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


Carole Lombard 1908, Shana Alexander 1925, Hafez Assad (Syria) 1930


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.


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


1889 - In Paris, the Moulin Rouge opened its doors to the public for the first time.


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.