History for October 6

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George Westinghouse 1846 - Founder of Westinghouse Electric Company and invented railway braking systems, Reginald Fessenden 1866, Florence Seibert 1897


Helen Wills Moody 1905, Carole Lombard 1908, Elisabeth Shue 1963


1848 - The steamboat SS California left New York Harbor for San Francisco via Cape Horn. The steamboat service arrived on February 28, 1849. The trip took 4 months and 21 days.


1866 - The Reno Brothers pulled the first train robbery in America near Seymour, IN. The got away with $10,000.


1889 - The Kinescope was exhibited by Thomas Edison. He had patented the moving picture machine in 1887.


1890 - Polygamy was outlawed by the Mormon Church.


1939 - Adolf Hitler denied any intention to wage war against Britain and France in an address to Reichstag.

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.