On This Day October 6th

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October 6th is the two hundred seventy-ninth day of the year, and there are 86 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

1539 – Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.

1600 – Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.

1854 – The Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead led to 53 deaths and hundreds injured in England.

1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.

1942 – World War II: American troops forced the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of Guadalcanal.

1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.

1995 – The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.

2010 – Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.

 

Birthdays

1729 – Sarah Crosby, English preacher, the first female Methodist preacher (d. 1804)

1820 – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress (d. 1887)

1887 – Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (d. 1965)

1921 – Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist (d. 2020)

1931 – Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)

1949 – Leslie Moonves, American businessman

1959 – Oil Can Boyd, American baseball player

1999 – Trevor Lawrence, American football player

 

Holiday Spotlight

NATIONAL GERMAN-AMERICAN DAY

German Americans have been in the United States since the early 1600s. They initially settled mainly in Pennsylvania and New York. However, during the Civil War, many Germans enlisted and fought on the Union side, as the general sentiment in German culture was anti-slavery. German entrepreneurs, such as Steinway and Studebaker, developed businesses whose products, like pianos and covered wagons, played significant roles in defining important eras in American life. Despite their contributions, during World War I, German Americans faced discrimination, were interned, and had their civil rights violated. Despite these challenges, German-Americans now make up the largest self-reported ancestry group, totaling around 44.2 million..

 

Holidays And Observance.

American Libraries Day

Change a Light Day

Come and Take it Day

Country Inn Bed & Breakfast Day Ecological Debt Day

Garlic Lover's Day

Gedaliah   

Intergeneration Day  

International African Diaspora Day  

International Blessings of the Fishing Fleet Day  

Jackie Mayer Rehab Day

Mad Hatter Day

National Badger Day

National Coaches Day

National German-American Day

National G.O.E. (Growth, Overcome, Empower) Day  

National Noodle Day

National Physician's Assistant Day

National Pickle Day  

National Plus Size Appreciation Day

World Cerebral Palsy Day

World Communion Day  

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