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What happend on 6. October in History
In our data base we found 315 events happened on 6. October:
• 105_bc: Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus. [category: Events]
• 404: Aelia Eudoxia, Roman wife of Arcadius [category: Deaths]
• 404: Byzantine Empress Eudoxia has her seventh and last pregnancy which ends in a miscarriage. She is left bleeding and dies of an infection shortly after. [category: Events]
• 836: Saint Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine general and monk (b. 762) [category: Deaths]
• 869: Ermentrude of Orléans (b. 823) [category: Deaths]
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• 877: Charles the Bald, Roman emperor (b. 823) [category: Deaths]
• 1014: Samuel of Bulgaria, Bulgarian general (b. 958) [category: Deaths]
• 1101: Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian (b. 1030) [category: Deaths]
• 1289: Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) [category: Births]
• 1413: Dawit I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1382) [category: Deaths]
• 1459: Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) [category: Births]
• 1510: John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) [category: Births]
• 1510: Rowland Taylor, English martyr (d. 1555) [category: Births]
• 1542: Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503) [category: Deaths]
• 1552: Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (d. 1610) [category: Births]
• 1573: Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (d. 1624) [category: Births]
• 1582: Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. [category: Events]
• 1591: Settimia Caccini, Italian composer and singer (d. 1638) [category: Births]
• 1600: Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period [category: Events]
• 1610: Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) [category: Births]
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• 1641: Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer [category: Deaths]
• 1644: Elisabeth of France (b. 1602) [category: Deaths]
• 1660: Paul Scarron, French poet and author (b. 1610) [category: Deaths]
• 1661: Guru Har Rai, Pakistani 7th Sikh guru (b. 1630) [category: Deaths]
• 1683: German immigrant families found Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America. [category: Events]
• 1688: Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician (b. 1652) [category: Deaths]
• 1716: George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English politician (d. 1771) [category: Births]
• 1732: John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded Broadwood and Sons (d. 1812) [category: Births]
• 1738: Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789) [category: Births]
• 1739: Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles (b. 1684) [category: Deaths]
• 1744: James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (d. 1813) [category: Births]
• 1762: Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684) [category: Deaths]
• 1762: Seven Years' War: conclusion of the Battle of Manila between Britain and Spain, which resulted in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war. [category: Events]
• 1767: Henri Christophe, Haitian king (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1769: Isaac Brock, English army officer (d. 1812) [category: Births]
• 1773: Louis Philippe I, French king (d. 1850) [category: Births]
• 1777: American Revolutionary War: General Sir Henry Clinton leads British forces in the capture of Continental Army Hudson River defenses in the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery. [category: Events]
• 1789: French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October [category: Events]
• 1801: Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1803: Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1819: Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (b. 1751) [category: Deaths]
• 1820: Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1829: Pierre Derbigny, American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1836: Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter (b. 1770) [category: Deaths]
• 1838: Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian soldier, poet, and author (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1846: George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1849: The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence. [category: Events]
• 1854: England: The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured. [category: Events]
• 1866: Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-Canadian inventor, invented Radiotelephony (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1873: Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1874: Frank G. Allen, American politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1876: Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1876: The American Library Association was founded. [category: Events]
• 1882: Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1883: Duc Duc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1884: The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island. [category: Events]
• 1886: Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1887: Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1888: Roland Garros, French pilot (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1889: American inventor Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture. [category: Events]
• 1890: Jan Grijseels, Dutch runner (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1891: Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Jackie Saunders, American actress (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1892: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1897: Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1900: Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1900: Willy Merkl, German mountaineer (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1903: Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1903: The High Court of Australia sits for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1905: Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1906: Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1908: Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1908: Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1908: Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina. [category: Events]
• 1910: Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English politician (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1910: Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first time (7 times in total). [category: Events]
• 1912: Perkins Bass, American politician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1912: Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: Joan Littlewood, English director (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1914: Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1915: Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1915: Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1916: Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1917: Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1918: André Pilette, Belgian race car driver (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1918: Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1920: John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English judge (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1920: Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1921: Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist [category: Births]
• 1921: Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1922: Joe Frazier, American baseball player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1923: The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul [category: Events]
• 1925: Shana Alexander, American journalist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1927: Bill King, American sportscaster (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1927: Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie. [category: Events]
• 1928: Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1929: George Mattos, American pole vaulter (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1930: Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1931: Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1931: Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1935: Bruno Sammartino, Italian-American strongman and wrestler [category: Births]
• 1935: Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1938: Serge Nubret, French bodybuilder and actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1939: Jack Cullen, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1939: John J. LaFalce, American politician [category: Births]
• 1939: World War II: Germany's invasion of Poland ends with the surrender of Polesia army after the Battle of Kock [category: Events]
• 1940: Ellen Travolta, American actress [category: Births]
• 1940: Jan Keizer, Dutch football referee [category: Births]
• 1942: Britt Ekland, Swedish actress [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River. [category: Events]
• 1943: Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter [category: Births]
• 1943: Michael Durrell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Boris Mikhailov, Soviet ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1944: José Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1945: Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1945: Leonardo Conti, German nazi leader (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Baseball: Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series (see Curse of the Billy Goat). [category: Events]
• 1946: Eddie Villanueva, Filipino religious leader and politician, founded the ZOE Broadcasting Network [category: Births]
• 1946: Lloyd Doggett, American politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Millie, Jamaican singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1946: Tony Greig, South African–English cricketer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1946: Vinod Khanna, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1947: Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Gerry Adams, Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer [category: Births]
• 1949: Leslie Moonves, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1949: Nicolas Peyrac, French singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1950: David Brin, American author [category: Births]
• 1951: Kevin Cronin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (REO Speedwagon) [category: Births]
