October 6 All Events |
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| October 6th, 2068 (October 06 2068) | Event | Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia. | |
| October 6th, 2007 (October 06 2007) | Event | Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe. | |
| October 6th, 2007 (October 06 2007) | Death | Bud Ekins, American stuntman (born in 1930) | |
| October 6th, 2006 (October 06 2006) | Death | Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (born in 1930) | |
| October 6th, 2006 (October 06 2006) | Death | Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (born in 1940) | |
| October 6th, 2006 (October 06 2006) | Death | Buck O Neil, American baseball player (born in 1911) | |
| October 6th, 2006 (October 06 2006) | Death | Wilson Tucker, American writer (born in 1914) | |
| October 6th, 2003 (October 06 2003) | Death | Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist (born in 1957) | |
| October 6th, 2002 (October 06 2002) | Event | The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen. | |
| October 6th, 2002 (October 06 2002) | Event | Opus Dei founder Josemaria Escriva is canonized. | |
| October 6th, 2002 (October 06 2002) | Death | Claus von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (born in 1926) | |
| October 6th, 2001 (October 06 2001) | Death | Arne Harris, American television sports director (born in 1934) | |
| October 6th, 2000 (October 06 2000) | Event | Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic resigns. | |
| October 6th, 2000 (October 06 2000) | Death | Richard Farnsworth, American actor (born in 1930) | |
| October 6th, 1999 (October 06 1999) | Death | Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (born in 1920) | |
| October 6th, 1999 (October 06 1999) | Death | Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler/commentator (born in 1937) | |
| October 6th, 1998 (October 06 1998) | Birth | Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer | |
| October 6th, 1998 (October 06 1998) | Death | Mark Belanger, American baseball player (born in 1944) | |
| October 6th, 1997 (October 06 1997) | Death | Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player (born in 1914) | |
| October 6th, 1995 (October 06 1995) | Event | 51 Pegasi was discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it. | |
| October 6th, 1995 (October 06 1995) | Birth | Jessica Lunsford, American kidnapping victim (died in 2005) | |
| October 6th, 1993 (October 06 1993) | Death | Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (born in 1949) | |
| October 6th, 1992 (October 06 1992) | Birth | Rhyon Nicole Brown, American actress | |
| October 6th, 1992 (October 06 1992) | Death | Denholm Elliott, English actor (born in 1922) | |
| October 6th, 1992 (October 06 1992) | Death | Bill O Reilly, Australian cricketer (born in 1902) | |
| October 6th, 1989 (October 06 1989) | Death | Bette Davis, American actress (born in 1908) | Bette Davis Quotes |
| October 6th, 1988 (October 06 1988) | Birth | Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress | |
| October 6th, 1987 (October 06 1987) | Event | Fiji becomes a republic. | |
| October 6th, 1986 (October 06 1986) | Birth | Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer | |
| October 6th, 1986 (October 06 1986) | Birth | Olivia Thirlby, American actress | |
| October 6th, 1986 (October 06 1986) | Death | Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (born in 1921) | Alexander Kronrod Quotes |
| October 6th, 1985 (October 06 1985) | Event | PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London. | |
| October 6th, 1985 (October 06 1985) | Death | Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (born in 1921) | |
| October 6th, 1984 (October 06 1984) | Birth | Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer | |
| October 6th, 1983 (October 06 1983) | Death | Terence Cardinal Cooke, American Catholic archbishop (born in 1921) | |
| October 6th, 1982 (October 06 1982) | Birth | MC Lars, American hip-hop artist | |
| October 6th, 1982 (October 06 1982) | Birth | William Butler, Musician and member of Arcade Fire | |
| October 6th, 1981 (October 06 1981) | Event | President of Egypt, Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated. | |
| October 6th, 1981 (October 06 1981) | Birth | Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer | |
| October 6th, 1981 (October 06 1981) | Birth | Jose Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer | |
| October 6th, 1981 (October 06 1981) | Death | Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1918) | |
| October 6th, 1980 (October 06 1980) | Birth | Abdoulaye Meite, French footballer | |
