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OCTOBER 6, 1762
Seven Years' War: The Battle of Manila concluded with a British victory over Spain, leading to a twenty-month occupation.
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers. It was primarily fought in Central Read More
OCTOBER 6, 2000
Denouncing corruption in Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa's administration and the Senate, Vice President Carlos Álvarez resigned.
Fernando de la Rúa served as the President of Argentina from 1999 until his resignation in 2001. A member of the Radical Read More
OCTOBER 6, 1973
Egyptian forces crossed the Suez Canal (pictured) to attack occupying Israeli forces at the Bar Lev Line, starting the Yom Kippur War.
The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Read More
OCTOBER 6, 1976
Two bombs placed by the CIA-linked Cuban dissident group Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations exploded on Cubana Flight 455, killing all 73 people aboard.
The Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations was a militant group responsible for a number of terrorist activities directed at the Cuban government Read More
OCTOBER 6, 1981
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat (pictured) 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.
Muhammad Anwar es-Sadat was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 Read More
OCTOBER 6, 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.
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory is situated Read More
OCTOBER 6, 1927
The Jazz Singer, one of the first feature-length motion pictures with a synchronized recorded music score, was released.
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. It Read More
OCTOBER 6, 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.
Michel Gustave Édouard Mayor is a Swiss astrophysicist and professor emeritus at the University of Geneva's Department of Astronomy. He formally retired Read More
OCTOBER 6, 2010
The first version of the Instagram mobile application was released for iOS devices.
Instagram is an American photo and short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media Read More
OCTOBER 6, 1908
Austria-Hungary announced the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, causing a crisis that permanently damaged the country's relations with the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Serbia.
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Read More
OCTOBER 6, 2008
The MESSENGER probe discovered Mercury's Rembrandt (pictured) – the second largest impact crater on the planet.
MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and Read More
OCTOBER 6, 1777
American Revolutionary War: Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery were captured by British forces under Sir Henry Clinton, dismantling the Hudson River Chains.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the Read More
OCTOBER 6, 618
Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong's army defeated Li Mi's forces at the Battle of Yanshi, allowing Wang to consolidate power and soon depose China's Sui dynasty.
The transition from Sui to Tang (613–628), or simply the Sui-Tang transition, was the period of Chinese history between the end of Read More
OCTOBER 6, 2002
Al-Qaeda bombed the oil tanker Limburg, causing oil to leak into the Gulf of Aden.
Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite Read More

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