- 1927 6 Oct The first full-length 'talking' movie - Al Jolson starring in 'The Jazz Singer' - opens in the US.
- 1973 6 Oct The Yom Kippur War begins as Egypt and Syria attack Israel on the holiest day of the Jewish year.
- 1981 6 Oct President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, who did much to bring peace in the Middle East, is assassinated in Cairo.
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