Summary of the Day ✨ 6 October (06/10)
Teachers in Alberta went on strike affecting over 700,000 students while Annie Ernaux received the Nobel Prize in Literature and Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice. Instagram was founded as Jason Lewis completed his historic human-powered journey around the Earth.
Historical Events 📜
- 2025: The 2025 Alberta teachers’ strike begins, leaving approximately 51,000 teachers off-work, impacting about 730,000 Albertan students.
- 2022: Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 2018: The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process.
- 2010: Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.
- 2007: Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
- 1995: The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.
- 1990: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun’s polar regions.
- 1987: Fiji becomes a republic.
- 1985: Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
- 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
- 1981: NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board.
- 1979: Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
- 1977: The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
- 1976: Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.
- 1976: Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.
Famous Births 👶
- 2004: Bronny James, American basketball player
- 2004: Hanni, Australian singer
- 2002: Jonathan Kuminga, Congolese basketball player
- 2001: Hitomi Honda, Japanese singer based in South Korea
- 2000: Jazz Jennings, American internet personality
- 2000: Kyle Pitts, American football player
- 2000: Addison Rae, American social media personality, dancer, and singer
- 1999: Trevor Lawrence, American football player
- 1997: Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer
- 1996: Kevin Diks, Indonesian footballer
- 1994: Jake Guentzel, American ice hockey player
- 1994: Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter
- 1993: Adam Gemili, English sprinter
- 1993: Jourdan Miller, American fashion model
- 1993: Nail Yakupov, Russian ice hockey player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Dave Hobson, American politician (born 1936)
- 2024: Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1951)
- 2020: Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1955)
- 2020: Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)
- 2019: Ginger Baker, English drummer (born 1939)
- 2019: Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (born 1936)
- 2019: Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (born 1931)
- 2018: Scott Wilson, American actor (born 1942)
- 2018: Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (born 1933)
- 2017: Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1972)
- 2017: David Marks, British architect, designer of the London Eye (born 1952)
- 2015: Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (born 1922)
- 2015: Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (born 1926)
- 2015: Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (born 1923)
- 2014: Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach (born 1929)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Blessed Marie Rose Durocher - Christian feast day:
Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza - Christian feast day:
Bruno of Cologne - Christian feast day:
Faith - Christian feast day:
Mary Frances of the Five Wounds - Christian feast day:
Pardulphus - Christian feast day:
Sagar of Laodicea - Christian feast day:
October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Christian feast day:
William Tyndale (commemoration, Anglicanism), with Myles Coverdale (Episcopal Church (USA)) - World Space Week (October 4–10)
- Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (Turkmenistan)
- Dukla Pass Victims Day (Slovakia)
- German-American Day (United States)
- Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (Hungary)
- Teachers’ Day (Sri Lanka)