06 October - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on October 06, the day number in a year is 279 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 280. October 06 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
October 06 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 404 | Aelia Eudoxia, empress consort of Byzantine emperor Arcadius,died from complications of childbirth. |
| 1499 | King Louis of France captured Milan. |
| 1683 | German immigrants to the Pennsylvania Colony foundedGermantown, the first permanent German settlement in North America. |
| 1723 | Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia at the age of 17. |
| 1762 | British troops occupied Manila, Philippines. |
| 1777 | American Revolutionary War-British forces under the command of General Sir Henry Clinton captured Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery, andthen dismantled the Hudson River Chain. |
| 1862 | The Indian Penal Code Act was passed and came into force from January 1. |
| 1870 | Rome was made the capital of unified Italy. |
| 1873 | County Carlo Football Club Rugby Union) was established in Ireland. |
| 1884 | The United States Naval War College was established in Newport Rhode Island. |
| 1903 | Work began for the first time in the High Court of Australia. |
| 1906 | The Majlis was held for the first time in Iran. |
| 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. |
| 1910 | Eleftherios Venizelos was elected Prime Minister of Greece forthe first of his seven non-consecutive terms. |
| 1912 | The US military captured the Nicaraguan city of León. |
| 1927 | The first successful feature sound film The Jazz Singer,starring Al Jolson, was released. |
| 1927 | The first feature film, adorned with dialogue and background music, \ 'The Jazz Singer \' was released. |
| 1943 | British commandos successfully completed Operation Devon. |
| 1948 | The Ashgabat earthquake of 1948 killed 110,000 people. |
| 1954 | Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announced a National Health Plan for the country. |
| 1957 | The Soviet Union conducted a nuclear test at Novaya Gemalya. |
| 1961 | President John F. Kennedy recommends American families to construct bomb shelters to safeguard them from atomic fallout in the occurrence of a nuclear war. |
| 1973 | Egypt, under the leadership of President Anwar Sadat, launchedOperation Badr in co-ordination with Syria, crossing the Suez Canal andattacking the fortified Israeli Bar Lev Line, starting the Yom KippurWar. |
| 1976 | A violent crackdown by Thai military and police units onstudents and protestors on the grounds of Thammasat University and atSanam Luang in Bangkok led to 46 deaths, and a military coup against thegovernment of Prime Minister Seni Pramoj. |
| 1977 | The Russian war plane Maquian MiG-29 made its first flight. It is a combat aircraft designed by the Soviet Union. |
| 1981 | Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was killed by a military group during a military parade in Cairo. |
| 1985 | Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting inthe Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London. |
| 1987 | Fiji was declared a republic. |
| 1995 | Two Swiss scientists first identified the house outside the Earth's solar system. |
| 1998 | University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was attacked andfatally wounded for being gay near Laramie, Wyoming, US, dying six dayslater. |
| 2000 | Denouncing corruption in the administration of ArgentinePresident Fernando de la Rúa and in the Senate, Vice President CarlosÁlvarez resigned from his office. |
| 2000 | President Milosevich fled the country amid bloodless democracies in Yugoslavia, with opposition leader Kostunica proclaiming himself president. |
| 2002 | Al Qaeda bombed the oil tanker Limburg, causing 90,000 barrels(14,000 m3) of oil to leak into the Gulf of Aden. |
| 2005 | New York City raises police patrol in the New York City Subway system after getting a terror threat. |
| 2006 | NASA releases close-up photographs of the planet Mars that reveal its hidden, oceanic past. These pictures were taken by, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. |
| 2007 | The Australian-American television satellite was tested using the Ariane-5 rocket at Kuru. |
| 2007 | Jason Lewis completes world's first manned voyage. |
| 2008 | US to rely on Russia for manned space flights between 2010 and 2015. |
| 2009 | Idelphonse Nizeyimana, one of the most wanted suspects who had a hand in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, is captured in the Ugandan capital Kampala. |
| 2010 | A free trade agreement is signed between South Korea and the European Union. |
| 2011 | Production at the Japanese plants, carmaker Toyota returns to its normal routine after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. |
| 2012 | According to Iran, Israel should become a part of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. |
| 2012 | B. Satya Narayan Reddy, the famous Indian lawyer, leader and 19th Governor of West Bengal, passed away. |
| 2013 | After finishing rescue operations for survivors of the 2013 Lampedusa migrant shipwreck, it is determined that 360 people died. |
| 2014 | Pakistan and India start fire across the borders leading to the death of five civilians in India and four in Pakistan. |
| 2014 | American actress Marion Seldus passed away. |
Famous Birthdays of October 06:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1916 | Chiang Wei-kuo / General / Japan |
| 1967 | Steven Woolfe / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1910 | Orazio Satta Puliga / Automobile Designer / Italy |
| 1803 | Heinrich Wilhelm Dove / Physicist / Germany |
| 1922 | Teala Loring / Actress / United States of America |
| 1971 | Takis Gonias / Footballer / Greece |
| 1897 | Florence B. Seibert / Academic / United States of America |
| 1944 | Merzak Allouache / Director / Algeria |
| 1948 | Gerry Adams / Politician / Ireland |
| 1944 | Jitranram Manjhi / Politician / India |
| 1946 | Vinod Khanna / Actor / India |
| 1929 | George Mattos / Pole Vaulter / United States of America |
| 1974 | Kenny Jönsson / Ice Hockey Player / Sweden |
| 1957 | Bruce Grobbelaar / Footballer / Zimbabwe |
| 1968 | Bob May / Golfer / United States of America |
| 1982 | William Butler / Composer / United States of America |
| 1973 | Jeff B. Davis / Actor / United States of America |
| 1977 | Jamie Laurie / Writer / United States of America |
| 1949 | Thomas McClary / Writer / United States of America |
| 1954 | Darrell M. West / Author / United States of America |
| 1972 | Daniel Cavanagh / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1980 | Abdoulaye Méïté / Footballer / France |
| 1946 | Tony Greig / Player / England |
| 1972 | Ryu Si-won / Actor / South Korea |
| 1939 | John J. LaFalce / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 1948 | Glenn Branca / Guitarist / United States of America |
| 1992 | Taylor Paris / Rugby Player / Canada |
| 1974 | Walter Centeno / Footballer / Costa Rica |
| 1940 | Ellen Travolta / Actress / United States of America |
| 1930 | Hafez al-Assad / Politician / Syria |
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