Tuesday, October 06th
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Today's Highlights in History
On Oct. 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by Islamic militants while reviewing a military parade. (Go to article.)
On Oct. 6, 1905, Helen Wills Moody, the world's top female tennis player for nearly a decade, was born. Following her death on Jan. 1, 1998, her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
On October 6, 1900, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the Tammany Ice Trust and the presidential election of 1900. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
On this date in:
1683 Thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in present-day Philadelphia to begin Germantown.
1884 The Naval War College was established in Newport, R.I.
1889 The Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Paris.
1927 The era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of "The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson.
1949 American-born Iva Toguri D'Aquino, convicted as Japanese wartime broadcaster Tokyo Rose, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $10,000.
1973 Egypt and Syria attacked Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday.
1976 In a debate with Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter, President Gerald R. Ford asserted there was "no Soviet domination of eastern Europe." Ford later conceded that he had misspoken.
1979 Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to visit the White House, where he was received by President Jimmy Carter.
1987 The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 9-5 against the nomination of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court.
1989 Actress Bette Davis died at age 81.
2004 The top U.S. arms inspector in Iraq, Charles Duelfer, reported finding no evidence Saddam Hussein's regime had produced weapons of mass destruction after 1991.
2007 Pakistan's Gen. Pervez Musharraf won a presidential election boycotted by most of his opponents.
2008 The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time since 2004.
Current Birthdays
Emily Mortimer turns 38 years old today.
AP Photo/Peter Kramer Actress Emily Mortimer turns 38 years old today.
67 Britt Ekland
Actress
63 Millie Small
Singer
60 Les Moonves
CEO of CBS
60 Thomas McClary
R&B musician
58 Kevin Cronin
Rock musician (REO Speedwagon)
55 David Hidalgo
Rock musician (Los Lobos)
54 Tony Dungy
Football coach and sportscaster
46 Elisabeth Shue
Actress
45 Matthew Sweet
Rock singer
43 Jacqueline Obradors
Actress
43 Tim Rushlow
Country singer
43 Tommy Stinson
Rock musician
39 Amy Jo Johnson
Actress
38 Lamman Rucker
Actor
36 Ioan Gruffudd
Actor
35 Jeremy Sisto
Actor ("Law and Order," "Six Feet Under")
32 Melinda Doolittle
R&B singer ("American Idol")
Historic Birthdays
Helen Wills-Moody
10/6/1905 - 1/1/1998
American athlete
(Go to obit.)
16 Wenceslas III
10/6/1289 - 8/4/1306
King of Hungary (1301-4)
69 James McGill
10/6/1744 - 12/19/1813
Scottish-born Canadian fur trader, merchant and politician
43 Sir Isaac Brock
10/6/1769 - 10/13/1812
British politician and soldier; important figure in War of 1812
67 Jenny Lind
10/6/1820 - 11/2/1887
Swedish singer
67 George Westinghouse
10/6/1846 - 3/12/1914
American industrial engineer
70 George Horace Lorimer
10/6/1867 - 10/22/1937
American editor of the Saturday Evening Post
54 Karol Szymanowski
10/6/1882 - 3/29/1937
Polish composer
77 Le Corbusier
10/6/1887 - 8/27/1965
Swiss-born French architect
77 Janet Gaynor
10/6/1906 - 9/14/1984
American actress
33 Carole Lombard
10/6/1908 - 1/16/1942
American actress
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