[World War I]]: [[Allies of World War I|Entente]] forces land in [[Thessaloniki]], to open the [[Macedonian front]] against the Central Powers.<ref name="petsinar20172">{{Cite book|last=Πετσιναρ|first=Αλεξάνδρα|year=2017|title=«O Εθνικός Γολγοθάς της Σερβίας και o Εθνικός Διχασμός της Ελλάδας». Οι δοκιμασίες των ελληνοσερβικών σχέσεων υπό το πρίσμα του ανταγωνισμού των Μεγάλων Δυνάμεων στην ανατολική Μεσόγειο και την Εγγύς Ανατολή (1915–1916)|url=https://www.imxa.gr/ebooks/files/Thessaloniki%20government_volume.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926144301/https://www.imxa.gr/ebooks/files/Thessaloniki%20government_volume.pdf|archive-date=2020-09-26|access-date=2020-09-26|website=Η ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ, Η ΚΟΡΥΦΩΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΥΓΚΡΟΥΣΗΣ ΔΥΟ ΚΟΣΜΩΝ, Η ιστορική αποτίμηση 100 χρόνια μετά|publisher=Ίδρυμα της Βουλής των Ελλήνων. Ίδρυμα Μελετών Χερσονήσου του Αίμου. Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών & Μελετών «Ελευθέριος Κ. Βενιζέλος»|page=56|language=el|type=conference proceedings|publication-place=Thessaloniki|isbn=978-960-93-9505-2}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Ukrainian War of Independence]]: The [[Starobilsk agreement]] is signed by representatives of the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]] and the [[Makhnovshchina]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Malet |first1=Michael |title=Nestor Makhno in the Russian Civil War |date=1982 |language=English |isbn=978-0-333-25969-6 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |location=[[London]] |oclc=8514426 |page=65}}</ref> *[[1923]] – The [[Turkish National Movement]] enters [[Constantinople]]. *[[1927]] – Opening of ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'', the first prominent "talkie" movie. *[[1934]] – [[Events of 6 October|Revolution of 1934]]: The [[President of the Government of Catalonia|President]] of the autonomous government of [[Catalonia]], [[Lluís Companys]], proclaims the [[Catalan State (1934)|Catalan State]] with the support of the [[Worker's Alliance]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Pérez i Farràs|first1=Enric|title=Records del 6 d'octubre del 1934|journal=Full Català|date=October 1942|volume=2|issue=13|page=325|language=ca}}</ref> *[[1939]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Kock (1939)|Battle of Kock]] is the final combat of the [[Invasion of Poland|September Campaign]] in Poland. *[[1942]] – World War II: American troops [[Actions along the Matanikau|force the Japanese from their positions]] east of the Matanikau River during the [[Guadalcanal campaign|Battle of Guadalcanal]]. *[[1943]] – World War II: Thirteen civilians are [[Burnings of Kali Sykia|burnt alive]] by a paramilitary group in Crete during the [[Axis occupation of Greece|Nazi occupation of Greece]]. *[[1944]] – World War II: Units of the [[1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union|1st Czechoslovak Army Corps]] enter [[Czechoslovakia]] during the [[Battle of the Dukla Pass]]. *[[1973]] – Egypt and Syria launch coordinated [[Operation Badr (1973)|attacks]] against Israel, beginning the [[Yom Kippur War]]. *[[1976]] – [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 455]] is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group. * 1976 – Premier [[Hua Guofeng]] arrests the [[Gang of Four]], ending the [[Cultural Revolution]] in China. * 1976 – Dozens are killed by Thai police and right-wing paramilitaries in the [[6 October 1976 massacre|Thammasat University massacre]]; afterwards, the [[Seni Pramoj]] government is toppled in a military coup led by [[Sangad Chaloryu]]. *[[1977]] – The first prototype of the [[Mikoyan MiG-29]], designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight. *[[1979]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] becomes the first pontiff to visit the [[White House]]. *[[1981]] – Egyptian President [[Anwar Sadat]] is [[Assassination of Anwar Sadat|murdered]] by Islamic extremists. * 1981 – [[NLM CityHopper Flight 431]] crashes in [[Moerdijk]] after taking off from [[Rotterdam The Hague Airport]] in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-28 Fellowship 4000 PH-CHI Moerdijk|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19811006-0|access-date=2021-10-06|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1985]] – Police constable [[Murder of Keith Blakelock|Keith Blakelock is murdered]] as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London. *[[1987]] – [[Fiji]] becomes a republic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/07/world/fiji-coup-leader-declares-republic.html|title=Fiji coup leader declares republic|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=7 October 1987|access-date=20 July 2024}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] is launched on [[STS-41]], and deploys the [[Ulysses (spacecraft)|''Ulysses'']] space probe to study the [[Sun]]'s polar regions.<ref name="lsda_sts41">{{cite web |last=Chowdhury |first=Abdul |date=June 10, 2020 |title=STS-41 |url=https://nlsp.nasa.gov/view/lsdapub/lsda_mission/IDP-LSDA_MISSION-0000000000000084 |access-date=February 6, 2022 |work=Life Science Data Archive |publisher=NASA}}</ref> *[[1995]] – The first planet orbiting another sun, [[51 Pegasi b]], is discovered. *[[2007]] – [[Jason Lewis (adventurer)|Jason Lewis]] completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth. *[[2010]] – [[Instagram]], a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded. *[[2018]] – The [[United States Senate]] confirms [[Brett Kavanaugh]] as a [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court Associate Justice]], ending a [[Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination|contentious confirmation process]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-28|title=Donald Trump - Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/trump/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Annie Ernaux]] is [[2022 Nobel Prize in Literature|awarded]] the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bryson Taylor |first=Derrick |title=2022 Nobel Prizes: The Full List |url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/nobel-prizes-2022.html |access-date=2 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=10 October 2022}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[649]] – [[Yuknoom Yichʼaak Kʼahkʼ]] (died around 696) *[[1289]] – [[Wenceslaus III of Bohemia]] (died 1306) *[[1459]] – [[Martin Behaim]], German navigator and geographer (died 