| October 6th, 1980 (October 06 1980) | Death | Hattie Jacques, British comedy actress (born in 1922) | |
| October 6th, 1980 (October 06 1980) | Death | Jean Robic, French cyclist (born in 1921) | |
| October 6th, 1979 (October 06 1979) | Event | Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House. | |
| October 6th, 1979 (October 06 1979) | Birth | David Di Tommaso, French footballer (died in 2005) | |
| October 6th, 1979 (October 06 1979) | Birth | Richard Seymour, American football player | |
| October 6th, 1978 (October 06 1978) | Birth | Ricky Hatton, English boxer | |
| October 6th, 1977 (October 06 1977) | Event | In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed. | |
| October 6th, 1977 (October 06 1977) | Event | The first prototype of the MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight. | |
| October 6th, 1977 (October 06 1977) | Birth | Daniel Briere, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 6th, 1977 (October 06 1977) | Birth | Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer | |
| October 6th, 1977 (October 06 1977) | Birth | Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer | |
| October 6th, 1976 (October 06 1976) | Event | Cubana Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean after two bombs, placed by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded onboard shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados. All 73 people on-board were killed. | |
| October 6th, 1976 (October 06 1976) | Event | 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. | |
| October 6th, 1976 (October 06 1976) | Event | 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. | |
| October 6th, 1976 (October 06 1976) | Birth | Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer | |
| October 6th, 1976 (October 06 1976) | Death | Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (born in 1900) | Gilbert Ryle Quotes |
| October 6th, 1975 (October 06 1975) | Birth | Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana | |
| October 6th, 1974 (October 06 1974) | Birth | Jeremy Sisto, American actor | |
| October 6th, 1974 (October 06 1974) | Birth | Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer | |
| October 6th, 1974 (October 06 1974) | Death | Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver (born in 1948) | |
| October 6th, 1973 (October 06 1973) | Event | The Crossing: 80,000 Egyptian troops cross the Suez Canal, destroying the fortified Israeli Bar-Lev Line and starting the Yom Kippur War. | |
| October 6th, 1973 (October 06 1973) | Birth | Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer | |
| October 6th, 1973 (October 06 1973) | Birth | Jeff Davis, American comedian | |
| October 6th, 1973 (October 06 1973) | Birth | Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor | |
| October 6th, 1973 (October 06 1973) | Birth | Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player | |
| October 6th, 1973 (October 06 1973) | Death | Francois Cevert, French race car driver (born in 1944) | |
| October 6th, 1973 (October 06 1973) | Death | Sidney Blackmer, American actor (born in 1895) | |
| October 6th, 1972 (October 06 1972) | Birth | Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer | |
| October 6th, 1972 (October 06 1972) | Birth | Ryu Shi-won, Korean actor and singer | |
| October 6th, 1971 (October 06 1971) | Birth | Phil Bennett, British racing driver | |
| October 6th, 1971 (October 06 1971) | Birth | Lola Duenas, Spanish actress | |
| October 6th, 1971 (October 06 1971) | Birth | Alan Stubbs, English footballer | |
| October 6th, 1970 (October 06 1970) | Birth | Darren Oliver, American baseball player | |
| October 6th, 1970 (October 06 1970) | Birth | Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer | |
| October 6th, 1969 (October 06 1969) | Birth | Troy Shaw, English snooker player | |
| October 6th, 1968 (October 06 1968) | Death | Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (born in 1917) | |
| October 6th, 1967 (October 06 1967) | Birth | Kennet Andersson, former Swedish footballer | |
| October 6th, 1967 (October 06 1967) | Birth | Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman | |
| October 6th, 1966 (October 06 1966) | Event | LSD is declared illegal in the United States. | |
| October 6th, 1966 (October 06 1966) | Birth | Niall Quinn, Irish footballer | |
| October 6th, 1966 (October 06 1966) | Birth | Jacqueline Obradors, American actress | |
| October 6th, 1965 (October 06 1965) | Birth | Ruben Sierra, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
| October 6th, 1964 (October 06 1964) | Birth | Matthew Sweet, American musician | |
