October 6th (1976) was a Wednesday. It's the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 6th October, 1976
» Cubana Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados, after two bombs, placed on board by Luis Posada Carriles Cubana Flight 455, 1976 known as terrorists with connections to the Central Intelligence Agency
» Thammasat University massacre named Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom Kittikachorn or Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggerin
Famous Birthdays on October 6 in 1976
» Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
» Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player
» Magdalena Kučerová, Czech-German tennis player
» Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach
October 6th Famous Deaths for 1976
» Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (b. 1900)
October 6th Holidays in History
» Armed Forces Day Montenegro or Armed Forces Day (Montenegro)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher
» Bruno of Cologne
» St Faith or Faith
» Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus
» Pardulphus
» Sagar of Laodicea
» William Tyndale (commemoration, Anglicanism), with Miles Coverdale (Episcopal Church (USA))
» October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Turkmenistan named Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (Turkmenistan)
» Remembrance days in Slovakia named Dukla Pass Victims Day (Slovakia)
» German-American Day (United States)
» Public holidays in Hungary named Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (Hungary)
» Yom Kippur War commemoration, and its related observance:
» Armed Forces Day Egypt named Armed Forces Day (Egypt)