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
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Today's Birthday Horoscope
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