1507) *[[1510]] – [[John Caius]], English physician and academic, co-founded the [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Gonville and Caius College]] (died 1573) * 1510 – [[Rowland Taylor]], English priest and martyr (died 1555) *[[1552]] – [[Matteo Ricci]], Italian priest and missionary (died 1610) *[[1555]] – [[Ferenc Nádasdy]], Hungarian noble (died 1604) *[[1565]] – [[Marie de Gournay]], French writer (died 1645) *[[1573]] – [[Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire]] (died 1624) *[[1576]] – [[Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland]] (died 1612) *[[1591]] – [[Settimia Caccini]], Italian singer-songwriter (died 1638) ===1601–1900=== *[[1610]] – [[Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier]], French general (died 1690) *[[1626]] – [[Géraud de Cordemoy]], French historian, philosopher and lawyer (died 1684) *[[1716]] – [[George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (died 1771) *[[1729]] – [[Sarah Crosby]], English preacher, the first female [[Methodism|Methodist]] preacher (died 1804) *[[1732]] – [[John Broadwood]], Scottish businessman, co-founded [[John Broadwood and Sons]] (died 1812) *[[1738]] – [[Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738–1789)|Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria]] (died 1789) *[[1742]] – [[Johan Herman Wessel]], Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (died 1785) *[[1744]] – [[James McGill]], Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded [[McGill University]] (died 1813) *[[1767]] – [[Henri Christophe]], Grenadian-Haitian king (died 1820) *[[1769]] – [[Isaac Brock]], English general and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada]] (died 1812) *[[1773]] – [[John MacCulloch]], Scottish geologist and academic (died 1835) * 1773 – [[Louis Philippe I]] of France (died 1850) *[[1801]] – [[Hippolyte Carnot]], French politician (died 1888) *[[1803]] – [[Heinrich Wilhelm Dove]], Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (died 1879) *[[1820]] – [[James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont]], Irish politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Armagh]] (died 1892) * 1820 – [[Jenny Lind]], Swedish soprano and actress (died 1887) *[[1831]] – [[Richard Dedekind]], German mathematician and philosopher (died 1916) *[[1838]] – [[Giuseppe Cesare Abba]], Italian soldier, poet, and author (died 1910) *[[1846]] – [[George Westinghouse]], American engineer and businessman, founded the [[Westinghouse Air Brake Company]] (died 1914) *[[1862]] – [[Albert J. Beveridge]], American historian and politician (died 1927) *[[1866]] – [[Reginald Fessenden]], Canadian engineer and academic, invented [[radiotelephony]] (died 1932) *[[1874]] – [[Frank G. Allen]], American merchant and politician, 51st [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (died 1950) *[[1876]] – [[Ernest Lapointe]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Justice]] (died 1941) *[[1882]] – [[Karol Szymanowski]], Polish pianist and composer (died 1937) *[[1886]] – [[Edwin Fischer]], Swiss pianist and conductor (died 1960) *[[1887]] – [[Le Corbusier]], Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the [[Philips Pavilion]] and [[Saint-Pierre, Firminy]] (died 1965) *[[1888]] – [[Roland Garros (aviator)|Roland Garros]], French soldier and pilot (died 1918) *[[1891]] – [[Hendrik Adamson]], Estonian poet and educator (died 1946) *[[1893]] – [[Meghnad Saha]], Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1956) *[[1895]] – [[Caroline Gordon]], American author and critic (died 1981) *[[1896]] – [[David Howard (director)|David Howard]], American film director (died 1941) *[[1897]] – [[Florence B. Seibert]], American biochemist and academic (died 1991) *[[1900]] – [[Vivion Brewer]], American activist and desegregationist (died 1991) * 1900 – [[Willy Merkl]], German mountaineer (died 1934) * 1900 – [[Stan Nichols]], English cricketer (died 1961) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus]], German-Brazilian zoologist and academic (died 1990) *[[1903]] – [[Ernest Walton]], Irish physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1995) *[[1905]] – [[Helen Wills]], American tennis player and painter (died 1998)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 6: Britt Ekland, Elisabeth Shue |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/06/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-6-Britt-Ekland-Elisabeth-Shue/5931664923964/#:~:text=6%3A%20Britt%20Ekland%2C%20Elisabeth%20Shue,-By%20UPI%20Staff |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=4 October 2023 |date=6 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Janet Gaynor]], American actress (died 1984) * 1906 – [[Taffy O'Callaghan]], Welsh footballer and coach (died 1946) *[[1908]] – [[Carole Lombard]], American actress (died 1942)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1908 – [[Sergei Sobolev]], Russian mathematician and academic (died 1989) *[[1910]] – [[Barbara Castle]], English journalist and politician, [[First Secretary of State]] (died 2002) * 1910 – [[Orazio Satta Puliga]], Italian automobile designer (died 1974) *[[1912]] – [[Perkins Bass]], American lawyer and politician (died 2011) *[[1913]] – [[Méret Oppenheim]], German-Swiss painter and photographer (died 1985) *[[1914]] – [[Thor Heyerdahl]], Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (died 2002) * 1914 – [[Joan Littlewood]], English director and playwright (died 2002) *[[1915]] – [[Carolyn Goodman (psychologist)|Carolyn Goodman]], American psychologist and activist (died 2007) * 1915 – [[Humberto Sousa Medeiros]], Portuguese-American cardinal (died 1983) * 1915 – [[Alice Timander]], Swedish dentist and actress (died 2007) *[[1916]] – [[Chiang Wei-kuo]], Japanese-Chinese general (died 1997) *[[1917]] – [[Fannie Lou Hamer]], American activist and philanthropist (died 1977) *[[1918]] – [[Goh Keng Swee]], Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd [[Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore]] (died 2010) * 1918 – [[André Pilette]], French-Belgian race car driver (died 1993) *[[1919]] – [[Tommy Lawton]], English footballer and coach (died 1996) *[[1920]] – [[John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington]], English lawyer and judge (died 2005) *[[1921]] – [[Evgenii Landis]], Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1997) * 1921 – [[Joseph Lowery]], American minister and activist (died 2020) * 1921 – [[Giovanni Michelotti]], Italian automotive designer (died 