October 6th, 1944

Born on October 6th, 1944

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What happened on October 6th, 1944?

October 6th, 1944

World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Czechoslovak_Army_Corps_in_the_Soviet_Union

What else happened on October 6th?

October 6th, 2010

The first version of the Instagram mobile application was released for iOS devices.

October 6th, 2008

The MESSENGER probe discovered Mercury's Rembrandt (pictured) – the second largest impact crater on the planet.

October 6th, 2002

Al-Qaeda bombed the oil tanker Limburg, causing oil to leak into the Gulf of Aden.

October 6th, 2000

Denouncing corruption in Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa's administration and the Senate, Vice President Carlos Álvarez resigned.

October 6th, 1998

Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was attacked and fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming, U.S., dying six days later.

October 6th, 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.

October 6th, 1989

About 200 members of the San Francisco Police Department instigated a police riot in the Castro following a peaceful protest held by ACT UP.

October 6th, 1985

Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London.

October 6th, 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.

October 6th, 1976

Two bombs placed by the CIA-linked Cuban dissident group Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations exploded on Cubana Flight 455, killing all 73 aboard.

October 6th, 1973

Egyptian forces crossed the Suez Canal (pictured) to attack occupying Israeli forces at the Bar Lev Line, starting the Yom Kippur War.

October 6th, 1934

Catalonia's autonomous government 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.

October 6th, 1927

The Jazz Singer, one of the first feature-length motion pictures with a synchronized recorded music score, was released.

October 6th, 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 6th

Born on October 6th, 1944

79

Merzak Allouache

Algerian film director and screenwriter

*October 6th, 1944, Algiers

79

Boris Mikhailov

Soviet ice hockey player

*October 6th, 1944, Moscow

78

Yoshiaki Unetani

Japanese long-distance runner (1944-2022)

*October 6th, 1944, Kure †November 5th, 2022, Kure

32

Carlos Pace

Brazilian racing driver (1944-1977)

*October 6th, 1944, São Paulo †March 18th, 1977, Mairiporã

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 6th?

29

Loyle Carner

English hip hop musician

*October 6th, 1994, London

84

Melvyn Bragg

British broadcaster and author (born 1939)

*October 6th, 1939, Carlisle

77

Le Corbusier

Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886-1965)

*October 6th, 1887, La Chaux-de-Fonds †August 27th, 1965, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

82

Bruno Sammartino

Italian-born American professional wrestler (1935-2018)

*October 6th, 1935, Pizzoferrato †April 18th, 2018, Pittsburgh

78

Franz Altheim

German historian (1898-1976)

*October 6th, 1898, Frankfurt †October 17th, 1976, Münster

81

Britt Ekland

Swedish actress (born 1942)

*October 6th, 1942, Stockholm

70

Vinod Khanna

Indian actor, director, politician

*October 6th, 1946, Peshawar †April 27th, 2017, Mumbai

50

Ioan Gruffudd

Welsh actor

*October 6th, 1973, Llwydcoed

88

Siegfried Köhler

East German cyclist

*October 6th, 1935, Forst

73

David Brin

American scientist and science fiction author (born 1950)

*October 6th, 1950, Glendale

70

Cees Veerman

Dutch musician of The Cats (1943–2014)

*October 6th, 1943, Volendam †March 15th, 2014, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta

60

Elisabeth Shue

American actress

*October 6th, 1963, Wilmington

84

Juan Bañuelos

Mexican poet, essayist, editor and professor (1932-2017)

*October 6th, 1932, Tuxtla Gutiérrez †March 29th, 2017, Mexico City

87

Thor Heyerdahl

Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)

*October 6th, 1914, Larvik †April 18th, 2002, Colla Micheri

26

Kasper Dolberg

Danish association football player

*October 6th, 1997, Silkeborg

80

Ottavio Bianchi

Italian association footballer

*October 6th, 1943, Brescia

81

Ulf Fink

German politician

*October 6th, 1942, Freiberg

76

Winston Ntshona

South African playwright and actor (1941–2018)

*October 6th, 1941, Gqeberha †August 2nd, 2018, New Brighton, Gauteng

91

Ernest Walton

Irish physicist and Nobel laureate (1903-1995)

*October 6th, 1903, Abbeyside †June 25th, 1995, Belfast

67

Rüdiger Helm

East German canoe racer

*October 6th, 1956, Neubrandenburg

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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