TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Oct. 6, 1927

The era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, a feature containing both silent and sound-synchronized sequences.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1683

Thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America’s oldest settlements.

1884

The Naval War College was established in Newport, Rhode Island.

1892

British poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson died in Surrey, England, at age 83.

1949

U.S.-born Iva Toguri D’Aquino, convicted of treason for being Japanese wartime broadcaster “Tokyo Rose,” was sentenced in San Francisco to 10 years in prison.

1958

The nuclear submarine USS Seawolf surfaced after spending 60 days submerged.

1960

The historical drama “Spartacus,” starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Stanley Kubrick, had its world premiere in New York.

1973

War erupted in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday.

1976

President Gerald R. Ford, in his second presidential debate with Democrat Jimmy Carter, asserted that there was “no Soviet domination of eastern Europe.”