What are the important events that happened on October 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 6: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 6 is the 280th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 23, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 480,048 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontagon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 115 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,307 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 6 Historical 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.
- 404 –Empress Eudoxia has her seventh and last pregnancy who ends in a miscarriage. She is left bleeding and dies of an infection short after.
- 1789 –French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
- 1884 –The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1923 –The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul
- 1927 –Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.
- 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.
- 1979 –Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
- 1995 –51 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.
- 2002 –The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
Who were born on October 6?
- 1820 –Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
- 1912 –Perkins Bass, American politician and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire (d. 2011)
- 1914 –Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (d. 2002)
- 1916 –Chiang Wei-kuo, adopted son of Chiang Kai Shek and Chinese Kuomintang military commander. (d. 1997)
- 1944 –José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)
- 1963 –Jsu Garcia, American actor
- 1973 –Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player
- 1975 –Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
- 1986 –Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
- 1991 –Roshon Fegan, American actor
Who died on October 6?
- 1014 –Samuil of Bulgaria (b. 958)
- 1873 –Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)
- 1892 –Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet (b. 1809)
- 1912 –Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1829)
- 1968 –Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (b. 1917)
- 1976 –Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
- 1993 –Larry Walters, American “lawn chair” pilot (b. 1949)
- 1998 –Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
- 2006 –Bertha Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)
- 2007 –Bud Ekins, American stuntman (b. 1930)
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