October 6

Today in History
• 1783 - Benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock
• 1799 - Battle of Castricum: Franco-Dutch army beats British-Russian army
• 1849 - The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence
• 1853 - 4th National Women's Rights Convention opens in Cleveland Ohio
• 1854 - The Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, 53 dead
• 1866 - 1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000)
• 1876 - American Library Association organized in Philadelphia
• 1889 - Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Egypt: Armed Forces Day
• Honduras: Discovery of America Day
• Manufacturing Day
• National Noodle Day
• October Liberatory War
• Turkmenistan Earthquake Memorial Day
• World Cerebral Palsy Day
• World Smile Day

Birthdays
• 1289 - Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, King of Hungary (1301-05)
• 1573 - Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
• 1706 - Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72)
• 1767 - Henri Christophe, President of Haiti (1807-11)
• 1773 - Louis-Philippe, King of France (1830-48)
• 1808 - Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)
• 1846 - George Westinghouse, American entrepreneur and engineer
• 1932 - Gloria Lane, educator/author/founder (Women's International Center)