| October 6th, 1963 (October 06 1963) | Birth | Elisabeth Shue, American film actress | |
| October 6th, 1963 (October 06 1963) | Birth | Chip Foose, American automobile customizer | Tom Ze Quotes |
| October 6th, 1963 (October 06 1963) | Birth | Jsu Garcia, American actor | |
| October 6th, 1962 (October 06 1962) | Birth | Rich Yett, baseball player | |
| October 6th, 1962 (October 06 1962) | Death | Tod Browning, American film director (born in 1880) | |
| October 6th, 1959 (October 06 1959) | Birth | Brian Higgins, American politician, Member of US House of Representatives | |
| October 6th, 1959 (October 06 1959) | Birth | Dennis Ray Boyd, American baseball player | |
| October 6th, 1959 (October 06 1959) | Death | Bernard Berenson, American art historian (born in 1865) | |
| October 6th, 1956 (October 06 1956) | Birth | Kathleen Webb, American comic book writer and artist | |
| October 6th, 1955 (October 06 1955) | Event | A United Airlines DC-4 crashes in Medicine Bow Peak, Wyoming, killing 66 people | |
| October 6th, 1955 (October 06 1955) | Birth | Tony Dungy, American football coach | |
| October 6th, 1954 (October 06 1954) | Birth | David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys) | |
| October 6th, 1953 (October 06 1953) | Birth | Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (died in 1991) | |
| October 6th, 1952 (October 06 1952) | Birth | Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer | |
| October 6th, 1951 (October 06 1951) | Birth | Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (died in 1985) | |
| October 6th, 1951 (October 06 1951) | Birth | Kevin Cronin, American musician (REO Speedwagon) | |
| October 6th, 1951 (October 06 1951) | Death | Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1884) | |
| October 6th, 1951 (October 06 1951) | Death | Will Keith Kellogg, American food manufacturer (born in 1860) | |
| October 6th, 1950 (October 06 1950) | Birth | David Brin, American author | |
| October 6th, 1950 (October 06 1950) | Birth | Thomas McClary, American guitarist (Commodores) | |
| October 6th, 1948 (October 06 1948) | Birth | Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician | |
| October 6th, 1947 (October 06 1947) | Birth | Patxi Andion, Spanish singer-songwriter | |
| October 6th, 1947 (October 06 1947) | Death | Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (born in 1887) | |
| October 6th, 1946 (October 06 1946) | Birth | Lloyd Doggett, American politician | |
| October 6th, 1946 (October 06 1946) | Birth | Vinod Khanna, Indian actor | |
| October 6th, 1946 (October 06 1946) | Birth | Tony Greig, South African-born English cricketer | |
| October 6th, 1945 (October 06 1945) | Event | 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). | |
| October 6th, 1945 (October 06 1945) | Death | Leonardo Conti, Nazi physician (born in 1900) | |
| October 6th, 1944 (October 06 1944) | Birth | Jose Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (died in 1977) | |
| October 6th, 1943 (October 06 1943) | Birth | Michael Durrell, American actor | |
| October 6th, 1943 (October 06 1943) | Birth | Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter | |
| October 6th, 1942 (October 06 1942) | Birth | Britt Ekland, Swedish actress | |
| October 6th, 1942 (October 06 1942) | Birth | Millie Small, Jamaican singer | |
| October 6th, 1939 (October 06 1939) | Event | Last Polish army is defeated in World War II. | |
| October 6th, 1939 (October 06 1939) | Birth | John LaFalce, American politician, former Member, US House of Representatives | |
| October 6th, 1938 (October 06 1938) | Birth | Serge Nubret, French bodybuilder | |
| October 6th, 1935 (October 06 1935) | Birth | Bruno Sammartino, Italian strongman and professional wrestler | |
| October 6th, 1935 (October 06 1935) | Birth | Charito Solis, Filipino actress (died in 1998) | |
| October 6th, 1931 (October 06 1931) | Birth | Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (died in 2004) | |
| October 6th, 1931 (October 06 1931) | Birth | Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| October 6th, 1930 (October 06 1930) | Birth | Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (died in 2000) | |
| October 6th, 1930 (October 06 1930) | Birth | Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer | |
| October 6th, 1928 (October 06 1928) | Event | Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China. | |
| October 6th, 1927 (October 06 1927) | Event | Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie. | |
| October 6th, 1927 (October 06 1927) | Birth | Bill King, American sports broadcaster (died in 2005) | |
