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On this day.............October 6th.............
1536 - English religious reformer and bible translator William Tyndale was burned at the stake as a heretic at Vilvarde, near Brussels, Belgium, on the orders of King Henry VIII. The Anglican priest is credited with making the first English translation of the Bible.
1683 - The first German settlers in America, led by Daniel Pastorius and Johann Kelpius, established Germantown in what is now Pennsylvania
1766 - The United States first matinee movie idol, John Henry, appeared in the play, "The Roman Father", in Pennsylvania. The Irish actor, was the Tom Hanks of his day.
1825 - TIt was a big day for Ireland's Patrick Magee when people stood in line and paid a quarter to see him. Magee, considered to be a giant, was exhibited in New York.
1848 - During the early stages of a revolutionary uprising in Vienna, the minister for war, Theodor, Graf Latour, was lynched by a mob.
1848 - Austria declared war on Hungary.
1857 - In New York City, the first major chess tournament was sponsored by the New York Chess Club.
1863 - In Brooklyn, New York, the first Turkish bath was opened by proprietor Dr. Charles Shepard.
1890 - Polygamy was outlawed by the Mormon Church.
1902 - The 2,000-mile railway link between Johannesburg and Beira, Mozambique, was completed.
1908 - Bosnia and Herzegovina were annexed by Austria.
1913 - Yuan Shih-kai was elected president of the Chinese Republic.
1917 - A new word started in the world: jazz. The "Literary Digest" described jazz as music causing people to, "shake, jump and writhe in ways to suggest a return to the medieval jumping mania."
1926 - Babe Ruth hit three home runs on this date during the New York Yankees vs St Louis Cardinals World Series.
1927 - The film "The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson opened in New York City. It was the first full-length feature film to include spoken dialogue and is regarded as the first "talkie." The film was based on the short story "The Day of Atonement" by Sampson Raphaelson.
1928 - Upon the introduction of a new constitution, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek became president of the Republic of China.
1937 - On CBS, radio’s "Hobby Lobby" debuted. The host was Dave Elman, a famous hobbyist. The theme was "The Best Things in Life are Free". Sponsors of the show included Fels Naptha soap, Hudson paper products and Colgate Dental Creme.
1939 - The comedy Ninotchka, starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, and Bela Lugosi, opened in theaters. The film's drawing card was "Garbo Laughs!" The script was later the basis for the Broadway musical and film Silk Stockings. Garbo was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance.
1939 - Adolf Hitler denied any intention to wage war against Britain and France in an address to Reichstag.
1941 - On Columbia Records, Claude Thornhill and his orchestra recorded "Autumn Serenade".
1948 - The famous Tennessee Williams introduced "Summer and Smoke" on Broadway.
1949 - "Tokyo Rose," Mrs. Iva Toguri D'Aquino, who broadcast Japanese propaganda to United States forces in the Pacific during World War II, was sentenced in San Francisco to 10 years imprisonment and fined $10,000 on treason charges.
1951 - The British High Commissioner in Malaya, Sir Henry Gurney, was assassinated by communist terrorists.
1953 - Britain sent forces to British Guiana to prevent a coup by Communist People's Progressive Party.
1960 - Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, starred at the Lotus Club in Washington, DC.
1961 - United States president John F. Kennedy advised American families to build or buy bomb shelters to protect them in the event of a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union.
1962 - Robert Goulet left the role of Sir Lancelot, in the fabulously successful "Camelot".
1966 - Jim Palmer, at age 20, became the youngest to pitch a World Series shutout as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-0. Sandy Koufax was the loser in what was his last game.
1969 - Apple Records released The Beatles' hit single, Something / Come Together.
1970 - A military junta took power in Bolivia following the resignation of President Alfredo Ovando Candia. General Juan Jose Torres declared himself President.
1972 - An estimated 200 people were killed and over 1,000 injured when a train packed with holidaymakers jumped the tracks near the Mexican town of Saltillo.
