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October 6th
1600 ~ Jacopo Peri's “Euridice”, the earliest surviving opera, premiered in Florence.
1846 ~ Birthday of George Westinghouse, Engineer & Inventor.
1892 ~ Death of Alfred Tennyson, British poet laureate.
1914 ~ Birthday of Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer, leader of the “Kon-Tiki” expedition.
1927 ~ Opening of “The Jazz Singer”, the first talking movie.
1948 ~ Birthday of Gerry Adams, Irish politician.
1973 ~ Egyptian troops cross the Suez Canal, starting the Yom Kippur War.
1981 ~ Anwar al-Sadat was assassinated.
1887 ~ Death of Bette Davis, Actress.
1995 ~ The first extrasolar planet was discovered orbiting 51 Pegasi, in the constellation of Pegasus.
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1887 ~ Death of Bette Davis, Actress.
I knew she'd been gone for a while.
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1989 ~ Death of Bette Davis, Actress.
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Ooops! 
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