October 6th
Today in 1683,13 Mennonite families from Germany founded Germantown, Pennsylvania, which later became Philadelphia.
Today in 1889,the famed nightclub, The Moulin Rouge,opened in Paris.
Today in 1893,Cream of Wheat was unveiled at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Today in 1911,Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game was a letdown as he lost to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th
Today in 1926,Babe Ruth hit a record three homeruns in a World Series game, as the Yanks beat the Cards 10-5.
Today in 1948,Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey found the first partial fossil skull of Proconsul africanus, an ancestor of apes and humans on Rusinga Island, Kenya.
Today in 1966,LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)was first declared illegal in state of California, other states followed suit.
Today in 1976,President Gerald Fordin famously said during a presidential debate with Jimmy Carter that there is "no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration." It’s said that statement played a major role in Ford’s failed attempt to capture the presidency outright, after the impeached President Richard M. Nixon resigned amid the Watergate Scandal.
Today in 1978,Oliver Stone's film, "Midnight Express," starring Brad Davis,opened in theaters nationwide.
Today in 1979,John Paul II became the first Pope to ever visit the White House, when he arrived to meet with President Jimmy Carter.
Today in 1981,Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade.
Today in 1986,"My Sister Sam," starring Pam Dawber,debuted on CBS-TV. The show also starred newcomer Rebecca Schaeffer,who was tragically murdered by a stalker in 1989. Her death saw the nation’s first anti-stalking laws passed in California in 1990.
Today in1989, Tenzin Gyatso – aka the 14th Dalai Lama –was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Today in 1989,famed movie star Bette Davis died in France at the age of 81.
Today in1990, a jury in Cincinnati acquitted an art gallery and its director of obscenity charges stemming from an exhibit of sexually graphic photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Today in 1991,University of Oklahoma law professor Anita F. Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her while she worked as his personal assistant. The majority of the U.S. Senate found the charges groundless and he was later confirmed to the court.
Today in 1991,Elizabeth Taylor wed for the seventh time. She married construction worker Larry Fortensky, who she met during a "drying out" period at the Betty Ford Clinic. The ceremony took place at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch near Los Angeles.
Today in 1992,for the first time since formally entering the presidential race, Ross Perot ence than "Seinfeld" or "The Simpsons" on the other networks.
Today in 1995, the film, “To Die For,” starring Nicole Kidman,opened in theaters nationwide.
Today in 1998,in a tragedy that shocked the world, Matthew Shepard, a gay college student at the University of Wyoming,was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside of Laramie, where he died five days later. Russell Henderson later pleaded guilty to murder and kidnapping. A second suspect, Aaron McKinney, was later found not guilty of premeditated murder, but guilty of felony murder. While that might’ve meant death, Shepard's parents brokered a deal that resulted in McKinney receiving two consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole.
Today in1998, Michael Carneal pleaded guilty – but mentally ill– to the shooting death of three fellow students and the wounding of five other people at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky. Carneal was later sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole for 25 years.
Today in 1999,the NFLawarded its newest franchise to Houston instead of Los Angeles, leaving the second-largest TV market in the nation without a football team.
Today in 2004,Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were married. They divorced in 2007.
Today in 2007,Jason Lewis completed the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
Today in 2010,Roy Halladay pitched the second no-hitter in MLB Postseason History during Game 1 of the NLDS versus the Cincinnati Reds.
Today in 2012,Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict XVI’s butler,was found guilty of leaking confidential document sand was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment.
Today in 2013,53 people were killed in political clashes in Egypt.
Today in 2015,Nobel prize for Physics was awarded to Takaaki Kajita (Japan) and Arthur McDonald (Canada) for their work on neutrinos.
Today in 2017,Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).