1973 - Egypt and Syria launched attacks on Israeli positions on the East bank of Suez and the Golan Heights, the start of the Yom Kippur war.
1976 - The military seized power in Thailand following violent clashes between police and students.
1978 - Ayatolloh Khomeini, Iranian religious leader opposed to the Shah, was granted asylum in France after being expelled from Iran. P>1979 - Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to visit the White House.
1981 - Egyptian president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Anwar Sadat was killed by Muslim extremists while he was reviewing a military parade commemorating the 1973 Egyptian-Israeli War. At least eight other people were killed in the attack on liberal reformer Sadat. Sadat was in power from 1970 until his death.
1989 - Academy Award-winning actress Bette Davis died of breast cancer at age 81.
1989 - Typhoon Angela killed at least 118 people on the northern coast of the Philippines.
1991 - Elizabeth Taylor married for the 8th time to a construction worker named Larry Fortensky. The wedding was held at Michael Jackson’s estate in California.
1992 - Serb forces took the strategic town of Bosanski Brod, putting them in control of northern Bosnia and within a few hundred meters of Croatia.
1993 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin demanded the resignation of his opponents in the provinces and removed ceremonial guards from Lenin's Tomb.
1995 - A bomb attack badly injured General Anatoly Romanov, commander of Russia's forces in Chechnya.
1996 - Taliban fighters bombarded a northern valley with rockets on the second day of their assault on Afghan government soldiers, who were taking refuge after being driven from Kabul.
1998 - Imelda Marcos was acquitted by the Philippine Supreme Court on graft charges. The ruling overturned a 1993 guilty verdict.
1536 - English religious reformer and bible translator William Tyndale was burned at the stake as a heretic at Vilvarde, near Brussels, Belgium, on the orders of King Henry VIII. The Anglican priest is credited with making the first English translation of the Bible.
1683 - The first German settlers in America, led by Daniel Pastorius and Johann Kelpius, established Germantown in what is now Pennsylvania
1766 - The United States first matinee movie idol, John Henry, appeared in the play, "The Roman Father", in Pennsylvania. The Irish actor, was the Tom Hanks of his day.
1825 - TIt was a big day for Ireland's Patrick Magee when people stood in line and paid a quarter to see him. Magee, considered to be a giant, was exhibited in New York.
1848 - During the early stages of a revolutionary uprising in Vienna, the minister for war, Theodor, Graf Latour, was lynched by a mob.
1848 - Austria declared war on Hungary.
1857 - In New York City, the first major chess tournament was sponsored by the New York Chess Club.
1863 - In Brooklyn, New York, the first Turkish bath was opened by proprietor Dr. Charles Shepard.
1890 - Polygamy was outlawed by the Mormon Church.
1902 - The 2,000-mile railway link between Johannesburg and Beira, Mozambique, was completed.
1908 - Bosnia and Herzegovina were annexed by Austria.
1913 - Yuan Shih-kai was elected president of the Chinese Republic.
1917 - A new word started in the world: jazz. The "Literary Digest" described jazz as music causing people to, "shake, jump and writhe in ways to suggest a return to the medieval jumping mania."
1926 - Babe Ruth hit three home runs on this date during the New York Yankees vs St Louis Cardinals World Series.
1927 - The film "The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson opened in New York City. It was the first full-length feature film to include spoken dialogue and is regarded as the first "talkie." The film was based on the short story "The Day of Atonement" by Sampson Raphaelson.
1928 - Upon the introduction of a new constitution, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek became president of the Republic of China.
1937 - On CBS, radio’s "Hobby Lobby" debuted. The host was Dave Elman, a famous hobbyist. The theme was "The Best Things in Life are Free". Sponsors of the show included Fels Naptha soap, Hudson paper products and Colgate Dental Creme.
