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Oct 06 1849

Basil Zaharoff Greek arms dealer (merchant of death) born in Mula Turkey (d. 1936)

Oct 06 1896

Frutuoso de Lima Viana Brazilian pianist and composer born in Itajub Brazil (d. 1976)

Oct 06 1912

Anthony Cuthbert Baines English music scholar (d. 1997)

Oct 06 1912

Joop Zwart Dutch political activist and resistance fighter born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1991)

Oct 06 1918

Andr Pilette Belgian racing driver (d. 1993)

Oct 06 1923

Yaar Kemal Turkish writer (Memed My Hawk) born in Hemite Osmaniye Ottoman Empire (d. 2015)

Oct 06 1926

Alan Copeland American orchestra leader and singer (Your Hit Parade) born in Los Angeles California

Oct 06 1927

Alice Bauer American golfer (co-founder LPGA) born in Eureka South Dakota (d. 2002)

Oct 06 1931

Fred Graham American newscaster and journalist (CBS News Court TV) born in Little Rock Arkansas

Oct 06 1931

Riccardo Giacconi Italian American astrophysicist Nobel Prize for Physics 2002 for X-ray astronomy born in Genoa Italy (d. 2018)

Oct 06 1935

Bruno Sammartino Italian American strongman and professional wrestler born in Pizzoferrato Italy (d. 2018)

Oct 06 1944

Jos Carlos Pace Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)

Oct 06 1961

Kathrin Drre East German marathoner (Olympic bronze 1988)

Oct 06 1964

Tom Jager American swimmer (5 Olympic gold 1984 88 92 50m freestyle world record x 6) born in East St. Louis Illinois

Oct 06 1995

Jessica Lunsford American kidnapping victim (d. 2005)

Oct 06 1887

George Brown English cricket wicketkeeperbatsman (7 Tests Hampshire) born in Cowley Oxford England (d. 1964)

Oct 06 1927

Paul Badura-Skoda Austrian pianist (Mozart Interpretation) born in Vienna Austria (d. 2019)

Oct 06 1927

Phil Maloney Canadian ice hockey center (NHL Boston Bruins Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Black Hawks) and coach (Vancouver Canucks) born in Ottawa Ontario (d. 2020)

Oct 06 1929

Phil Krueger American football quarterback (Southeast Missouri State) college coach (Fresno State Utah State) and NFL executive (GM TB Buccaneers) born in LaSalle Illinois (d. 2020)

Oct 06 1931

Fred Graham American newscaster and journalist (CBS News Court TV) born in Little Rock Arkansas (d. 2019)

Oct 06 1936

Anna Quayle British actress (A Hard Days Night Stop the World - I want to Get Off) born in Birmingham England (d. 2019)

Oct 06 1946

Millie Small Jamaican singer (My Boy Lollipop) born in Clarendon Jamaica (d. 2020)

Oct 06 1960

Albert Lewis American NFL cornerback (Pro Bowl 1987-90 KC Chiefs Oakland Raiders) born in Mansfield Louisiana

Oct 06 1966

Niall Quinn Irish soccer striker (92 caps Rep of Ireland Manchester City Sunderland) born in Dublin Ireland

Oct 06 1998

Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink German actress and singer

Oct 06 1820

Jenny Lind Swedish soprano known as the Swedish Nightingale born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1887)

Oct 06 1876

Ernest Lapointe French Canadian politician (d. 1941)

Oct 06 1882

Karol Maciej Szymanowski Polish pianist and composer (Symphony No. 3 - Song Of The Night) born in Tymoszwka Russian Empire (now Tymoshivka Ukraine) (d. 1937)

Oct 06 1886

Edwin Fischer Swiss concert pianist and conductor born in Basel Switzerland (d. 1960)

Oct 06 1887

Maria Jeritza [Jedlicka] Austrian singer (Vienna Opera)

Oct 06 1893

Earle Hodgins American film and television fast-talking character actor (Guestward Ho) born in Salt Lake City Utah (d. 1964)

Oct 06 1902

Mihovil Logar Serbian composer (A Would-be Lady) born in Rijeka Croatia (d. 1998)

Oct 06 1935

Bruno Sammartino Italian-American strongman and professional wrestler born in Pizzoferrato Italy (d. 2018)

Oct 06 1869 Johannes Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer premieres

Oct 06 1946 90F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct

Oct 06 1962 16th NHL All-Star Game Maple Leaf Garden Toronto ON Toronto Maple Leafs beat All-Stars 4-1 MVP Eddie Shack Toronto LW

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