THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 6

THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 6

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Noodle Day

1781  American and French forces began a siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown – the last major battle of the American revolution

1783  Benjamin Hanks patented a self winding clock

1866  The first train robbery in the US took place – the Reno brothers got $10,000

1884  The Naval war College was established in Newport, RI

1889  Thomas Edison showed his first motion picture

1890  The Mormon Church outlawed polygamy

1893  Nabisco invented Cream of Wheat

1908  Actress Carol Lombard was born

1927  The era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” with Al Jolsen

1939  In an address to the Reichstag, Hitler announced that he had no intention of going to war with Britain and France

1967  Haight-Ashbury hippies held a funeral to mark the end of hippies

1973  The Yom Kippur War began as Syria and Egypt attacked Israel – the war would last two weeks

1979  Pope John Paul II became the first Pope to visit the White House

1981  Anwar Sadat, the President of Egypt, was assassinated by gunmen at a military rally in Cairo

1986  A Soviet nuclear submarine sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Bermuda about 1,200 miles from NYC

1987  Microsoft introduced its first Windows application – Excel

1989  Actress Betty Davis died at age 81

1991  Elizabeth Taylor married for the 8^th time – Larry Fortensky – it was only his 3^rd marriage

2000  The US jobless rate was reported to be 3.9%

SPORTS HISTORY ON OCTOBER 6

2007  Arizona sweeps Cubs in NLDS

2003  Red Sox advance to the ALCS beating Oakland 4-3 – Manny Ramirez hit a 3 run HR and Derek Lowe struck out the last batter with the bases loaded

2001  Cal Ripken plays in his final game

1993  Michael Jordan announces he is retiring from the NBA – will return March 19, 1995

1973  Tom Seaver strikes out 13, but gives up a HR to Pete Rose and Johnny Bench as Cincinnati beats Mets 2-1 in 1^st game of NLCS

1969  NY Mets win the NLCS

1968  In a 10-1 win over Detroit, Bob Gibson gets his 7^th straight World Series win

and Lou Brock gets a HR, triple, and double – he ends with 7 steals in the Series

1966  Jim Palmer (20) is the youngest to pitch a World Series shutout – beats Dodgers and Sandy Koufax 6-0 – it is Koufax’s last game

1959  A single game attendance record for a World Series game – 92,706 at the Los Angeles Coliseum

1926  Babe Ruth hits 3 HRs in a World Series game

# 1 SONGS ON OCTOBER 6

1961  Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles

1962  Sherry – The Four Seasons

1963  Sugar Shack – Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs

1964  Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison

1965  Yesterday – The Beatles

1966  Cherish – The Association

1967  The Letter – The Box Tops

1968  Hey Jude –The Beatles

1969  Sugar Sugar – The Archies

1970  Cracklin’ Rose – Neil Diamond

1971  Maggie May – Rod Stewart

1972  Don’t Get Hooked on Me – Mac Davis

1973  Half Breed - Cher

1974  I Honestly Love You – Olivia Newton-John

1975  Bad Blood – Neil Sedaka

1977  Star Wars Theme - Meco

1978  Kiss You All Over – Exile

1979  Sad Eyes – Robert John

1980  Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1982  Jack and Diane – John Cougar

1983  Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler

1984  Let’s Go Crazy - Prince

1985  Oh, Sheila – Ready for the Wind

1986  When I Think of You – Janet Jackson

1987  Here I Go Again on My Own – Whitesnake

1988  Love Bites – Janet Jackson

1989  Miss You Much – Janet Jackson

1990  Close to You – Maxi Priest

1991  Emotions – Mariah Carey

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1993  Dream Lover – Mariah Carey

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1995  Fantasy – Mariah Carey

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio

1997  Candle in the Wind (1997) – Elton John