1980)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://automotivehistory.org/automotive/january-23-1980-designer-giovanni-michelotti-passes-away/|title=January 23, 1980 – Designer Giovanni Michelotti passes away|publisher=Automotive History}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Joe Frazier (baseball)|Joe Frazier]], American baseball player and manager (died 2011) * 1922 – [[Teala Loring]], American actress (died 2007) *[[1923]] – [[Robert Kuok]], Malaysian Chinese business magnate and investor * 1923 – [[Yaşar Kemal]], Turkish journalist and author (died 2015) *[[1925]] – [[Shana Alexander]], American journalist and author (died 2005)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1927]] – [[Bill King]], American sportscaster (died 2005) *[[1928]] – [[Flora MacNeil]], Scottish Gaelic singer (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Flora MacNeil obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/20/flora-macneil |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 December 2020 |language=en |date=20 May 2015}}</ref> * 1928 – [[Barbara Werle]], American actress and singer (died 2013) *[[1929]] – [[George Mattos]], American pole vaulter (died 2012) *[[1930]] – [[Hafez al-Assad]], Syrian general and politician, 20th [[President of Syria]] (died 2000)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1930 – [[Richie Benaud]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2015) *[[1931]] – [[Nikolai Chernykh]], Russian astronomer (died 2004) * 1931 – [[Eileen Derbyshire]], English actress * 1931 – [[Riccardo Giacconi]], Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2018) *[[1933]] – Prince [[Mukarram Jah]], 8th [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] (died 2023)<ref>{{cite news |first1=Srinivasa |last1=Rao Apparasu |work=Hindustan Times |title=Last Nizam of Hyderabad dies in Turkey, to be laid to rest in India |date=16 January 2023 |access-date=16 January 2023 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/last-nizam-of-hyd-dies-in-turkey-to-be-laid-to-rest-in-india-101673806423213.html}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Marshall Rosenberg]], American psychologist and author (died 2015) *[[1935]] – [[Bruno Sammartino]], Italian-American wrestler and trainer (died 2018) *[[1936]] – [[Julius L. Chambers]], American lawyer, educator, and activist (died 2013) *[[1938]] – [[Serge Nubret]], Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor (died 2011) *[[1939]] – [[Melvyn Bragg]], English journalist, author, and academic * 1939 – [[Jack Cullen]], American baseball player * 1939 – [[Richard Delgado]], American lawyer and academic * 1939 – [[Sheila Greibach]], American computer scientist and academic * 1939 – [[John J. LaFalce]], American captain, lawyer, and politician *[[1940]] – [[Jan Keizer (referee)|Jan Keizer]], Dutch footballer and referee *[[1941]] – [[Paul Popham]], American soldier and activist, co-founded [[Gay Men's Health Crisis]] (died 1987) *[[1942]] – [[Dan Christensen]], American painter (died 2007) * 1942 – [[Britt Ekland]], Swedish actress and singer<ref name="AP" /> * 1942 – [[Fred Travalena]], American comedian and actor (died 2009) *[[1943]] – [[Richard Caborn]], English engineer and politician, [[Minister for Sport and the Olympics]] * 1943 – [[Peter Dowding]], Australian politician, 24th [[Premier of Western Australia]] * 1943 – [[Alexander Maxovich Shilov]], Russian painter * 1943 – [[Cees Veerman (musician)|Cees Veerman]], Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014) *[[1944]] – [[Merzak Allouache]], Algerian director and screenwriter * 1944 – [[Patrick Cordingley]], English general * 1944 – [[Boris Mikhailov (ice hockey)|Boris Mikhailov]], Russian ice hockey player and coach * 1944 – [[Carlos Pace]], Brazilian race car driver (died 1977) *[[1945]] – [[Ivan Graziani]], Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997) *[[1946]] – [[Lloyd Doggett]], American lawyer and politician * 1946 – [[Tony Greig]], South African-English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2012) * 1946 – [[John Monie]], Australian rugby league player and coach * 1946 – [[Eddie Villanueva]], Filipino evangelist and politician, founded the [[ZOE Broadcasting Network]] * 1946 – [[Vinod Khanna]], Indian actor, producer and politician (died 2017) *[[1947]] – [[Patxi Andión]], Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (died 2019) * 1947 – [[Klaus Dibiasi]], Italian diver * 1947 – [[Millie Small]], Jamaican singer-songwriter (died 2020) *[[1948]] – [[Gerry Adams]], Irish republican politician<ref name="UPI" /> * 1948 – [[Glenn Branca]], American guitarist and composer (died 2018) *[[1949]] – [[Lonnie Johnson (inventor)|Lonnie Johnson]], American inventor * 1949 – [[Penny Junor]], English journalist and author * 1949 – [[Thomas McClary (musician)|Thomas McClary]], American R&B singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1949 – [[Leslie Moonves]], American businessman<ref name="UPI" /> * 1949 – [[Nicolas Peyrac]], French singer-songwriter and photographer *[[1950]] – [[David Brin]], American physicist and author<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1951]] – [[Kevin Cronin]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1951 – [[Clive Rees]], Singaporean-Welsh rugby player and educator * 1951 – [[Sutherland Brothers|Gavin Sutherland]], Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player * 1951 – [[Manfred Winkelhock]], German race car driver (died 1985) *[[1952]] – [[Ayten Mutlu]], Turkish poet and author *[[1953]] – [[Rein Rannap]], Estonian pianist and composer *[[1954]] – [[Bill Buford]], American author and journalist * 1954 – [[David Hidalgo]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> *[[1955]] – [[Tony Dungy]], American football player and coach<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1956]] – [[Sadiq al-Ahmar]], Yemeni politician (died 2023) * 1956 – [[Kathleen Webb]], American author and illustrator *[[1957]] – [[Bruce Grobbelaar]], Zimbabwean footballer and coach *[[1958]] – [[Sergei Mylnikov]], Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sergei Mylnikov |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/sergei-mylnikov-8449779 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Turki bin Sultan]], Saudi Arabian politician (died 2012) * 1959 – [[Oil Can Boyd]], American baseball player * 1959 – [[Brian Higgins]], American politician * 1959 – [[Walter Ray Williams, Jr.]], American bowler *[[1960]] – [[Richard Jobson (television presenter)|Richard Jobson]], Scottish singer, songwriter director and producer.