October 6th, 1976

Born on October 6th, 1976

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What happened on October 6th, 1976?

October 6th, 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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_October_1976_massacre

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency

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, 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, 1976

47

Brett Gelman

American actor and comedian

*October 6th, 1976, Highland Park

47

Alexey Dudukalo

Russian racing driver

*October 6th, 1976, Moscow

47

Karen Dokhoyan

Armenian footballer

*October 6th, 1976, Yerevan

47

Stefan Postma

Dutch footballer

*October 6th, 1976, Utrecht

47

Magdalena Kučerová

German tennis player

*October 6th, 1976, Prague

47

Freddy García

Baseball player

*October 6th, 1976, Caracas

47

Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov

Boxer

*October 6th, 1976, Kaspiysk

47

Mélody Vilbert

French beauty pageant contestant

*October 6th, 1976, Toulouse

47

Hubert Henno

French volleyball player

*October 6th, 1976, Boulogne-Billancourt

47

Barbie Hsu

Taiwanese actress, singer and television host

*October 6th, 1976, Taipei

47

Victoria Hervey

Noblewoman; British socialite

*October 6th, 1976, Marylebone

47

Simon Fenton

British actor

*October 6th, 1976, Luton

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29

Loyle Carner

English hip hop musician

*October 6th, 1994, London

50

Ioan Gruffudd

Welsh actor

*October 6th, 1973, Llwydcoed

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

48

Martin Jørgensen

Danish footballer

*October 6th, 1975, Aarhus

41

MC Lars

American rapper

*October 6th, 1982, Berkeley

45

Pamela David

Argentine model

*October 6th, 1978, Córdoba

46

Melinda Doolittle

American singer

*October 6th, 1977, Brentwood

26

Kasper Dolberg

Danish association football player

*October 6th, 1997, Silkeborg

78

Franz Altheim

German historian (1898-1976)

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

51

Mark Schwarzer

Australian association football player

*October 6th, 1972, Sydney

33

Marcus Johansson

Swedish ice hockey player (born 1990)

*October 6th, 1990, Landskrona

60

Elisabeth Shue

American actress

*October 6th, 1963, Wilmington

39

Valerie Adams

New Zealand shot putter (1984-)

*October 6th, 1984, Rotorua

33

Arnaud Coyot

Road bicycle racer (1980-2013)

*October 6th, 1980, Beauvais †November 24th, 2013, Amiens

84

Melvyn Bragg

British broadcaster and author (born 1939)

*October 6th, 1939, Carlisle

45

Carolina Gynning

Swedish model, writer and television personality

*October 6th, 1978, Helsingborgs Maria church parish

55

Bjarne Goldbæk

Danish footballer

*October 6th, 1968, Copenhagen

82

Bruno Sammartino

Italian-born American professional wrestler (1935-2018)

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

37

Olivia Thirlby

American actress

*October 6th, 1986, New York City

49

Jeremy Sisto

American actor (born 1974)

*October 6th, 1974, Grass Valley

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47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 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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