Today in History for 6th October 2025

Historical Events

1683 - 13 Mennonite families from Germany found Germantown, Philadelphia
1912 - Pirates' Owen "Chief" Wilson hits a record 36th triple of the season
1961 - USSR performs nuclear tests at Kapustin Yar and Novaya Zemlya, USSR
1969 - MLB American League Championship: Baltimore Orioles beat Minnesota Twins, 3 games to 0
1978 - Iraq declares Ayatollah Khomeini an undesirable person

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Famous Birthdays

1706 - Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1772)
1926 - Cyril Reuben, Welsh classical and session violinist (London Symphony), born in Splott, Cardiff, Wales (d. 1996)
1936 - Anna Quayle, British actress (A Hard Day's Night, Stop the World - I want to Get Off), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2019)
1960 - Richard Jobson, Scottish filmmaker (New Town Killers), art-punk rock singer-songwriter (Skids - "Scared to Dance"), and TV presenter, born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland
1986 - Olivia Thirlby, American actress (Juno, Dredd), born in New York City

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Famous Deaths

1979 - Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (North and South, Pulitzer Prize 1956), dies of a cerebral aneurysm at 68
1981 - Anwar Sadat, 3rd President of Egypt (1970-81, Nobel 1978), assassinated by fundamentalist army officers at 62
1999 - Patrick Reilly, British diplomat, ambassador to Paris and Moscow who stopped double agent Kim Philby becoming head of the UK Secret Service, dies at 90
2006 - Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)
2009 - Douglas Campbell, Scottish born Canadian actor (b. 1922)

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