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2003|edition=3rd|isbn=1-85227-969-9|page=279}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Miyuki Matsuda]], Japanese actress * 1961 – [[Paul Sansome]], English footballer * 1961 – [[Ben Summerskill]], English businessman and journalist *[[1962]] – [[David Baker (biochemist)|David Baker]], American biologist and academic * 1962 – [[Rich Yett]], American baseball player *[[1963]] – [[Sven Andersson (footballer, born 1963)|Sven Andersson]], Swedish footballer and coach * 1963 – [[Elisabeth Shue]], American actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 6, 2022 includes celebrities Elisabeth Shue, Ioan Gruffudd |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-6-2022-includes-celebrities-elisabeth-shue-ioan-gruffudd.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=4 October 2023 |date=6 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Ricky Berry]], American basketball player (died 1989) * 1964 – [[Mark Field]], German-English lawyer and politician * 1964 – [[Tom Jager]], American swimmer and coach * 1964 – [[Miltos Manetas]], Greek painter * 1964 – [[Knut Storberget]], Norwegian lawyer and politician, [[Minister of Justice and Public Security|Norwegian Minister of Justice]] * 1964 – [[Matthew Sweet]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1965]] – [[Jürgen Kohler]], German footballer and manager * 1965 – [[Peg O'Connor]], American philosopher and academic * 1965 – [[Steve Scalise]], American lawyer and politician * 1965 – [[Rubén Sierra]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player * 1965 – [[John McWhorter]], American academic and linguist *[[1966]] – [[Melania Mazzucco]], Italian author<ref>{{cite web |title=Melania Mazzucco |url=https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/research-centres/centre-study-contemporary-womens-writing/languages/italian/melania-mazzucco |website=The Institute of Modern Languages Research |access-date=10 January 2020 |language=en |date=22 March 2017}}</ref> * 1966 – [[Jacqueline Obradors]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1966 – [[Niall Quinn]], Irish footballer and manager * 1966 – [[Tommy Stinson]], American singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP" /> *[[1967]] – [[Kennet Andersson]], Swedish footballer * 1967 – [[Svend Karlsen]], Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder * 1967 – [[Steven Woolfe]], English barrister and politician *[[1968]] – [[Bjarne Goldbæk]], Danish footballer and sportscaster * 1968 – [[Bob May (golfer)|Bob May]], American golfer *[[1969]] – [[Byron Black]], Zimbabwean golfer * 1969 – [[Muhammad V of Kelantan]], Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia *[[1970]] – [[Amy Jo Johnson]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1970 – [[Maria Kannegaard]], Danish-Norwegian pianist and composer * 1970 – [[Shauna MacDonald (Canadian actress)|Shauna MacDonald]], Canadian actress and producer * 1970 – [[Darren Oliver]], American baseball player *[[1971]] – [[Phil Bennett (racing driver)|Phil Bennett]], English race car driver * 1971 – [[Takis Gonias]], Greek footballer and manager * 1971 – [[Emily Mortimer]], English actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1971 – [[Alan Stubbs]], English footballer, coach, and manager *[[1972]] – [[Daniel Cavanagh]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1972 – [[Anders Iwers]], Swedish bass player * 1972 – [[Jarrod Moseley]], Australian golfer * 1972 – [[Mark Schwarzer]], Australian footballer * 1972 – [[Ryu Si-won]], South Korean actor and singer * 1972 – [[Ko So-young]], South Korean model and actress *[[1973]] – [[Jeff B. Davis]], American comedian, actor, and singer * 1973 – [[Ioan Gruffudd]], Welsh actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1973 – [[Sylvain Legwinski]], French footballer and manager * 1973 – [[Rebecca Lobo]], American basketball player and sportscaster *[[1974]] – [[Walter Centeno]], Costa Rican footballer and manager * 1974 – [[Kenny Jönsson]], Swedish ice hockey player and coach * 1974 – [[Seema Kennedy]], British politician * 1974 – [[Jeremy Sisto]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1974 – [[Hoàng Xuân Vinh]], Vietnamese shooter *[[1975]] – [[Reon King]], Guyanese cricketer *[[1976]] – [[Freddy García]], Venezuelan baseball player * 1976 – [[Brett Gelman]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP" /> * 1976 – [[Magdalena Kučerová]], Czech-German tennis player * 1976 – [[Stefan Postma]], Dutch footballer and coach *[[1977]] – [[Daniel Brière]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1977 – [[Melinda Doolittle]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1977 – [[Shimon Gershon]], Israeli footballer and singer * 1977 – [[Jamie Laurie]], American singer-songwriter * 1977 – [[Vladimir Manchev]], Bulgarian footballer and manager * 1977 – [[Wes Ramsey]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1978]] – [[Carolina Gynning]], Swedish model, actress, and singer * 1978 – [[Ricky Hatton]], English boxer and promoter * 1978 – [[Liu Yang (astronaut)|Liu Yang]], Chinese astronaut *[[1979]] – [[David Di Tommaso]], French footballer (died 2005) * 1979 – [[Mohamed Kallon]], Sierra Leonean footballer and manager * 1979 – [[Richard Seymour]], American football player * 1979 – [[Pascal van Assendelft]], Dutch sprinter *[[1980]] – [[Arnaud Coyot]], French cyclist (died 2013) * 1980 – [[Wes Durston]], English cricketer * 1980 – [[Abdoulaye Méïté]], French footballer *[[1981]] – [[Zurab Khizanishvili]], Georgian footballer * 1981 – [[José Luis Perlaza]], Ecuadorian footballer *[[1982]] – [[Levon Aronian]], Armenian chess grandmaster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/players/levon-aronian|title=Levon Aronian|publisher=[[Chess24]]}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Latonia Blackman]], Barbadian netball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Netball {{!}} Athlete Profile: Latonia Blackman – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6004100-latonia-blackman.