2007 - First human-powered world circumnavigation completed by Jason Lewis.
1995 - 51 Pegasi, aside from the Sun, is discovered to have a planet orbiting around it.
1966 - LSD is declared illegal in US
1890 - Mormon Church outlaws polygamy
1857 - American Chess Assn organized
This Day In Business
1908 - Ohio Art Company, makers of Etch-A-Sketch, was founded by Henry Simon Winzeler
1927 - The era of talking pictures arrived with the debut of "The Jazz Singer."
1908 - After thirty years of Austrian occupation, Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1993 - Michael Jordan announces retirement from the NBA so that he can pursue baseball.
October 6th Holiday
German American Day - Commemorates the arrival of some of the first German immigrants, who founded Germantown, Philadelphia in 1683.
Today's Birthday Trivia
Her novel, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, was adapted into a film directed by Tamar Halpern. Who is she?
Today's Birthday Horoscope
Learn about people born on this day by reading the October 6 Birthday Horoscope.
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