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Events on October 6

• 1683 The first cohesive group of Germans, the "Original 13", led by Franz Daniel Pastorius, reaches North America and founds the town of Germantown.
• 1889 In the Montmartre district of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, the entertainment venue Moulin Rouge, built by Joseph Oller, opens and goes on to become the world's most famous variety theatre.
• 1889 The German African explorer Hans Meyer and the Austrian mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller reach the summit of Kibo, making them the first to climb Kilimanjaro.
• 1927 In New York, the feature film The Jazz Singer, produced by Warner Bros., is premiered as the first full-length sound film in history.
• 1945 The first issue of the Süddeutsche Zeitung is published.
• 1961 The surgeon Heinz-Joachim Sykosch implants the first pacemaker in Germany.
• 1973 On Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, Egypt and Syria attack the Israeli front on the Golan Heights and at the Suez Canal, thereby beginning the Yom Kippur War.
• 1981 At Frankfurt Main Airport, the police clear the shantytown of the opponents of Startbahn West.
• 1989 On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the GDR, a large torchlight procession by the FDJ takes place in Berlin.
• 1996 With the publication of the Frankfurt Declaration, initiated by Friedrich Denk, the dispute over spelling reform begins.
• 1999 At the Road World Championships in Verona, Jan Ullrich wins the individual time trial title.
• 2010 The online service Instagram is launched for the first time as a mobile app. Two years later, in November 2012, it is additionally launched as a standalone website.

Born on October 6

• 1887 Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect, architectural theorist, urban planner, painter, draughtsman, sculptor and furniture designer
• 1913 Meret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter
• 1914 Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnologist
• 1930 Hafiz al-Assad, Syrian politician
• 1942 Britt Ekland, Swedish actress
• 1951 Manfred Winkelhock, German racing driver
• 1960 Sabine Töpperwien, German sports journalist
• 1970 Corinna May, German singer
• 1981 Abdelkarim, German-Moroccan comedian
• 1982 Lewon Aronjan, Armenian chess player

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „6. Oktober“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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