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Will Butler]], American musician and composer<ref name="AP" /> * 1982 – [[Fábio Júnior dos Santos]], Brazilian footballer * 1982 – [[Hideki Mutoh]], Japanese race car driver * 1982 – [[Paul Smith (boxer)|Paul Smith]], English boxer *[[1983]] – [[Renata Voráčová]], Czech tennis player *[[1984]] – [[Morné Morkel]], South African cricketer * 1984 – [[Joanna Pacitti]], American singer-songwriter *[[1985]] – [[Mitchell Cole]], English footballer (died 2012) * 1985 – [[Sylvia Fowles]], American basketball player * 1985 – [[Sandra Góngora]], Mexican ten-pin bowler<ref>{{cite web |title=Sandra Gongora |url=https://pwba.com/Players/Player-Profile?PlayerID=33 |website=pwba.com |access-date=26 November 2020}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Tarmo Kink]], Estonian footballer *[[1986]] – [[Meg Myers]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1986 – [[Olivia Thirlby]], American actress<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1987]] – [[Joe Lewis (footballer, born 1987)|Joe Lewis]], English footballer * 1987 – [[Akuila Uate]], Fijian-Australian rugby league player *[[1988]] – [[Trey Edward Shults]], American film director *[[1989]] – [[Albert Ebossé Bodjongo]], Cameroonian footballer (died 2014) * 1989 – [[Tyler Ennis (ice hockey)|Tyler Ennis]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1989 – [[Pizzi (Portuguese footballer)|Pizzi]], Portuguese footballer *[[1990]] – [[Quincy Acy]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Quincy Acy |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203112/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Scarlett Byrne]], English actress<ref name="UPI" /> * 1990 – [[Jordan Hamilton (basketball)|Jordan Hamilton]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jordan Hamilton |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202706/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Marcus Johansson (ice hockey, born 1990)|Marcus Johansson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcus Johansson |url=https://www.nhl.com/wild/player/marcus-johansson-8475149 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Nazem Kadri]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nazem Kadri |url=https://www.nhl.com/flames/player/nazem-kadri-8475172 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Han Sun-hwa]], South Korean singer and actress *[[1991]] – [[Roshon Fegan]], American actor, rapper, and dancer<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1992]] – [[Josh Archibald]], Canadian-American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Archibald |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/josh-archibald-8476326 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Taylor Paris]], Canadian rugby player *[[1993]] – [[Adam Gemili]], English sprinter * 1993 – [[Jourdan Miller]], American fashion model * 1993 – [[Joe Rafferty]], English-Irish footballer * 1993 – [[Nail Yakupov]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nail Yakupov |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/nail-yakupov-8476855 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Jake Guentzel]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jake Guentzel |url=https://www.nhl.com/penguins/player/jake-guentzel-8477404 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Lee Joo-heon]], South Korean rapper and songwriter *[[1997]] – [[Kasper Dolberg]], Danish footballer *[[1999]] – [[Niko Kari]], Finnish race car driver<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://juniorteam.redbull.com/athlete/niko-kari-2016-2017|title=Niko Kari 2016 – 2017|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Trevor Lawrence]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trevor Lawrence player profile|url= https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4360310/trevor-lawrence|website=ESPN.com|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Jazz Jennings]], American internet personality<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 6, 2019|title=Happy Birthday, Jazz Jennings! See Her Most Inspirational Quotes|url=https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/jazz-jennings-quotes-trans-activist-and-i-am-jazz-star-is-so-inspiring/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007132430/https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/jazz-jennings-quotes-trans-activist-and-i-am-jazz-star-is-so-inspiring/|archive-date=October 7, 2019|access-date=June 2, 2021|website=Life & Style|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Kyle Pitts]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kyle Pitts player profile|url= https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4360248/kyle-pitts|website=ESPN.com|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Addison Rae]], American social media personality, dancer, and singer<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 6, 2020|title=Kourtney Kardashian Calls TikTok Star Addison Rae an 'Angel' in Birthday Tribute: 'A Real Friendship'|url=https://people.com/tv/kourtney-kardashian-calls-tiktok-addison-rae-angel-birthday-tribute/|access-date=June 2, 2021|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|language=en}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Hitomi Honda]], Japanese singer based in South Korea<ref>{{cite web|title=혼다 히토미 "생일 축하 감사해요"…아이즈원 멤버들도 일제히 메시지|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/117/0003542622|work=마이데일리|date=6 October 2021|access-date=18 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Jonathan Kuminga]], Congolese basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan Kuminga |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630228/jonathan-kuminga |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Bronny James]], American basketball player<ref name="chron1">{{cite web |last1=Berkowitz |first1=Lana |title=In 2004, celebrities start their own baby boom |url=https://www.chron.com/life/article/In-2004-celebrities-start-their-own-baby-boom-1976596.php |website=[[Houston Chronicle]] |access-date=July 31, 2018 |date=December 31, 2004}}</ref> * 2004 – [[Hanni (singer)|Hanni]], Australian singer<ref>{{cite web|title=[SC이슈]뉴진스 하니, 20살 되더니 결혼관 고백…"4년 후에 결혼하고파"|url=https://sports.chosun.com/entertainment/2024-10-08/202410080100051370006869|work=스포츠조선|date=8 October 2024|access-date=10 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 23]] – [[Wang Mang]], emperor of the Xin Dynasty<ref>{{cite web |title=Wang Mang summary {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/summary/Wang-Mang |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[AD 404|404]] – [[Aelia Eudoxia]], Byzantine empress * [[836]] – [[Nicetas the Patrician]], Byzantine general * [[869]] – [[Ermentrude of Orléans]], Frankish queen (born 823) * [[877]] – [[Charles the Bald]], Holy Roman Emperor (born 823)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles II {{!