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What Happened On October 6

Q: What happened on October 6?

1927: The Jazz Singer, one of the first feature-length motion pictures with a synchronized recorded music score, was released. 1979: Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House. 1683: Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America. 23: Rebels decapitate Wang Mang, only Emperor of the Xin Dynasty, after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion. 1995: Astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz reported the discovery of a planet orbiting 51 Pegasi as the first known exoplanet around a main-sequence star. 1989: About 200 members of the San Francisco Police Department instigated a police riot in the Castro following a peaceful protest held by the political group ACT UP. 1985: Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London. 1934: Catalonia's autonomous government, led by Lluís Companys (pictured), declared a general strike, an armed insurgency, and the establishment of the Catalan State in reaction to the inclusion of conservatives in the Spanish republican regime. 2007: Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth. 1995: The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.

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1927 First ever
The Jazz Singer, one of the first feature-length motion pictures with a synchronized recorded music score, was released.
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1979 First ever
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1683 First ever
Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
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23 Oddly true
Rebels decapitate Wang Mang, only Emperor of the Xin Dynasty, after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1995 First ever
Astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz reported the discovery of a planet orbiting 51 Pegasi as the first known exoplanet around a main-sequence star.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1989 Oddly true
About 200 members of the San Francisco Police Department instigated a police riot in the Castro following a peaceful protest held by the political group ACT UP.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1985 Oddly true
Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1934 Oddly true
Catalonia's autonomous government, led by Lluís Companys (pictured), declared a general strike, an armed insurgency, and the establishment of the Catalan State in reaction to the inclusion of conservatives in the Spanish republican regime.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2007 First ever
Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1995 First ever
The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Observed today

2025The 2025 Alberta teachers' strike begins, leaving approximately 51,000 teachers off-work, impacting about 730,000 Albertan students. Wikipedia →
2022Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wikipedia →
2018The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process. Wikipedia →
2010Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded. Wikipedia →
2007Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth. Wikipedia →
1995The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered. Wikipedia →
1990Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun's polar regions. Wikipedia →
1987Fiji becomes a republic. Wikipedia →
1985Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London. Wikipedia →
1981Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists. Wikipedia →
1981NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board. Wikipedia →
1979Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House. Wikipedia →
1977The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight. Wikipedia →
1976Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group. Wikipedia →
1976Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China. Wikipedia →
1976Dozens 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. Wikipedia →
1973Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War. Wikipedia →
1944World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass. Wikipedia →
1943World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece. Wikipedia →
1942World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Wikipedia →
1939World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland. Wikipedia →
1934Revolution of 1934: The President of the autonomous government of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, proclaims the Catalan State with the support of the Worker's Alliance. Wikipedia →
1927Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie. Wikipedia →
1923The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople. Wikipedia →
1920Ukrainian War of Independence: The Starobilsk agreement is signed by representatives of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Makhnovshchina. Wikipedia →
1915World War I: Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria, launch a new offensive against Serbia under command of August von Mackensen. Wikipedia →
1915World War I: Entente forces land in Thessaloniki, to open the Macedonian front against the Central Powers. Wikipedia →
1910Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of seven times. Wikipedia →
1908The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina. Wikipedia →
1903The High Court of Australia sits for the first time. Wikipedia →
1898Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music. Wikipedia →
1884The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island. Wikipedia →
1854In England the great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured. Wikipedia →
1849The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence. Wikipedia →
1810A large fire destroys a third of all the buildings in the town of Raahe in the Grand Duchy of Finland. Wikipedia →
1789French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace. Wikipedia →
1777American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River. Wikipedia →
1762Seven Years' War: The British capture Manila from Spain and occupy it. Wikipedia →
1683Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America. Wikipedia →
1620The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth suffers a defeat against the Ottoman Empire in the battle of Cecora after a heroic defense over several days and the death of their commander Hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski. Wikipedia →
1600Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period. Wikipedia →
1539Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters. Wikipedia →
891Election of Pope Formosus following the death of pope Stephen V in the previous month. Wikipedia →
618Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi. Wikipedia →
404Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy. Wikipedia →
23Rebels decapitate Wang Mang, only Emperor of the Xin Dynasty, after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion. Wikipedia →
69 BCThird Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdues Armenia. Wikipedia →
105 BCCimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic. Wikipedia →

From The Guardian Archives — On This Day

2020The Guardian
Nomcebo, the voice behind Jerusalema, South Africa's global hit
Nomcebo Zikode says the lyrics to the most Shazammed song in history came to her when she was ‘about to lose hope’
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2018The Guardian
A Midnight Visit review – Australia's take on Sleep No More is more theme park than theatre
Sydney’s new Edgar Allen Poe-themed warehouse is a large-scale immersive experience that borrows heavily from its inf…
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1984The New York Times
LARGEST CREW EVER SENT INTO SPACE BLENDS INTEREST IN FLIGHT AND SCIENCE
Kathryn D. Sullivan Slated to spend three hours outside the spacecraft, she will be the first American woman to wa…
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