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On this dayOctober 6

Through history48 events, 235 births and 117 deaths in Wikipedia's lists for the date

Today

A hundred years before

The front pages of October 6, 1926

What 42 American newspapers printed that day, as the Library of Congress keeps them.

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The front page of The Redwood gazette, Redwood Falls, Minn., October 6, 1926The Redwood gazetteRedwood Falls, Minn.Read it, zoom in, mark it →

All 42 front pages at the Library of Congress ↗From Chronicling America. Public domain: in the Library's words, newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.

What happened

On October 6

The anniversaries Wikipedia's editors chose for the date, oldest first.

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  1. 6181,408 years ago

    Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong's army defeated Li Mi's forces at the Battle of Yanshi, allowing Wang to consolidate power and soon depose China's Sui dynasty.

    Transition from Sui to Tang
    Photo: SY · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 1762264 years ago

    Seven Years' War: The Battle of Manila concluded with a British victory over Spain, leading to an eighteen-month occupation. · British occupation of Manila

    Seven Years' War
    Photo: Blaue Max · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 1777249 years ago

    American Revolutionary War: Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery were captured by British forces under Sir Henry Clinton, dismantling the Hudson River Chains. · Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery

    American Revolutionary War
    Photo: John Trumbull · Public domain
  4. 1908118 years ago

    Austria-Hungary announced the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, causing a crisis that permanently damaged the country's relations with the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Serbia. · Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bosnian Crisis

  5. 192799 years ago

    The Jazz Singer, one of the first feature-length motion pictures with a synchronized recorded music score, was released.

    The Jazz Singer
    Photo: author on the file page · Public domain
  6. 193492 years ago

    Catalonia's autonomous government, led by Lluís Companys, declared a general strike, an armed insurgency, and the establishment of the Catalan State in reaction to the inclusion of conservatives in the Spanish republican regime. · Events of 6 October

  7. 197353 years ago

    The Egyptian Armed Forces crossed the Suez Canal to attack occupying Israeli forces at the Bar Lev Line in the Sinai Peninsula, beginning the Yom Kippur War. · Operation Badr (1973)

  8. 197650 years ago

    Two bombs placed by the CIA-linked Cuban dissident group Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations exploded on Cubana Flight 455, killing all 73 people aboard. · Cubana de Aviación Flight 455

  9. 198145 years ago

    Egyptian president Anwar Sadat (pictured) was assassinated while attending a parade in Cairo to mark the eighth anniversary of the Crossing of the Bar Lev Line at the start of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. · Operation Badr (1973) · Yom Kippur War

    Anwar Sadat
    Photo: author on the file page · Public domain
  10. 198541 years ago

    Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London. · Murder of Keith Blakelock · Broadwater Farm riot

  11. 198937 years ago

    About 200 members of the San Francisco Police Department instigated a police riot in the Castro following a peaceful protest held by the political group ACT UP. · Castro Sweep · Castro District, San Francisco

  12. 199531 years ago

    Astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz reported the discovery of a planet orbiting 51 Pegasi as the first known exoplanet around a main-sequence star. · 51 Pegasi b

    Michel Mayor
    Photo: L. Weinstein/Ciel et Espace Photos · CC BY 4.0
  13. 199828 years ago

    Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was attacked and fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming, U.S., dying six days later.

  14. 200026 years ago

    Denouncing corruption in Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa's administration and the Senate, Vice President Carlos Álvarez resigned. · Argentine Senate

    Fernando de la Rúa
    Photo: author on the file page · CC BY 2.0
  15. 200224 years ago

    Al-Qaeda bombed the oil tanker Limburg, causing oil to leak into the Gulf of Aden. · Maritime Jewel

  16. 200818 years ago

    The MESSENGER probe discovered Mercury's Rembrandt (pictured) – the second largest impact crater on the planet.

    MESSENGER
    Photo: NASA / JHU/APL · Public domain
All 48 events Wikipedia lists for October 6, by year

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Born

On October 6

The best-known first, counted by the Wikipedia languages with an article on each.

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  1. Le Corbusier1887Le CorbusierSwiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (died 1965)200 languagesPhoto: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo · CC0
  2. Hafez al-Assad1930Hafez al-AssadSyrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (died 2000)96 languagesPhoto: Government of Syria · Public domain
  3. 1914Thor HeyerdahlNorwegian ethnographer and explorer (died 2002)89 languages
  1. 1773Louis Philippe I of France (died 1850)83
  2. 1903Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)81
  3. 1931Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)80
  4. 1831Richard Dedekind, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1916)76
  5. 1906Janet Gaynor, American actress (died 1984)68
  6. 1963Elisabeth Shue, American actress65
  7. 1552Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and missionary (died 1610)64
  8. 1908Carole Lombard, American actress (died 1942)64
  9. 1820Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress (died 1887)62
  10. 1846George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (died 1914)57
  11. 1982Levon Aronian, Armenian chess grandmaster57
  12. 1978Liu Yang, Chinese astronaut56
  13. 1923Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (died 2015)55
  14. 1972Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer54
  15. 1965Jürgen Kohler, German footballer and manager51
  16. 1888Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (died 1918)50
  17. 1942Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer50
  18. 1948Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician49
  19. 1962David Baker, American biologist and academic48
  20. 1997Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer46
  21. 1289Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (died 1306)45
Everyone else born on October 6: 211 more, by year

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Died

On October 6

The best-known first, counted by the Wikipedia languages with an article on each.

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  1. Anwar Sadat1981Anwar SadatEgyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)126 languagesPhoto: author on the file page · Public domain
  2. Aelia Eudoxia404Aelia EudoxiaByzantine empress119 languagesPhoto: Didier Descouens · Public domain
  3. Alfred, Lord Tennyson1892Alfred, Lord TennysonEnglish poet (born 1809)118 languagesPhoto: Elliott & Fry · Public domain
  1. 1989Bette Davis, American actress (born 1908)109
  2. 2018Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (born 1933)87
  3. 877Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (born 823)85
  4. 23Wang Mang, emperor of the Xin Dynasty81
  5. 2020Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1955)62
  6. 1912Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1829)60
  7. 1951Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884)60
  8. 1979Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and short-story writer (born 1911)59
  9. 1536William Tyndale, English Protestant Bible translator (born c. 1494)54
  10. 2024Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1951)54
  11. 2017Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1972)53
  12. 1999Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (born 1920)52
  13. 2015Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (born 1922)49
  14. 1644Elisabeth of France, queen of Spain and Portugal (born 1602)46
  15. 1976Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (born 1900)46
  16. 2012Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Algeria (born 1929)44
  17. 1014Samuel, tsar of the Bulgarian Empire43
  18. 1819Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (born 1751)43
  19. 1349Joan II of Navarre, daughter of Louis X of France (born 1312)42
  20. 2000Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (born 1920)42
  21. 2002Prince Claus of the Netherlands (born 1926)42
Everyone else died on October 6: 93 more, by year

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Observed

On October 6

Holidays, feast days and observances, as Wikipedia lists them for the date.

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Events, births, deaths and observances are Wikipedia's On this day for October 6, in its editors' words (CC BY-SA 4.0); the counts of languages are Wikidata's (CC0). Dates are the UTC day, as Wikipedia keeps them. Discover brings one of these at a time.