Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 6
This is a list of selected October 6 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Egyptian forces crossing the Suez Canal on October 7, 1973
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| 105 BC – The Cimbri and the Teutons inflicted a major defeat on the Roman Republic in the Battle of Arausio. | needs more footnotes |
| 1683 – German immigrants to the Pennsylvania Colony founded Germantown, the first permanent German settlement in North America. | external links |
| 1849 – In Arad, present-day Romania, 13 Hungarian rebel honvéd generals who became known as the 13 Martyrs of Arad were executed by Austrian authorities for their part in the Hungarian Revolution. | refimprove |
| 1854 – The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead in North East England began, destroying a substantial amount of property, killing over 50 people, and injuring hundreds of others. | no footnotes |
| 1976 – Chinese Premier Hua Guofeng ordered the arrest of the Gang of Four and their associates, putting an end to the Cultural Revolution. | refimprove |
| 1981 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated while attending a parade in Cairo to mark the eighth anniversary of the Crossing of the Bar Lev Line at the start of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. | expansion |
| 1995 – In an article published by the scientific journal Nature, astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz reported the discovery of a planet orbiting 51 Pegasi as the first known extrasolar planet around a main-sequence star. | refimprove section |
Eligible
- 1910 – Eleftherios Venizelos was elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of his seven non-consecutive terms.
- 1973 – Egypt, under the leadership of President Anwar Sadat, launched Operation Badr in co-ordination with Syria, crossing the Suez Canal (pictured) and attacking the fortified Israeli Bar Lev Line, starting the Yom Kippur War.
- 1976 – Two bombs placed by CIA-linked anti-Castro Cuban exiles exploded aboard Cubana Flight 455, killing all 78 aboard.
- 1985 – Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London.
- 1998 – University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was attacked and fatally wounded for being gay near Laramie, Wyoming, US, dying six days later.
- 2000 – Denouncing corruption in the administration of Argentine President Fernando de la Rúa and in the Senate, Vice President Carlos Álvarez resigned from his office.
- 2002 – Al Qaeda bombed the oil tanker Limburg, causing 90,000 barrels (14,000 m3) of oil to leak into the Gulf of Aden.
October 6: German-American Day in the United States; 1,000th anniversary of the death of Samuel of Bulgaria (reconstruction pictured)
- 69 BC – Third Mithridatic War: Forces of the Roman Republic captured the Armenian capital city Tigranakert.
- 1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of General Sir Henry Clinton captured Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery, and then dismantled the Hudson River Chain.
- 1908 – Austria-Hungary announced the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, causing a crisis that permanently damaged their relations with Russia and the Kingdom of Serbia.
- 1927 – The first successful feature sound film The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, was released.
- 1976 – A violent crackdown by Thai military and police units on students and protestors on the grounds of Thammasat University and at Sanam Luang in Bangkok led to 46 deaths, and a military coup against the government of Prime Minister Seni Pramoj.