| October 6th, 1925 (October 06 1925) | Birth | Shana Alexander, American columnist (died in 2005) | |
| October 6th, 1922 (October 06 1922) | Event | The great powers of the first world war withdraw from Istanbul | |
| October 6th, 1922 (October 06 1922) | Birth | Joe Frazier, American baseball player | |
| October 6th, 1921 (October 06 1921) | Event | International PEN is founded in London. | |
| October 6th, 1921 (October 06 1921) | Birth | Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (died in 1997) | |
| October 6th, 1921 (October 06 1921) | Birth | Joseph Lowery, American Civil rights movement leader | |
| October 6th, 1920 (October 06 1920) | Birth | Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (died in 2005) | |
| October 6th, 1920 (October 06 1920) | Birth | Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (died in 2005) | |
| October 6th, 1918 (October 06 1918) | Birth | Andre Pilette, Belgian racing driver (died in 1993) | |
| October 6th, 1917 (October 06 1917) | Birth | Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (died in 1977) | Fannie Lou Hamer Quotes |
| October 6th, 1915 (October 06 1915) | Birth | Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (died in 2007) | |
| October 6th, 1915 (October 06 1915) | Birth | Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and civil rights activist (died in 2007) | |
| October 6th, 1914 (October 06 1914) | Birth | Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (died in 2002) | |
| October 6th, 1912 (October 06 1912) | Birth | Pauline Gore, mother of American Vice President Al Gore (died in 2004) | |
| October 6th, 1912 (October 06 1912) | Death | Auguste Marie Francois Beernaert, Belgian statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1829) | |
| October 6th, 1910 (October 06 1910) | Birth | Barbara Castle, British politician (died in 2002) | |
| October 6th, 1908 (October 06 1908) | Event | Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
| October 6th, 1908 (October 06 1908) | Birth | Carole Lombard, American actress (died in 1942) | |
| October 6th, 1908 (October 06 1908) | Birth | Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (died in 1989) | |
| October 6th, 1906 (October 06 1906) | Event | The Majlis of Iran convened for the first time. | |
| October 6th, 1906 (October 06 1906) | Birth | Janet Gaynor, American actress (died in 1984) | |
| October 6th, 1905 (October 06 1905) | Birth | Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (died in 1998) | |
| October 6th, 1903 (October 06 1903) | Event | The High Court of Australia sits for the first time. | |
| October 6th, 1903 (October 06 1903) | Birth | Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1995) | |
| October 6th, 1900 (October 06 1900) | Birth | Stan Nichols, English cricketer (died in 1961) | |
| October 6th, 1898 (October 06 1898) | Event | Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity founded at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. | |
| October 6th, 1895 (October 06 1895) | Birth | Caroline Gordon, American writer and critic (died in 1981) | |
| October 6th, 1892 (October 06 1892) | Death | Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet (born in 1809) | |
| October 6th, 1891 (October 06 1891) | Death | Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (born in 1846) | |
| October 6th, 1889 (October 06 1889) | Event | Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture. | |
| October 6th, 1888 (October 06 1888) | Birth | Roland Garros, French pilot (died in 1918) | |
| October 6th, 1887 (October 06 1887) | Birth | Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (died in 1965) | Le Corbusier Quotes |
| October 6th, 1886 (October 06 1886) | Birth | Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (died in 1960) | |
| October 6th, 1884 (October 06 1884) | Event | The Naval War College of the United States Navy was founded in Newport, Rhode Island. | |
| October 6th, 1882 (October 06 1882) | Birth | Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist (died in 1937) | |
| October 6th, 1876 (October 06 1876) | Birth | Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (died in 1941) | |
| October 6th, 1874 (October 06 1874) | Birth | Frank G. Allen, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1950) | |
| October 6th, 1873 (October 06 1873) | Death | Sir Pawel Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (born in 1797) | |
| October 6th, 1872 (October 06 1872) | Birth | Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (died in 1936) | |
| October 6th, 1866 (October 06 1866) | Birth | Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (died in 1932) | |