• 1951: Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1951: Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and author [category: Births]
• 1952: Jürgen Schulz, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1953: Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1953: William Burns, Canadian lacrosse player (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Darrell M. West, American author and academic [category: Births]
• 1954: David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys, and Los Super Seven) [category: Births]
• 1955: Tony Dungy, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1956: Kathleen Webb, American writer and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1956: Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Joseph Finder, American author [category: Births]
• 1959: Brian Higgins, American politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Oil Can Boyd, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1959: Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler [category: Births]
• 1959: Bernard Berenson, American historian (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Rich Yett, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Tod Browning, American director (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Elisabeth Shue, American actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Jsu Garcia, American actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1964: Knut Storberget, Norwegian lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1964: Matthew Sweet, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Community Trolls, Oh-OK, and The Thorns) [category: Births]
• 1964: Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1964: Tom Jager, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1965: Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Steve Scalise, American politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Jacqueline Obradors, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Niall Quinn, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder [category: Births]
• 1968: Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Adrienne Armstrong, American businesswoman and activist, co-founded Adeline Records [category: Births]
• 1969: Troy Shaw, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1970: Amy Jo Johnson, American actress, singer, and gymnast [category: Births]
• 1970: Darren Oliver, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Alan Stubbs, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Phil Bennett, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1971: Takis Gonias, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Anders Iwers, Swedish bass player (Tiamat, Cemetary, and Ceremonial Oath) [category: Births]
• 1972: Ko So-young, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Ryu Shi-won, South Korean actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1973: Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Jeff B. Davis, American comedian, actor, and singer [category: Births]
• 1973: Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Dennis Price, English actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Dick Laan, Dutch author (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War. [category: Events]
• 1974: Alexis Georgoulis, Greek actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Jeremy Sisto, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Kenny Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Reon King, Guyanese cricketer [category: Births]
• 1976: Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1976: Magdalena Kučerová, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1976: Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Cubana Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados after two bombs, placed on board by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded. All 73 people on board are killed. [category: Events]
• 1976: Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government. [category: Events]
• 1976: New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China. [category: Events]
• 1977: Danny Brière, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Jamie Laurie, American singer-songwriter (Flobots) [category: Births]
• 1977: Melinda Doolittle, American singer [category: Births]
• 1977: Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Wes Ramsey, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Danny Greene, American mobster (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed. [category: Events]
• 1977: The first prototype of the MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight. [category: Events]
• 1978: Carolina Gynning, Swedish model and actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Ricky Hatton, English boxer [category: Births]
• 1979: David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1979: Lex Shrapnel, English actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Pascal van Assendelft, Dutch sprinter [category: Births]
• 1979: Richard Seymour, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House. [category: Events]
• 1980: Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Hattie Jacques, English actress (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Anwar Sadat, Egyptian politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated. [category: Events]
• 1982: Bronagh Waugh, Irish actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Fábio Júnior dos Santos, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Levon Aronian, Armenian chess player [category: Births]
• 1982: MC Lars, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1982: Meiyang Chаng, Indian actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Michael Arden, American actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Paul Smith, English boxer [category: Births]
• 1982: William Butler, American musician (Arcade Fire) [category: Births]
• 1983: Renata Voráčová, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1983: Terence Cooke, American archbishop (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Joanna Pacitti, American singer-songwriter and actress (City (Comma) State) [category: Births]
• 1984: Morne Morkel, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1985: Mitchell Cole, English footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1985: Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Nelson Riddle, American bandleader and composer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London. [category: Events]
• 1986: Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1986: Olivia Thirlby, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer [category: Births]
• 1986: Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Fiji becomes a republic. [category: Events]
• 1988: Maki Horikita, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Pizzi, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Roshon Fegan, American actor and dancer [category: Births]
• 1991: Igor Talkov, Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Jessica Lunsford, American murder victim (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1995: Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the second major star apart from the Sun to have a planet orbiting around it. [category: Events]
• 1997: Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1998: Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns. [category: Events]
• 2000: Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns. [category: Events]
• 2001: Arne Harris, American director and producer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Prince Claus of the Netherlands (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen. [category: Events]
• 2004: Marvin Santiago. Puerto Rican singer and actor (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Bertha Brouwer, Dutch runner (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian politician (d. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Bud Ekins, American stuntman (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Laxmi Mall Singhvi, Indian jurist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Viet Nguyen, Vietnamese conjoined twin (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe. [category: Events]
• 2008: Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean actor and model (b. 1985) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Peter Cox, Australian politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Douglas Campbell, Scottish-Canadian actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Colette Renard, French actress and singer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Piet Wijn, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Ahmed Jaber al-Qattan, Bahraini protester (b. 1994) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Albert, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Antonio Cisneros, Peruvian poet (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: B. Satya Narayan Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian politician, 3rd President of Algeria (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gérard Gropaiz, French swimmer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John Cleary, Canadian politician (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Raoul De Keyser, Belgian painter (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 68_bc: Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia. [category: Events]
• 69_bc: Battle of Tigranocerta: Forces of the Roman Republic defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great. [category: Events]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Egypt) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Montenegro) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bruno of Cologne [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Commemoration: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (Turkmenistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dukla Pass Victims Day (Slovakia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Faith [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: German-American Day (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (Hungary) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pardulphus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sagar of Laodicea [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teacher's Day (Sri Lanka) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tishreen Liberation Day (Syria) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures into English, Martyr, 1536 A.D. (Anglicanism) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Yom Kippur War commemoration, and its related observance: [category: Holidays and observances]