This Day in History October 6: Notable Historical Events on October 6
This day in history October 6th. The most notable events that took place on October 6th range from political historical events to cultural and social events.
Domestic events taking place on October 6
October 6, 1292:Birthday of teacher and poet Chu Van An. Chu Van An, Han Thuyen, and Nguyen Si Co were the first people to use Nom script to compose literature. After his death, he was worshiped at the Temple of Literature (Hanoi).
October 6, 1907:Born The Lu, who was an early member of the Tu Luc Van Doan and became famous for his poem Nho rung. He was also one of the pioneers of the New Poetry movement from 1930 to 1945. During the resistance war against the French, he was in charge of the Chien Thang Drama Troupe of the army.
October 6, 1955:The death of Tran Dang Ninh, revolutionary and military activist, first director of the General Department of Supply (now the General Department of Logistics) of the Vietnam People's Army (1950-1955).
October 6, 1984:The State Council awarded the capital Hanoi the Gold Star Order, the capital's armed forces the Ho Chi Minh Order, and the capital's people's police force the Ho Chi Minh Order.
October 6, 2021:The Ministry of Information and Communications issued the stamp set "Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the UPU International Letter Writing Competition (1971-2021)".
October 6, 1969:Electricity Company (the predecessor of Northern Power Corporation - EVNNPC) was established under Decision No. 106/QD-TC of the Minister of Electricity and Coal.
International events taking place on October 6
October 6, 1977:The prototype of the Soviet/Russian Mikoyan MiG-29 fourth-generation jet fighter makes its maiden flight.
October 6, 1981:Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
October 6, 1981:Egypt held a military parade in Cairo to mark the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian army's crossing of the Suez Canal during Operation Badr.
October 6, 1995:Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz announced the discovery of a Jupiter-like planet called 51 Pegasi b - the first planet outside our solar system proven to orbit a star similar to our sun. For this discovery, they won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
October 6, 2007:British explorer Jason Lewis ended his 13-year journey around the world after returning to his starting point in Greenwich (England). It is worth noting that Lewis did not use any modern means of transport but only used human power throughout the journey such as: cycling, rowing, walking.
October 6, 2021:The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. According to AP, the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to scientist Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute (Germany) and scientist David WC MacMillan of Princeton University (USA) for their scientific work on the development of asymmetric organic catalysts.
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