}} Holy Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-II-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * [[997]] – [[Minamoto no Mitsunaka]], Japanese samurai (born 912) *[[1014]] – [[Samuel of Bulgaria|Samuel]], tsar of the Bulgarian Empire *[[1019]] – [[Frederick of Luxembourg]], count of Moselgau (born 965) *[[1145]] – [[Baldwin (archbishop of Pisa)|Baldwin]], archbishop of Pisa *[[1090]] – [[Adalbero of Würzburg|Adalbero]], bishop of Würzburg *[[1101]] – [[Bruno of Cologne]], German monk, founded the [[Carthusian|Carthusian Order]] *[[1173]] – [[Engelbert III, Margrave of Istria|Engelbert III]], margrave of Istria *[[1349]] – [[Joan II of Navarre]], daughter of [[Louis X of France]] (born 1312) *[[1398]] – [[Chŏng Tojŏn]], Korean prime minister (born 1342) *[[1413]] – [[Dawit I]], ruler (Emperor) of Ethiopia (born 1382) *[[1536]] – [[William Tyndale]], English Protestant Bible translator (born c. 1494) *[[1553]] – [[Şehzade Mustafa]], Ottoman prince (born 1515) *[[1559]] – [[William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen]], German count (born 1487)<ref>{{cite book |last=Ditzhuyzen |first=Reinildis van |title=Oranje-Nassau. Een biografisch woordenboek |language=nl |location=Haarlem |publisher=Becht |date=2004 |orig-date=1992 |edition=3rd |page=249 |isbn=90-230-1124-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/oranjenassaueenb0000ditz }}</ref><ref>{{aut|Menk, Friedhelm}} (1994). "Die nassauischen Begräbnisstätten in der ev. Stadtkirche zu Dillenburg". In: {{aut|Pletz-Krehahn, Hans-Jürgen}} (Hg.), ''650 Jahre Stadt Dillenburg. Ein Text- und Bildband zum Stadtrechtsjubiläum der Oranierstadt'' (in German). Dillenburg: Verlag E. Weidenbach GmbH + Co. KG. p. 120.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Becker |first=E. |title=Schloss und Stadt Dillenburg. Ein Gang durch ihre Geschichte in Mittelalter und Neuzeit. Zur Gedenkfeier aus Anlaß der Verleihung der Stadtrechte am 20. September 1344 herausgegeben |language=de |location=Dillenburg |publisher=Der Magistrat der Stadt Dillenburg |date=1983 |orig-date=1950 |edition=Neuauflage |page=57 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Lück |first=Alfred |title=Siegerland und Nederland |language=de |location=Siegen |publisher=Siegerländer Heimatverein e.V. |date=1981 |orig-date=1967 |edition=2nd |page=48 }}</ref><ref>{{aut|Schutte, O.}} (1979). "Genealogische gegevens". In: {{aut|Tamse, C.A.}} (red.), ''Nassau en Oranje in de Nederlandse geschiedenis'' (in Dutch). Alphen aan den Rijn: A.W. Sijthoff. p. 43. {{ISBN|90-218-2447-7}}.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Dek |first=A.W.E. |title=Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau |language=nl |location=Zaltbommel |publisher=Europese Bibliotheek |date=1970 |page=72 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Dek |first=A.W.E. |date=1968 |title=De afstammelingen van Juliana van Stolberg tot aan het jaar van de Vrede van Münster |language=nl |journal=Spiegel der Historie. Maandblad voor de geschiedenis der Nederlanden |volume=1968 |issue=7/8 |pages=228 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Kolb |first=Richard |title=[[Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie]] |language=de |location=Leipzig |publisher=Duncker & Humblot |date=1898 |volume=Band 43 |page=131 |chapter=Wilhelm (der Reiche), Graf von Nassau-Katzenellenbogen }}</ref><ref>{{aut|Vorsterman van Oyen, A.A.}} (1882). ''Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden'' (in Dutch). Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff/Utrecht: J.L. Beijers. p. 97.</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1640]] – [[Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg]] (born 1588)<ref>{{cite book |last=Hoffmeister |first=Jacob Christoph Carl |title=Historisch-genealogisches Handbuch über alle Grafen und Fürsten von Waldeck und Pyrmont seit 1228 |language=de |location=Cassel |publisher=Verlag Gustav Klaunig |date=1883 |pages=51 |url=https://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/urn/urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:1-474762 }}</ref> *[[1641]] – [[Matthijs Quast]], Dutch explorer *[[1644]] – [[Elisabeth of France (1602–1644)|Elisabeth of France]], queen of Spain and Portugal (born 1602) *[[1660]] – [[Paul Scarron]], French poet and author (born 1610) *[[1661]] – [[Guru Har Rai]], Indian 7th [[Sikh gurus|Sikh guru]] (born 1630) *[[1688]] – [[Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle]], English soldier and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica]] (born 1652) *[[1762]] – [[Francesco Manfredini]], Italian violinist and composer (born 1684) *[[1819]] – [[Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia|Charles Emmanuel IV]], king of Sardinia (born 1751) *[[1829]] – [[Pierre Derbigny]], French-American politician, 6th [[Governor of Louisiana]] (born 1769) *[[1836]] – [[Johannes Jelgerhuis]], Dutch painter and actor (born 1770) *[[1873]] – [[Paweł Strzelecki]], Polish-English geologist and explorer (born 1797) *[[1883]] – [[Dục Đức]], Vietnamese emperor (born 1852) *[[1891]] – [[Charles Stewart Parnell]], Irish politician (born 1846) *[[1892]] – [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]], English poet (born 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1912]] – [[Auguste Beernaert]], Belgian politician, 14th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1829) *[[1923]] – [[Damat Ferid Pasha]], Ottoman politician, 285th [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (born 1853) *[[1942]] – [[Siegmund Glücksmann]], German politician (born 1884) *[[1945]] – [[Leonardo Conti]], German [[SS]] officer (born 1900) *[[1947]] – [[Leevi Madetoja]], Finnish composer and critic (born 1887) *[[1951]] – [[Will Keith Kellogg]], American businessman, founded the [[Kellogg Company]] (born 1860) * 1951 – [[Otto Fritz Meyerhof]], German-American physician and biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1884) *[[1959]] – [[Bernard Berenson]], American historian and author (born 1865) *[[1962]] – [[Tod Browning]], American actor, director, screenwriter (born 1880) *[[1968]] – [[Phyllis Nicolson]], English mathematician and physicist (born 1917) *[[1969]] – [[Walter Hagen]], American golfer (born 1892) * 1969 – [[Otto Steinböck]], Austrian zoologist (born 1893) *[[1972]] – [[Cléo de Verberena]], Brazilian actress and film director (born c. 1909)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.caixadesucessos.com.br/2017/08/cleo-de-verberena-primeira-cineasta.html|title=Cléo de Verberena – a primeira cineasta mulher do Brasil|work=Caixa de Sucessos|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Sidney Blackmer]], American