October 6: Day of the Week
October 6, 2022 is the 279th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.
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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
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October 6 Historical Event(s)
- 1762Seven Years’ War: conclusion of the Battle of Manila between Britain and Spain, which resulted in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war.
- 1903The High Court of Australia sat for the first time.
- 1910Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first time (7 times in total).
- 1923The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul
- 1927Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.
- 1973Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.
- 1976Cubana Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados after two bombs, placed on board by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded. All 73 people on board are killed.
- 1979Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
- 1985PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
- 2000Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns.
Who were born on October 6?
- 1510Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
- 1803Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)
- 1900Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
- 1922Joe Frazier, American baseball player
- 1970Darren Oliver, American baseball player
- 1977Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1979Richard Seymour, American football player
- 1982Meiyang Chаng, Indian actor, singer, anchor and dancer
- 1991Roshon Fegan, American actor
- 1998Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer
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