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October 6

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Yom Kippur War

53 years ago

Born this day

1887

Le Corbusier

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1149th

Charles the Bald

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Famous births28

1552 · 474 yrs

Matteo Ricci

Matteo Ricci (Italian:; Latin: Matthaeus Riccius; Chinese: 利玛窦; pinyin: Lì Mǎdòu; 6 October 1552 – 11 May 1610) was an Italian Jesuit who served in the court of Ming dynasty China and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions.

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ReligionDied aged 57

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1773 · 253 yrs

Louis-Philippe I

Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850), nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, the penultimate monarch of France, the last French monarch to bear the title "King", and the only French monarch to descend from the Orléans branch of the Bourbon family.

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RoyaltyDied aged 76

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1808 · 218 yrs

Frederick VII of Denmark

Frederick VII (Frederik Carl Christian; 6 October 1808 – 15 November 1863) was King of Denmark from 1848 to 1863. He was the last Danish monarch of the older Royal branch of the House of Oldenburg and the last king of Denmark to rule as an absolute monarch.

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RoyaltyDied aged 55

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1820 · 206 yrs

Jenny Lind

Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind (Madame Goldschmidt) (6 October 1820 – 2 November 1887), was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale".

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MusicDied aged 67

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1831 · 195 yrs

Richard Dedekind

Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind (German:; 6 October 1831 – 12 February 1916) was a German mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), and the axiomatic foundations of arithmetic.

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ScienceDied aged 84

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1846 · 180 yrs

George Westinghouse

George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was a prolific American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneurial industrialist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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TechnologyDied aged 67

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1887 · 139 yrs

Le Corbusier

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 1887 – 27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier, was a French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer who is described as one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture.

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ArtWould be 139

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1903 · 123 yrs

Ernest Walton

Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (6 October 1903 – 25 June 1995) was an Irish experimental physicist.

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ScienceWould be 123

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1906 · 120 yrs

Janet Gaynor

Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American actress. She began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films.

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FilmWould be 120

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1908 · 118 yrs

Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress, particularly noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in screwball comedies. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema.

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FilmWould be 118

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1914 · 112 yrs

Thor Heyerdahl

Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (Norwegian pronunciation:; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in biology with specialization in zoology, botany and geography.

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FilmWould be 112

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1919 · 107 yrs

Siad Barre

Mohammed Siad Barre (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad Barre; Arabic: محمد زياد بري; c. 6 October 1919 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali military officer, politician, and revolutionary who served as the third president of Somalia from 21 October 1969 to 26 January 1991.

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PoliticsWould be 107

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Famous deaths13

AD 877 · 1149 yrs

Charles the Bald

Charles the Bald (French: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877) was king of West Francia (843–77), king of Italy (875–77) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–77).

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RoyaltyDied aged 54

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1892 · 134 yrs

Alfred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign.

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LiteratureDied aged 83

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1912 · 114 yrs

Auguste Beernaert

Auguste Marie François Beernaert (26 July 1829 – 6 October 1912) was the prime minister of Belgium from October 1884 to March 1894, and the 1909 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

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ActivismDied aged 83

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1951 · 75 yrs

Otto Fritz Meyerhof

Otto Fritz Meyerhof (German pronunciation:; 12 April 1884 – 6 October 1951) was a German physician and biochemist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

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ScienceWould be 142

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1954 · 72 yrs

Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist

Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (8 August 1881 – 13 November 1954) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Born into the Prussian noble family von Kleist, Kleist entered the Prussian Army in 1900 and commanded a cavalry squadron during World War I.

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MilitaryWould be 145

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1979 · 47 yrs

Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer.

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LiteratureWould be 115

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1981 · 45 yrs

Anwar Sadat

Muhammad Anwar es-Sadat (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who was the third president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.

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PoliticsWould be 107

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1989 · 37 yrs

Bette Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.

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FilmWould be 118

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1999 · 27 yrs

Amália Rodrigues

Amália da Piedade Rodrigues (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999) was a Portuguese fado singer (fadista). Dubbed Rainha do Fado ("Queen of Fado"), she was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled internationally throughout her career.

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MusicWould be 106

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2018 · 8 yrs

Montserrat Caballé

María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch or Folc (12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018), simply known as Montserrat Caballé (i Folch), was a Spanish (Catalan) operatic soprano.

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MusicWould be 93

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2020 · 6 yrs

Eddie Van Halen

Edward Lodewijk Van Halen ( van HAY-lən; Dutch:; January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020) was an American musician and songwriter.

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MusicWould be 71

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2021 · 5 yrs

Tomoyasu Asaoka

Tomoyasu Asaoka (浅岡朝泰, Asaoka Tomoyasu; 6 April 1962 – 6 October 2021) was a Japanese professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Nippon Kokan, Yomiuri and the Japan national team.

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Events5

1944 · 82 yrs

Battle of Debrecen

The Battle of Debrecen, called by the Red Army the Debrecen Offensive Operation, was a battle taking place from 6 to 29 October 1944 on the Eastern Front in Hungary during World War II. The offensive was conducted by the 2nd Ukrainian Front under Marshal Rodion Malinovsky.

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War

1948 · 78 yrs

1948 Ashgabat earthquake

The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake was on 6 October with a surface-wave magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), in Turkmenistan near Ashgabat. Due to censorship by the Soviet government, the event was not widely reported in the Soviet media.

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Disaster

1950 · 76 yrs

Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China

Central Tibet was annexed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) after the government of Tibet signed the Seventeen Point Agreement which the 14th Dalai Lama ratified on 24 October 1951. The Chinese government calls the signing of the agreement the "Peaceful Liberation of Tibet".

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History

1973 · 53 yrs

Yom Kippur War

The Yom Kippur War, also known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, the fourth Arab–Israeli War, the October War, or the Ramadan War (6–25 October 1973), was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria.

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War

2018 · 8 yrs

2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held from 6 to 18 October 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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