actor (born 1895) * 1973 – [[François Cevert]], French race car driver (born 1944) * 1973 – [[Dick Laan]], Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author (born 1894) * 1973 – [[Dennis Price]], English actor (born 1915) * 1973 – [[Margaret Wilson (novelist)|Margaret Wilson]], American missionary and author (born 1882) *[[1974]] – [[Helmut Koinigg]], Austrian race car driver (born 1948) *[[1976]] – [[Gilbert Ryle]], English philosopher and author (born 1900) *[[1978]] – [[Johnny O'Keefe]], Australian singer-songwriter (born 1935) *[[1979]] – [[Elizabeth Bishop]], American poet and short-story writer (born 1911) *[[1980]] – [[Hattie Jacques]], English actress and producer (born 1922) * 1980 – [[Jean Robic]], French cyclist (born 1921) *[[1981]] – [[Anwar Sadat]], Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd [[President of Egypt]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1918) *[[1983]] – [[Terence Cooke]], American cardinal (born 1921) *[[1985]] – [[Nelson Riddle]], American composer, conductor, and bandleader (born 1921) *[[1986]] – [[Alexander Kronrod]], Russian mathematician and computer scientist (born 1921) *[[1989]] – [[Bette Davis]], American actress (born 1908) *[[1990]] – [[Bahriye Üçok]], Turkish sociologist and politician (born 1919) *[[1991]] – [[Igor Talkov]], Russian singer-songwriter (born 1956) *[[1992]] – [[Denholm Elliott]], English actor (born 1922) * 1992 – [[Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)|Bill O'Reilly]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1905) *[[1993]] – [[Nejat Eczacıbaşı]], Turkish chemist, businessman, and philanthropist, founded [[Eczacıbaşı]] (born 1913) * 1993 – [[Larry Walters]], American truck driver and pilot (born 1949) *[[1995]] – [[Benoît Chamoux]], French mountaineer (born 1961) *[[1997]] – [[Johnny Vander Meer]], American baseball player and manager (born 1914) *[[1998]] – [[Mark Belanger]], American baseball player (born 1944) *[[1999]] – [[Amália Rodrigues]], Portuguese singer and actress (born 1920) * 1999 – [[Gorilla Monsoon]], American wrestler and sportscaster (born 1937) *[[2000]] – [[Richard Farnsworth]], American actor and stuntman (born 1920) *[[2001]] – [[Arne Harris]], American director and producer (born 1934) *[[2002]] – [[Prince Claus of the Netherlands]] (born 1926) *[[2006]] – [[Bertha Brouwer]], Dutch sprinter (born 1930) * 2006 – [[Eduardo Mignogna]], Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1940) * 2006 – [[Buck O'Neil]], American baseball player and manager (born 1911) * 2006 – [[Wilson Tucker (writer)|Wilson Tucker]], American author and critic (born 1914) *[[2007]] – [[Babasaheb Bhosale]], Indian lawyer and politician, 8th [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (born 1921) * 2007 – [[Laxmi Mall Singhvi]], Indian scholar, jurist, and politician (born 1931) *[[2008]] – [[Peter Cox (politician)|Peter Cox]], Australian public servant and politician (born 1925) *[[2009]] – [[Douglas Campbell (actor)|Douglas Campbell]], Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1922) *[[2010]] – [[Rhys Isaac]], South-African-Australian historian and author (born 1937) * 2010 – [[Antonie Kamerling]], Dutch television and film actor, and musician (born 1966) *[[2011]] – [[Diane Cilento]], Australian actress and author (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1eaf97|title=Diane Cilento|work=British Film Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124204202/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1eaf97|archive-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Australian Biography Series 8: Diane Cilento|year=2015|publisher=Kanopy Streaming|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/211300875}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.library.qut.edu.au/about/collections/cilento/dianecilento.jsp|title=Diane Cilento|work=Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Library|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204212600/https://www.library.qut.edu.au/about/collections/cilento/dianecilento.jsp|archive-date=4 December 2013}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Chadli Bendjedid]], Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd [[President of Algeria]] (born 1929) * 2012 – [[Anthony John Cooke]], English organist and composer (born 1931) * 2012 – [[Nick Curran]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1977) * 2012 – [[Albert, Margrave of Meissen (1934–2012)|Albert, Margrave of Meissen]] (born 1943) * 2012 – [[Joseph Meyer (Wyoming politician)|Joseph Meyer]], American lawyer and politician, 19th [[Secretary of State of Wyoming]] (born 1941) * 2012 – [[B. Satya Narayan Reddy]], Indian lawyer and politician, 19th [[Governor of West Bengal]] (born 1927) * 2012 – [[J. J. C. Smart]], English-Australian philosopher and academic (born 1920) *[[2013]] – [[Ulysses Curtis]], American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1926) * 2013 – [[Rift Fournier]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1936) * 2013 – [[Paul Rogers (actor)|Paul Rogers]], English actor (born 1917) * 2013 – [[Nico van Kampen]], Dutch physicist and academic (born 1921) *[[2014]] – [[Vic Braden]], American tennis player and coach (born 1929) * 2014 – [[Igor Mitoraj]], German-Polish sculptor (born 1944) * 2014 – [[Diane Nyland]], Canadian actress, director and choreographer (born 1944) * 2014 – [[Marian Seldes]], American actress (born 1928) * 2014 – [[Serhiy Zakarlyuka]], Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1976) * 2014 – [[Feridun Buğeker]], Turkish football player (born 1933) *[[2015]] – [[Árpád Göncz]], Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st [[List of heads of state of Hungary|President of Hungary]] (born 1922) * 2015 – [[Vladimir Shlapentokh]], Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (born 1926) * 2015 – [[Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino]], Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (born 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Historiador y jurista Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, fallece a los 92 años de edad |url=https://www.radionacional.com.pe/informa/locales/historiador-y-jurista-juan-vicente-ugarte-del-pino-falleci-los-92-os-de-edad |website=Nacional |date=6 October 2015 |access-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204111948/http://www.radionacional.com.pe/informa/locales/historiador-y-jurista-juan-vicente-ugarte-del-pino-falleci-los-92-os-de-edad |archive-date=4 December 2015 |language=Spanish}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Ralphie