TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018

On this day in history:

1862 - Australia’s first zoo opens in Melbourne.

1889 - In Paris, the Moulin Rouge opened its doors to the public for the first time.

1890 - Jacob Schweppe demonstrates his process for manufacturing the world’s first artificially carbonated mineral water.

1898 - Catherine “Kate” Kelly, sister of bushranger Ned Kelly, goes missing.

1928 - War-torn China was reunited under the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek.

1939 - Adolf Hitler denied any intention to wage war against Britain and France in an address to Reichstag.

1973 - Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in an attempt to win back territory that had been lost in the third Arab-Israel war. Support for Israel led to a devastating oil embargo against many nations including the US and Great Britain on October 17, 1973. The war lasted 2 weeks.

1979 - Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to visit the White House.

1981 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated. Birthdays

Jenny Lind 1820 George Westinghouse 1846 Reginald Fessenden 1866 Le Corbusier 1887 Jerome Cowan 1897 Florence Seibert 1897 Jack Sharkey 1902 Helen Wills Moody 1905 Janet Gaynor 1906 Carole Lombard 1908 Thor Heyerdahl 1914

H.R. (Bum) Bright 1920 Shana Alexander 1925 Paul Badura-Skoda 1927 Hafez Assad (Syria) 1930 Fred Graham 1931

Anna Quayle 1936

Britt Ekland 1942

Fred Travalena 1942 Millie Small 1946

Klaus Dibiasi 1947 Thomas McClary (The Commodores) 1950

David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) 1954

Elisabeth Shue 1963 Matthew Sweet 1964

Tim Rushlow 1966

Kitty (B-Rock and the Bizz) 1971

Bobby Farrell (Boney M) 1949

Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) 1951

Amy Jo Johnson 1970