October 6
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| *[[1962]] - [[Tod Browning]], American film director (b. [[1880]]) | *[[1962]] - [[Tod Browning]], American film director (b. [[1880]]) | ||
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Phyllis Nicolson]], British mathematican (b. [[1917]]) | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[François Cevert]], French race car driver (b. [[1944]]) | ||
| - | * 1973 - [[Sidney Blackmer]], American actor (b. [[1895]]) | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Helmuth Koinigg]], Austrian Formula One driver (b. [[1948]]) | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Gilbert Ryle]], British philosopher (b. [[1900]]) | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Hattie Jacques]], British comedy actress (b. [[1922]]) | ||
| - | * 1980 - [[Jean Robic]], French cyclist (b. [[1921]]) | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Anwar Sadat]], [[President of Egypt]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (assassinated) (b. [[1918]]) | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Terence Cardinal Cooke]], American Catholic archbishop (b. [[1921]]) | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Nelson Riddle]], American bandleader (b. [[1921]]) | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Alexander Kronrod]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1921]]) | ||
| *[[1989]] - [[Bette Davis]], American actress (b. [[1908]]) | *[[1989]] - [[Bette Davis]], American actress (b. [[1908]]) | ||
| *[[1992]] - [[Denholm Elliott]], English actor (b. [[1922]]) | *[[1992]] - [[Denholm Elliott]], English actor (b. [[1922]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1889 - Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
- 1927 - Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.
- 1966 - LSD is declared illegal in the United States.
Births
- 1866 - Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. 1932)
- 1887 - Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965)
Deaths
- 1962 - Tod Browning, American film director (b. 1880)
- 1989 - Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)
- 1992 - Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)
- 1992 - Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
- 1993 - Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (b. 1949)
- 1997 - Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player (b. 1914)
- 1998 - Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
- 1999 - Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)
- 1999 - Gorilla Monsoon, professional wrestler/commentator (b. 1937)
- 2000 - Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1930)
- 2002 - Claus von Amsberg, Prince of the Netherlands and husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
- 2003 - Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist (b. 1957)
- 2006 - Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)
- 2006 - Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (b. 1940)
- 2006 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911)
- 2006 - Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914
Notes
- Le Corbusier
- Battle of Saint-Josse On October 6 1926, Tam-Tam by Géo Norge made a scandal and caused a riot when it was premiered by Théâtre du Groupe libre in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels.
- Tod Browning
- Reginald Fessenden
- Glenn Branca
- Méret Oppenheim
- Ron Embleton
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