May]], American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1972)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title=Ralphie May, 45, Comedian 'Who Happens to Be Fat,' Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/obituaries/ralphie-may-brash-comedian-is-dead-at-45.html |website=The New York Times |date=6 October 2017 |access-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008064827/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/obituaries/ralphie-may-brash-comedian-is-dead-at-45.html |archive-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * 2017 – [[David Marks (architect)|David Marks]], British architect, designer of the [[London Eye]] (born 1952)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Frearson |first1=Amy |title=Architect and London Eye entrepreneur David Marks dies |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2017/10/09/david-marks-barfield-architects-dies-london-eye/ |website=Dezeen |date=9 October 2017 |access-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010054731/https://www.dezeen.com/2017/10/09/david-marks-barfield-architects-dies-london-eye/ |archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Scott Wilson (actor)|Scott Wilson]], American actor (born 1942)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/obituaries/scott-wilson-dead.html |title=Scott Wilson, 76, 'Walking Dead' and 'In Cold Blood' Actor, Dies |first=Daniel E. |last=Slotnik |date=8 October 2018 |access-date=27 April 2019 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=B12 }}</ref> * 2018 – [[Montserrat Caballé]], Spanish soprano (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Salazar |first1=David |title=Met Opera Dedicates 'Aida' Performance to Montserrat Caballé |date=15 October 2018 |url=https://operawire.com/met-opera-dedicates-aida-performance-to-montserrat-caballe/ |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Ginger Baker]], English drummer (born 1939)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |title=Ginger Baker, wild and brilliant Cream drummer, dies aged 80 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/oct/06/ginger-baker-wild-and-brilliant-cream-drummer-dies-aged-80 |website=The Guardian |date=6 October 2019 |access-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015529/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/oct/06/ginger-baker-wild-and-brilliant-cream-drummer-dies-aged-80 |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Eddie Lumsden]], Australian rugby league player (born 1936)<ref>{{cite web |title=Vale |url=https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2019/10/07/vale--eddie-lumsden/ |website=New South Wales Rugby League |date=6 October 2019 |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Rip Taylor]], American actor and comedian (born 1931)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Behr|first=Lindsey|date=2019-10-07|title=Rip Taylor, madcap comic personality, dies at 88|language=en-US|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/rip-taylor-madcap-comic-personality-dies/2019/10/07/65982d1e-e900-11e9-85c0-85a098e47b37_story.html|access-date=2021-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008115817/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/rip-taylor-madcap-comic-personality-dies/2019/10/07/65982d1e-e900-11e9-85c0-85a098e47b37_story.html|archive-date=2019-10-08|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Eddie Van Halen]], Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1955)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/06/eddie-van-halen-dead-dies-cancer-65/|accessdate=21 September 2021|title= Eddie Van Halen Dead at 65 | website=TMZ | date=6 October 2020}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Johnny Nash]], American singer-songwriter (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Johnny Nash, singer of 'I Can See Clearly Now,' dies at 80|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/johnny-nash-singer-now-dies-80-73464289|access-date=October 8, 2020|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Dave Hobson]], American politician (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=Dave Hobson, Ohio congressman who backed D-Day museum, has died at 87 |url=https://apnews.com/article/dave-hobson-obituary-ohio-congressman-e770e142525c4ffb93041cb7acff56ae |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Johan Neeskens]], Dutch footballer and manager (born 1951)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=Netherlands legend Johan Neeskens dies at 73 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/41662053/netherlands-legend-johan-neeskens-dies-aged-73 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Marie Rose Durocher]] **Blessed [[Juan de Palafox y Mendoza]] **[[Bruno of Cologne]] **[[Saint Faith|Faith]] **[[Mary Frances of the Five Wounds]] **[[Pardulphus]] **[[Sagar of Laodicea]] **[[October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] **[[William Tyndale]] (commemoration, [[Anglicanism]]), with [[Myles Coverdale]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]]) *[[World Space Week]] (October 4–10) *[[Day of Commemoration and National Mourning]] ([[Turkmenistan]]) *[[Dukla Pass Victims Day]] ([[Slovakia]]) *[[German-American Day]] ([[United States]]) *[[Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad]] ([[Hungary]]) *[[Teachers' Day]] ([[Sri Lanka]]) *[[Yom Kippur War]] commemorations: **[[Armed Forces Day (Egypt)]] **[[Tishreen Liberation Day]] ([[Syria]]) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/6 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=06}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/6 |title=Historical Events on October 6 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:October 06}} [[Category:Days of October]]
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page
(
help
)
:
Template:0
(
edit
)
Template:Aut
(
edit
)
Template:Calendar
(
edit
)
Template:Calendar/portal
(
edit
)
Template:Calendar/table
(
edit
)
Template:Citation
(
edit
)
Template:Cite book
(
edit
)
Template:Cite journal
(
edit
)
Template:Cite news
(
edit
)
Template:Cite web
(
edit
)
Template:Commons
(
edit
)
Template:Day
(
edit
)
Template:ISBN
(
edit
)
Template:Months
(
edit
)
Template:NYT On this day
(
edit
)
Template:Navbox
(
edit
)
Template:Other uses
(
edit
)
Template:Pp-move
(
edit
)
Template:Pp-semi-indef
(
edit
)
Template:Reflist
(
edit
)
Template:Sister project
(
edit
)
Template:This date in recent years
(
edit
)
Template:Title without disambig
(
edit
)