October 6th, 1979

Born on October 6th, 1979

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What happened on October 6th, 1979?

October 6th, 1979

Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.

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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, 1979

44

Richard Seymour

American poker player and football player (born 1979)

*October 6th, 1979, Gadsden

44

Sareh Bayat

Iranian actress

*October 6th, 1979, Mashhad

44

Kamilla Baar

Polish actress

*October 6th, 1979, Człuchów

44

Josephine Touray

Danish handball player

*October 6th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Pascal van Assendelft

Dutch sprinter

*October 6th, 1979, Leidschendam

44

Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau

Canadian freestyle skier

*October 6th, 1979, Drummondville

44

Radoslav Rančík

Slovak basketball player

*October 6th, 1979, Košice

44

Jakuta Alikavazovic

French woman of letters

*October 6th, 1979, Paris

44

Mohamed Kallon

Sierra Leonean footballer

*October 6th, 1979, Kenema

26

David Di Tommaso

French footballer (1979-2005)

*October 6th, 1979, Échirolles †November 29th, 2005, Utrecht

44

Tracy Almeda-Singian

American tennis player

*October 6th, 1979, New York City

44

Kostas Doxas

Greek singer, composer

*October 6th, 1979, Cholargos

44

Lex Shrapnel

British actor

*October 6th, 1979, London

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Who's birthday is on October 6th?

29

Loyle Carner

English hip hop musician

*October 6th, 1994, London

50

Ioan Gruffudd

Welsh actor

*October 6th, 1973, Llwydcoed

41

MC Lars

American rapper

*October 6th, 1982, Berkeley

45

Pamela David

Argentine model

*October 6th, 1978, Córdoba

33

Arnaud Coyot

Road bicycle racer (1980-2013)

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

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

43

David Alpay

Canadian actor

*October 6th, 1980, Toronto

26

Kasper Dolberg

Danish association football player

*October 6th, 1997, Silkeborg

45

Carolina Gynning

Swedish model, writer and television personality

*October 6th, 1978, Helsingborgs Maria church parish

39

Valerie Adams

New Zealand shot putter (1984-)

*October 6th, 1984, Rotorua

78

Franz Altheim

German historian (1898-1976)

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

33

Marcus Johansson

Swedish ice hockey player (born 1990)

*October 6th, 1990, Landskrona

45

Oriol Vila

Spanish actor

*October 6th, 1978, Barcelona

37

Olivia Thirlby

American actress

*October 6th, 1986, New York City

45

Liu Yang

Chinese astronaut

*October 6th, 1978, Zhengzhou

46

Melinda Doolittle

American singer

*October 6th, 1977, Brentwood

33

Jynx Maze

Peruvian American pornographic actress

*October 6th, 1990, Long Beach

84

Melvyn Bragg

British broadcaster and author (born 1939)

*October 6th, 1939, Carlisle

51

Mark Schwarzer

Australian association football player

*October 6th, 1972, Sydney

82

Bruno Sammartino

Italian-born American professional wrestler (1935-2018)

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

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Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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