# What happened on October 6 in history?

**Date:** October 6  
**Events recorded:** 46  
**Years spanned:** 105 BC – 2025  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/october/6/

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## Featured Event

**2010** — Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.

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## Events on this date

- **105 BC** — Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimbrian_War))
- **69 BC** — Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdues Armenia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Mithridatic_War))
- **23** — Rebels decapitate Wang Mang, only Emperor of the Xin Dynasty,  after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_23))
- **404** — Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_404))
- **618** — Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_from_Sui_to_Tang))
- **1539** — Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto))
- **1600** — Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euridice_(Peri)))
- **1683** — Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown%2C_Philadelphia))
- **1762** — Seven Years' War: The British capture Manila from Spain and occupy it. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War))
- **1777** — American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War))
- **1789** — French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution))
- **1810** — A large fire destroys a third of all the buildings in the town of Raahe in the Grand Duchy of Finland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raahe))
- **1849** — The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13_Martyrs_of_Arad))
- **1854** — In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_fire_of_Newcastle_and_Gateshead))
- **1884** — The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_War_College))
- **1898** — Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_Mu_Alpha_Sinfonia))
- **1903** — The High Court of Australia sits for the first time. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Australia))
- **1908** — The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_Crisis))
- **1910** — Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of seven times. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos))
- **1915** — World War I: Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria launched a new offensive against Serbia under command of August von Mackensen. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1915** — World War I: Entente forces land in Thessaloniki, to open the Macedonian front against the Central Powers. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I))
- **1920** — Ukrainian War of Independence: The Starobilsk agreement is signed by representatives of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Makhnovshchina. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_War_of_Independence))
- **1923** — The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_National_Movement))
- **1927** — Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer))
- **1934** — Revolution 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Events_of_6_October))
- **1939** — World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1942** — World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of Guadalcanal. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actions_along_the_Matanikau))
- **1943** — World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnings_of_Kali_Sykia))
- **1944** — World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Czechoslovak_Army_Corps_in_the_Soviet_Union))
- **1973** — Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Badr_(1973)))
- **1976** — Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubana_de_Aviaci%C3%B3n_Flight_455))
- **1976** — Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Guofeng))
- **1976** — Dozens 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_October_1976_massacre))
- **1977** — The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29))
- **1979** — Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II))
- **1981** — Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Sadat))
- **1981** — NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLM_CityHopper_Flight_431))
- **1985** — Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Keith_Blakelock))
- **1987** — Fiji becomes a republic. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji))
- **1990** — Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun's polar regions. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery))
- **1995** — The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51_Pegasi_b))
- **2007** — Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Lewis_(adventurer)))
- **2010** — Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram))
- **2018** — The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate))
- **2022** — Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Ernaux))
- **2025** — The 2025 Alberta teachers' strike begins, leaving approximately 51,000 teachers off-work, impacting about 730,000 Albertan students. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Alberta_teachers'_strike))

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## Notable births on October 6

- **2004** — **Bronny James** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronny_James))
- **2004** — **Hanni** — Australian singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanni_(singer)))
- **2002** — **Jonathan Kuminga** — Congolese basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Kuminga))
- **2001** — **Hitomi Honda** — Japanese singer based in South Korea ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitomi_Honda))
- **2000** — **Jazz Jennings** — American internet personality ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Jennings))
- **2000** — **Kyle Pitts** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Pitts))
- **2000** — **Addison Rae** — American social media personality, dancer, and singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addison_Rae))
- **1999** — **Trevor Lawrence** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Lawrence))
- **1997** — **Kasper Dolberg** — Danish footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasper_Dolberg))
- **1996** — **Kevin Diks** — Indonesian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Diks))

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## Notable deaths on October 6

- **2024** — **Dave Hobson** — American politician (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hobson))
- **2024** — **Johan Neeskens** — Dutch footballer and manager (born 1951) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Neeskens))
- **2020** — **Eddie Van Halen** — Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1955) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Van_Halen))
- **2020** — **Johnny Nash** — American singer-songwriter (born 1940) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Nash))
- **2019** — **Ginger Baker** — English drummer (born 1939) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Baker))
- **2019** — **Eddie Lumsden** — Australian rugby league player (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Lumsden_(rugby_league)))
- **2019** — **Rip Taylor** — American actor and comedian (born 1931) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Taylor))
- **2018** — **Scott Wilson** — American actor (born 1942) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Wilson_(actor)))
- **2018** — **Montserrat Caballé** — Spanish soprano (born 1933) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montserrat_Caball%C3%A9))
- **2017** — **Ralphie May** — American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1972) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralphie_May))

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