October 6

Events

 * - : The inflict the heaviest defeat on the  army of.
 * - : averts the bad omen of this day by defeating  of Armenia.
 * - Due to the implementation of the, this day is skipped in , , and.
 * - 's , the earliest surviving, premieres in , signifying the beginning of the
 * - : conclusion of the between  and, which resulted in the British occupation of  for the rest of the war.
 * - : returns to  from  after being confronted by the ian women on
 * - The execution of the after the Hungarian war of independence.
 * - The started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
 * - The of the  was founded in.
 * - shows his first.
 * - Fraternity founded at the  in.
 * - The sits for the first time.
 * - The convened for the first time.
 * - annexes  and.
 * - is founded in.
 * - The great powers of the first world war withdraw from
 * - Opening of, the first prominent talking movie.
 * - becomes.
 * - Last is defeated in.
 * - : and his pet billy goat are ejected from  during Game 4 of the  (see ).
 * - A  crashes in Medicine Bow Peak,, killing 66 people
 * - is declared illegal in the.
 * - : 80,000 Egyptian troops cross the, destroying the fortified Israeli  and starting the.
 * -  crashes into the Atlantic Ocean after two bombs, placed by  with connections to the, exploded onboard shortly after taking off from , . All 73 people on-board were killed.
 * 1976  - New   orders the arrest of the  and associates and ends the  in the.
 * 1976  -  gathering at  in,  to protest the return of ex-dictator  by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
 * - In, , fascists attack a group of militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.
 * 1977  - The first prototype of the, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
 * - is assassinated.
 * - PC is murdered as riots erupt in the  suburb of London.
 * - becomes a.
 * - was discovered to be the first major star apart from the  to have a  (and ) ing around it.
 * - resigns.
 * - The French oil tanker  is bombed off.
 * 2002  -  founder  is.
 * - completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.

Births

 * - King (d. )
 * -, German navigator and geographer (d. )
 * -, English clergyman (d. )
 * -, English physician (d. )
 * -, Italian Jesuit missionary (d. )
 * -, English patron of the theater (d. )
 * -, French soldier (d. )
 * -, English statesman (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. )
 * -, king of (d. )
 * - Sir, British commander (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, French statesman (d. )
 * -, German physicist (d. )
 * -, Swedish soprano (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, Italian patriot and writer (d. )
 * -, American engineer and inventor (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. )
 * -, Russian writer (d. )
 * -, French-Canadian politician (d. )
 * -, Polish composer and pianist (d. )
 * -, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. )
 * -, Swiss architect (d. )
 * -, French pilot (d. )
 * -, American writer and critic (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, Irish physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American tennis player (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * 1908  -, Russian mathematician (d. )
 * -, British politician (d. )
 * -, mother of American Vice President (d. )
 * -, Norwegian explorer (d. )
 * -, Swedish dentist (d. )
 * 1915  -, American psychologist and civil rights activist (d. )
 * -, American civil rights activist (d. )
 * -, Belgian racing driver (d. )
 * -, Italian sculptor (d. )
 * 1920  -, British judge (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (d. )
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American columnist (d. )
 * -, American sports broadcaster (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * 1930  -, Australian cricketer
 * -, Russian astronomer (d. )
 * 1931  -, Italian-born physicist,  laureate
 * -, Italian strongman and professional wrestler
 * -, French bodybuilder
 * -, American politician, former Member, US House of Representatives
 * -, Swedish actress
 * -, Jamaican singer
 * -, American actor
 * 1943  -, Russian painter
 * -, Brazilian racing driver (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * 1946  -, South African-born English cricketer
 * -, Spanish singer-songwriter
 * -, Northern Irish politician
 * -, American author
 * -, American guitarist
 * -, German race car driver (d. )
 * 1951  -, American musician
 * -, Turkish poet and writer
 * -, Dutch drug lord (d. )
 * -, American musician
 * -, American football coach
 * -, American politician, Member of US House of Representatives
 * 1959  -, American baseball player
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American film actress
 * 1963  -, American automobile customizer
 * 1963  -, American actor
 * -, American musician
 * -, Puerto Rican baseball player
 * -, Irish footballer
 * 1966  -, American actress
 * -, Norwegian strongman
 * -, English snooker player
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1970  -, American actress and singer
 * -, British racing driver
 * 1971  -, Spanish actress
 * 1971  -, English footballer
 * -, Australian soccer player
 * 1972  -, Korean actor and singer
 * -, French footballer
 * 1973  -, American comedian
 * 1973  -, Welsh actor
 * 1973  -, American basketball player
 * -, American actor
 * 1974  -, Costa Rican footballer
 * -, Taiwanese actress and singer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1977  -, Bulgarian footballer
 * -, British boxer
 * -, French footballer (d. )
 * -, French footballer
 * -, Georgian footballer
 * 1981  -, Ecuadorian footballer
 * -, American hip-hop artist
 * -, Japanese model and actress
 * -, Radd Australian
 * -, American actress
 * -, German actress and singer

Deaths

 * - (b. )
 * -, Emperor (Tsar) of the First Bulgarian Empire (b. )
 * -, German founder of the Carthusian order
 * -, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, Dutch explorer
 * -, wife of (b. )
 * -, French writer
 * -, seventh Sikh Guru
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, king of (b. )
 * -, Governor of Louisiana (b. )
 * -, Polish explorer and geologist (b. )
 * -, Irish politician (b. )
 * -, British poet (b. )
 * -, Belgian statesman and winner of the (b. )
 * -, Nazi physician (b. )
 * -, Finnish composer (b. )
 * -, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the (b. )
 * 1951  -, American food manufacturer  (b. )
 * -, American art historian (b. )
 * -, American film director (b. )
 * -, British mathematican (b. )
 * -, French race car driver (b. )
 * 1973  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Austrian Formula One driver (b. )
 * -, British philosopher (b. )
 * -, British comedy actress (b. )
 * 1980  -, French cyclist (b. )
 * -, , recipient of the (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, American Catholic archbishop (b. )
 * -, American bandleader (b. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, English actor (b. )
 * 1992  -, Australian cricketer (b. )
 * -, American "lawn chair" pilot (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Portuguese singer and actress (b. )
 * 1999  -, professional wrestler/commentator (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Prince of the Netherlands and husband of (b. )
 * -, American environmentalist (b. )
 * -, Dutch athlete (b. )
 * 2006  -, Argentinian film director (b. )
 * 2006  -, American baseball player (b. )
 * 2006  -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American stuntman (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * Also see
 * - ; commemorates the war of.
 * - observed since
 * - Day, fifteenth day in the
 * - Day, fifteenth day in the
 * - Day, fifteenth day in the