Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of October 06:
1820 Jenny Lind Sweden, soprano/nightingale (Agathe-Der Freischultz)
1824 Henry Chadwick baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book
1831 Richard Dedekind mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)
1846 George Westinghouse responsible for alternating current in US
1849 Sir Basil Zaharoff arms dealer, "merchant of death"
1862 Albert Jeremiah Beveridge US, politician/author (Progressive)
1866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden broadcast 1st program of voice & music
1882 Karol Szymanowski Timoshovka Ukraine, composer (Stabatmater)
1884 Lloyd Spooner US, marksman (Olympic-4 gold/1 silver/2 bronze-1920)
1887 Le Corbusier Switzerland, architect/city planner/artist (Urbanisme)
1887 Mart¡n Luis Guzm n Mexico, novelist (The Eagle & the Serpent)
1888 Li Ta-chao cofounder with Mao Tse-tung of Chinese Communist Party
1895 Caroline Gordon Kentucky, writer (Green Centuries)
1897 Jerome Cowan NYC, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie, Tab Hunter Show)
19-- Mike Tylo actor (Guiding Light)
19-- Tony Cavazo rocker (Hurricane-I'm On To You)
1905 Helen N Moody tennis pro (8 Wimbledon titles 1927-1938)
1906 Janet Gaynor Philadelphia, actress (Sunrise, A Star Is Born)
1909 Carol Lombard actress (My Man Godfrey, In Name Only)
1914 Thor Heyerdahl Norway, anthropologist/explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku)
1925 Shana Alexander NYC, journalist (60 Minutes)
1926 Alan Copeland LA Calif, orch leader/singer (Your Hit Parade)
1927 Paul Badura-Skoda Vienna Austria, pianist (Mozart Interpretation)
1930 Hafez al Assad president (Syria)
1936 Anna Quayle actress (Mistress Pamela)
1940 Ellen Travolta Englewood NJ, actress (Louise-Joanie Loves Chachi)
1942 Britt Ekland Stockholm Sweden, actress (Wicker Man, Asylum)
1942 Fred Travalena NYC, comedian/impressionist (Buy & Cell)
1943 Michael Durrell Brooklyn NY, actor (Shannon, V, Alice, Chiefs)
1946 Gary Gentry baseball player (NY Mets)
1947 Klaus Dibiasi Italy, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1968, 72, 76)
1960 Jeffrey Trachta Staten Island NY, actor (Thorne-Bold & Beautiful)
1960 Richard Jobson British TV person/rocker (Skids-Scared to Dance)
Deaths which occurred on October 06:
1891 Charles Stewart Parnell leader of the Irish party, dies
1951 Henry Gurney British high commissioner to Malaya assassinated
1956 Walter Herlihy announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42
1969 Walter Hagen PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19), dies at 76
1975 Henry Calvin actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57
1981 Anwar Sadat assassinated Hosnai Mubarak becomes Egytian president
1983 Terence Cooke NY's Cardinal, dies at 62
1989 Bette Davis dies at 81
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
1962 ANDERSON THOMAS EDWARD SPENARD AK
1966 JOHNSON WILLIAM EDWARD TALLAHASSEE FL 01/14/69 REMAINS RECOVERED
1966 MAKOWSKI LOUIS FRANK WAUCHULA FL 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1966 MOSER DAVID LLOYD GEORG MCKEESPORT PA 01/69 REMAINS RECOVERED
1966 PFEIFER RONALD EDWIN BELLEROSE NY 01/69 REMAINS RECOVERED REFNO 2004 1 OF 26
1967 ARMSTRONG FRANK A. III SHREVEPORT LA
1969 BOWER IRVIN LESTER JR. LINGLESTOWN PA
1972 ANDERSON ROBERT D. BATTLE CREEK MI REMAINS IDENTIFIED 10/30/98 NAME WITHHELD
1972 BAKER VETO H. "11/75 AWOL, RELEASED BY SVN" DECEASED
1972 BOLTZE BRUCE E. FLINT MI
1972 LATELLA GEORGE F. NEW YORK NY 03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 MC CORMICK CARL O. PEORIA IL
1973 ELM HOMER L. 12/11/73 RELEASED