October 6...

Many interesting and important things have happened on this date in history.

Glad you asked...

Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, premiered in Florence in 1600.

Thomas Edison showed his first motion picture in 1889.

Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie. 1927

Bill Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series

1966 - LSD is declared illegal in the United States.

1973 - The Crossing: 80,000 Egyptian troops cross the Suez Canal, destroying the fortified Israeli Bar-Lev Line and starting the Yom Kippur War.

1981 - Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated.

1996 - American singers Faith Hill and Tim McGraw married after touring on their Spontaneous Combustion Tour.

And, some important people were born on this day:

1289 - King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)

1773 - King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)

1820 - Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)

1846 - George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914)

1887 - Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965)

1906 - Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)

1908 - Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)

1912 - Pauline Gore, mother of American Vice President Al Gore (d. 2004)

1914 - Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (d. 2002)

1942 - Britt Ekland, Swedish actress

1948 - Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician

1955 - Tony Dungy, football coach

1963 - Chip Foose, Automobile Customizer

1963 - Elisabeth Shue, American film actress

1976 - Taylor Hicks, American Idol Season 5 Winner

Also, due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

For me though, the most important thing that ever happened on October the sixth was...

Ah, see the next post, why don't ya...