1939 - The comedy Ninotchka, starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, and Bela Lugosi, opened in theaters. The film's drawing card was "Garbo Laughs!" The script was later the basis for the Broadway musical and film Silk Stockings. Garbo was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance.
1939 - Adolf Hitler denied any intention to wage war against Britain and France in an address to Reichstag.
1941 - On Columbia Records, Claude Thornhill and his orchestra recorded "Autumn Serenade".
1948 - The famous Tennessee Williams introduced "Summer and Smoke" on Broadway.
1949 - "Tokyo Rose," Mrs. Iva Toguri D'Aquino, who broadcast Japanese propaganda to United States forces in the Pacific during World War II, was sentenced in San Francisco to 10 years imprisonment and fined $10,000 on treason charges.
1951 - The British High Commissioner in Malaya, Sir Henry Gurney, was assassinated by communist terrorists.
1953 - Britain sent forces to British Guiana to prevent a coup by Communist People's Progressive Party.
1960 - Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, starred at the Lotus Club in Washington, DC.
1961 - United States president John F. Kennedy advised American families to build or buy bomb shelters to protect them in the event of a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union.
1962 - Robert Goulet left the role of Sir Lancelot, in the fabulously successful "Camelot".
1966 - Jim Palmer, at age 20, became the youngest to pitch a World Series shutout as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-0. Sandy Koufax was the loser in what was his last game.
1969 - Apple Records released The Beatles' hit single, Something / Come Together.
1970 - A military junta took power in Bolivia following the resignation of President Alfredo Ovando Candia. General Juan Jose Torres declared himself President.
1972 - An estimated 200 people were killed and over 1,000 injured when a train packed with holidaymakers jumped the tracks near the Mexican town of Saltillo.
1973 - Egypt and Syria launched attacks on Israeli positions on the East bank of Suez and the Golan Heights, the start of the Yom Kippur war.
1976 - The military seized power in Thailand following violent clashes between police and students.
1978 - Ayatolloh Khomeini, Iranian religious leader opposed to the Shah, was granted asylum in France after being expelled from Iran. P>1979 - Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to visit the White House.
1981 - Egyptian president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Anwar Sadat was killed by Muslim extremists while he was reviewing a military parade commemorating the 1973 Egyptian-Israeli War. At least eight other people were killed in the attack on liberal reformer Sadat. Sadat was in power from 1970 until his death.
1989 - Academy Award-winning actress Bette Davis died of breast cancer at age 81.
1989 - Typhoon Angela killed at least 118 people on the northern coast of the Philippines.
1991 - Elizabeth Taylor married for the 8th time to a construction worker named Larry Fortensky. The wedding was held at Michael Jackson’s estate in California.
1992 - Serb forces took the strategic town of Bosanski Brod, putting them in control of northern Bosnia and within a few hundred meters of Croatia.
1993 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin demanded the resignation of his opponents in the provinces and removed ceremonial guards from Lenin's Tomb.
1995 - A bomb attack badly injured General Anatoly Romanov, commander of Russia's forces in Chechnya.
1996 - Taliban fighters bombarded a northern valley with rockets on the second day of their assault on Afghan government soldiers, who were taking refuge after being driven from Kabul.
1998 - Imelda Marcos was acquitted by the Philippine Supreme Court on graft charges. The ruling overturned a 1993 guilty verdict.
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~ Nikki ~
"I'm your hell, I'm your dream.......I'm nothing in between.......You know you wouldn't want it any other way".........
"Listen, when I slap you, you'll take it and like it"..........Humphrey Bogart..........Maltese Falcon.......
Graze on my lips and if those hills be dry, stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie...........William Shakespeare.......
~ Nikki ~
"I'm your hell, I'm your dream.......I'm nothing in between.......You know you wouldn't want it any other way".........
"Listen, when I slap you, you'll take it and like it"..........Humphrey Bogart..........Maltese Falcon.......
Graze on my lips and if those hills be dry, stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie...........William Shakespeare.......
