6 October
Notable Births
Bronny James
b. 2004
American basketball player (born 2004)
Hanni (singer)
b. 2004
Australian singer (born 2004)
Jonathan Kuminga
b. 2002
Congolese basketball player (born 2002)
Hitomi Honda
b. 2001
Japanese singer and actress (born 2001)
Jazz Jennings
b. 2000
American internet personality
Kyle Pitts
b. 2000
American football player (born 2000)
Addison Rae
b. 2000
American singer and actress (born 2000)
Trevor Lawrence
b. 1999
American football player (born 1999)
Kasper Dolberg
b. 1997
Danish footballer (born 1997)
Kevin Diks
b. 1996
Indonesian footballer (born 1996)
Jake Guentzel
b. 1994
American ice hockey player (born 1994)
Joohoney
b. 1994
South Korean rapper (born 1994)
Adam Gemili
b. 1993
British sprinter (born 1993)
Nail Yakupov
b. 1993
Russian ice hockey player (born 1993)
Josh Archibald
b. 1992
American ice hockey player (born 1992)
Scarlett Byrne
b. 1990
English actress (born 1990)
Marcus Johansson (ice hockey, born 1990)
b. 1990
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1990)
Nazem Kadri
b. 1990
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Han Sun-hwa
b. 1990
South Korean singer and actress (born 1990)
Albert Ebossé Bodjongo
b. 1989
Cameroonian footballer (1989-2014)
Notable Deaths
Dave Hobson
d. 2024
American politician (1936–2024)
Johan Neeskens
d. 2024
Dutch football manager and player (1951–2024)
Eddie Van Halen
d. 2020
American rock guitarist (1955–2020)
Johnny Nash
d. 2020
American singer (1940–2020)
Ginger Baker
d. 2019
English drummer (1939–2019)
Rip Taylor
d. 2019
American actor and comedian (1931–2019)
Scott Wilson (actor)
d. 2018
American actor (1942–2018)
Montserrat Caballé
d. 2018
Spanish operatic soprano (1933–2018)
Ralphie May
d. 2017
American comedian (1972–2017)
Árpád Göncz
d. 2015
President of Hungary from 1990 to 2000
Vladimir Shlapentokh
d. 2015
Soviet and American academic
Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino
d. 2015
Igor Mitoraj
d. 2014
Polish sculptor (1944–2014)
Marian Seldes
d. 2014
American actress (1928–2014)
Serhiy Zakarlyuka
d. 2014
Ukrainian footballer and manager
Feridun Buğeker
d. 2014
Turkish footballer (1933–2014)
Rift Fournier
d. 2013
American writer and television producer
Paul Rogers (actor)
d. 2013
English actor (1917–2013)
Chadli Bendjedid
d. 2012
President of Algeria from 1979 to 1992
Bette Davis
d. 1989
American actress (1908–1989)
On This Day in History
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2025
The 2025 Alberta teachers' strike begins, leaving approximately 51,000 teachers off-work, impacting about 730,000 Albertan students.
2025 Alberta teachers' strike
2022
Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Annie Ernaux
2018
The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process.
United States Senate
2010
Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.
2007
Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
Jason Lewis (adventurer)
1995
The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.
51 Pegasi b
1990
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun's polar regions.
Space Shuttle Discovery
1987
Fiji becomes a republic.
Fiji
1985
Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
Murder of Keith Blakelock
1981
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
Anwar Sadat
1981
NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board.
NLM CityHopper Flight 431
1979
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
Pope John Paul II
1977
The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
Mikoyan MiG-29
1976
Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.
Cubana de Aviación Flight 455
1976
Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.
Hua Guofeng
1976
Dozens are killed by Thai police and right-wing paramilitaries in the Thammasat University massacre; afterwards, the Seni Pramoj government is toppled in a military coup led by Sangad Chaloryu.
6 October 1976 massacre
1973
Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
Operation Badr (1973)
1944
World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union
1943
World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece.
Burnings of Kali Sykia
1942
World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Actions along the Matanikau