What Happened on Oct 6
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Pietro Ottobonia (Alexander VIII) elected Pope
Pope Alexander VIII (22 April 1610 – 1 February 1691), born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was Pope from 1689 to 1691. Pietro Ottoboni was born of a... Read more
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Battle Of Forts Clinton And Montgomery
The Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery was an American Revolutionary War battle fought in the highlands of the Hudson River valley, not far... Read more
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Beethoven Writes the Heiligenstadt Testament
The Heiligenstadt Testament is a letter written by Ludwig van Beethoven to his brothers Carl and Johann at Heiligenstadt (today part of Vienna) on... Read more
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Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead
On the morning of Friday, the 6th inst., between twelve and one o’clock, a fire broke out in the worsted manufactory of Messrs. Wilson and Sons, in... Read more
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Battle of Baxter Springs - Quantrill's Raiders Massacre Union Black Troops
Description: After conducting many raids in Kansas, including the massacre at Lawrence, Quantrill decided to winter in Texas. Along with other... Read more
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Reno Gang Robs Ohio & Mississippi Passenger Train
On October 6, 1866, thieves boarded an eastbound Ohio & Mississippi Railroad passenger train near Seymour, Indiana, and entered an Adams Express... Read more
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1917 World Series
In the 1917 World Series, the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Giants four games to two. The Series was played against the backdrop of World War... Read more
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1919 World Series, Game 5
The next game was delayed by rain for a day, and when it got under way, both Williams and Reds pitcher Hod Eller were excellent. By the sixth... Read more
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"The Jazz Singer" Is Released
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film. The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, its release heralded... Read more
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'As I Lay Dying' Is Published
As I Lay Dying is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. The novel was written in six weeks while Faulkner was working at a power plant,... Read more
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'Light In August' Is Published
Light in August is an exploration of racial conflict in the society of the Southern United States. Originally Faulkner planned to call the novel... Read more
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1937 World Series
The 1937 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees and the New York Giants in a rematch of the 1936 Series. The Yankees won the... Read more
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"Pygmalion" Is Released
Pygmalion is a 1938 British film based on George Bernard Shaw's play of the same name, and adapted by him for the screen. The film was a financial... Read more
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Battle of Debrecen
The 2nd Ukrainian Front operation begun on 6 October 1944, with Malinovsky's southern pincer attacking near Arad, and slicing through the Hungarian... Read more
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Canadian Forces Initiate Operation Switchback
The second main operation of the Battle of the Scheldt opened with fierce fighting to reduce the Breskens pocket. Here, the 3rd Canadian Infantry... Read more
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Billy Sianis and his Billy Goat Murphy are Ejected from Game Four of the 1945 World Series, Starting the 'Curse of the Billy Goat'
The curse was allegedly placed on the Cubs during the 1945 World Series by Billy Goat Sianis himself. Sianis happened to be a Cubs fan and... Read more
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1946 World Series
The 1946 World Series was played in October 1946 between the St. Louis Cardinals (representing the National League) and the Boston Red Sox... Read more
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1948 World Series
The 1948 World Series matched the Cleveland Indians against the Boston Braves. The Braves had won the National League pennant for the first time... Read more
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Ashgabat Earthquake of 1948
The earthquake struck at 2:17 in the morning on 6 October 1948. The epicenter of the earthquake was located near the small village Gara-Gaudan, 25... Read more
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"The Heiress" Is Released
The Heiress is a 1949 drama film by Ruth and Augustus Goetz adapted from their 1947 play of the same title that was based on the 1880 novel... Read more
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American radio drama Rocky Fortune stars Frank Sinatra
Also in 1953, Sinatra starred in the NBC radio program Rocky Fortune. His character, Rocko Fortunato (aka Rocky Fortune) was a private eye who was... Read more
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"The Little Fugitive" Is Released
Little Fugitive is a 1953 film written and directed by Raymond Abrashkin (as "Ray Ashley"), Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin, that tells the story of a... Read more
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United Airlines Flight 409 Crashes
Airliner Hits Peak, Explodes; Rescuers on Way to Wreck; May Be Worst Civil Air Crash. An Oakland-bound United Air Lines DC-4 smashed into a... Read more
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Pop Art Exhibition: The American Supermarket
By the mid-1960s, Pop artists had become superstars, and many collaborated on an exhibition called The American Supermarket held at the Bianchini... Read more
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1965 World Series
The 1965 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League champion Minnesota Twins, who had won... Read more