History for October 6

History for October 6 - On-This-Day.com:
George Westinghouse 1846 - Founder of Westinghouse Electric Company and invented railway braking systems, Reginald Fessenden 1866, Helen Wills Moody 1905 


Carole Lombard 1908, Thor Heyerdahl 1914, Hafez Assad (Syria) 1930 


Britt Ekland 1942, Millie Small 1946, Elisabeth Shue 1963 


1880 - The National League kicked the Cincinnati Reds out for selling beer. 


1954 - E.L. Lyon became the first male nurse for the U.S. Army. 


1961 - U.S. president John F. Kennedy advised American families to build or buy bomb shelters to protect them in the event of a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union. 


1962 - Robert Goulet began the role of Sir Lancelot in "Camelot". 


1973 - Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in an attempt to win back territory that had been lost in the third Arab-Israel war. Support for Israel led to a devastating oil embargo against many nations including the U.S. and Great Britain on October 17, 1973. The war lasted 2 weeks. 


1979 - Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to visit the White House. 


1991 - Elizabeth Taylor married Larry Fortensky. The ceremony was held at Michael Jackson's estate near Los Angeles, CA. It was Taylor's 8th marriage and Fortensky's 3rd.