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What Happened On 6th October 1985 In History

October 6th (1985) was a Sunday. 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, 1985

  • » PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.

Famous Birthdays on October 6 in 1985

  • » Mitchell Cole, English footballer (d. 2012)
  • » Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
  • » Tarmo Kink, Estonian footballer

October 6th Famous Deaths for 1985

  • » Nelson Riddle, American composer, conductor, and bandleader (b. 1921)

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)

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World History for the 6th October