Shimla, Keekli Bureau Oct.6
2000
Near Sakaiminato, Japan, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck, the most powerful earthquake since the devastating Kōbe earthquake of 1995, but damage and casualties were relatively low because the epicentre was in a sparsely inhabited area.
1993
Michael Jordan retired from professional basketball, saying “I don’t have anything else to prove,” only to return in March 1995.
1981
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by members of the radical fringe of the Muslim opposition.
1976
In China the Gang of Four, having lost their influence with the death of Mao Zedong, were arrested.
1960
The American adventure film Spartacus, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas, had its world premiere; it won several Academy Awards, including best supporting actor for Peter Ustinov.
1927
The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, premiered in New York City, introducing the sound era of motion pictures.
1892
The great English poet of the Victorian Age, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, died.
1849
Thirteen Hungarian generals, “the martyrs of Arad,” were executed for their role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848–49.
891
Formosus was elected pope; his posthumous trial in 897 is one of the most bizarre incidents in papal history.
105 bce
The Roman army was defeated by Germanic tribes in the Battle of Arausio.