| October 6th, 1854 (October 06 1854) | Event | The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured. | |
| October 6th, 1849 (October 06 1849) | Event | The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence. | |
| October 6th, 1846 (October 06 1846) | Birth | George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (died in 1914) | |
| October 6th, 1838 (October 06 1838) | Birth | Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (died in 1910) | |
| October 6th, 1831 (October 06 1831) | Birth | Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (died in 1916) | |
| October 6th, 1829 (October 06 1829) | Death | Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (born in 1769) | |
| October 6th, 1820 (October 06 1820) | Birth | Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (died in 1887) | |
| October 6th, 1819 (October 06 1819) | Death | Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (born in 1751) | |
| October 6th, 1803 (October 06 1803) | Birth | Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (died in 1879) | |
| October 6th, 1801 (October 06 1801) | Birth | Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (died in 1888) | |
| October 6th, 1789 (October 06 1789) | Event | French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October | |
| October 6th, 1773 (October 06 1773) | Birth | King Louis-Philippe of France (died in 1850) | |
| October 6th, 1769 (October 06 1769) | Birth | Sir Isaac Brock, British commander (died in 1812) | |
| October 6th, 1767 (October 06 1767) | Birth | Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (died in 1820) | |
| October 6th, 1762 (October 06 1762) | Event | 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. | |
| October 6th, 1762 (October 06 1762) | Death | Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (born in 1684) | |
| October 6th, 1744 (October 06 1744) | Birth | James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died in 1813) | |
| October 6th, 1738 (October 06 1738) | Birth | Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (died in 1789) | |
| October 6th, 1716 (October 06 1716) | Birth | George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (died in 1771) | |
| October 6th, 1688 (October 06 1688) | Death | Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (born in 1652) | |
| October 6th, 1683 (October 06 1683) | Event | William Penn brings 13 German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first German people to immigrate to America. | William Penn Quotes |
| October 6th, 1661 (October 06 1661) | Death | Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru | |
| October 6th, 1660 (October 06 1660) | Death | Paul Scarron, French writer | Ron Paul Quotes |
| October 6th, 1644 (October 06 1644) | Death | Elisabeth of Bourbon, wife of Philip IV of Spain (born in 1602) | |
| October 6th, 1641 (October 06 1641) | Death | Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer | |
| October 6th, 1610 (October 06 1610) | Birth | Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (died in 1690) | |
| October 6th, 1600 (October 06 1600) | Event | Jacopo Peri s Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, premieres in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period | |
| October 6th, 1582 (October 06 1582) | Event | Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. | |
| October 6th, 1573 (October 06 1573) | Birth | Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (died in 1624) | |
| October 6th, 1552 (October 06 1552) | Birth | Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (died in 1610) | |
| October 6th, 1542 (October 06 1542) | Death | Thomas Wyatt, English poet (born in 1503) | Thomas Wyatt Quotes |
| October 6th, 1510 (October 06 1510) | Birth | Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (died in 1555) | |
| October 6th, 1510 (October 06 1510) | Birth | John Caius, English physician (died in 1573) | |
| October 6th, 1459 (October 06 1459) | Birth | Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (died in 1507) | |
| October 6th, 1413 (October 06 1413) | Death | Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (born in 1382) | |
| October 6th, 1289 (October 06 1289) | Birth | King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (died in 1306) | |
| October 6th, 1101 (October 06 1101) | Death | Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order | |
| October 6th, 1014 (October 06 1014) | Death | Samuil, Emperor of the Bulgarian Empire (born in 958) | |
| October 6th, 0877 (October 06 0877) | Death | Charles the Bald (born in 823) | |
| October 6th, 0105 (October 06 0105) | Event | Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus. | |
