On this day, Oct. 6

1683 Thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America’s oldest settlements.

1889 The Moulin Rouge in Paris first opened its doors to the public.

1936 With no advance notice, William H. McNair resigned and turned the office of mayor over to Cornelius P. Scully, president of council and McNair’s most bitter personal enemy in his three years in office.

1969 The New York Mets won the first-ever National League championship series, defeating the Atlanta Braves, 7-4, in Game 3. The Baltimore Orioles won the first-ever ALCS, defeating the Minnesota Twins, 11-2, in Game 3.

1987 Luciano Pavarotti starred in the Pittsburgh Opera’s first performance at the Benedum Center.

2009 The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh received an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Medal, the highest honor for a library and museum.

Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology).

— Compiled by Rick Nowlin

Today’s birthdays: Broadcaster and writer Melvyn Bragg, 82. Actor Britt Ekland, 79. The former leader of Sinn Fein Gerry Adams, 73. Singer-musician Thomas McClary, 72. Musician Sid McGinnis, 72. Rock singer Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon), 70. Rock singer-musician David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), 67. Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Dungy, 66. Actor Elisabeth Shue, 58. Singer Matthew Sweet, 57. Actor Jacqueline Obradors, 55. Country singer Tim Rushlow, 55. Rock musician Tommy Stinson, 55. Actor Amy Jo Johnson, 51. Actor Emily Mortimer, 50. Actor Lamman Rucker, 50. Actor Jeremy Sisto, 47. Actor Brett Gelman, 45. R&B singer Melinda Doolittle, 44. Actor Wes Ramsey, 44. Actor Karimah Westbook, 43. Singermusician Will Butler, 39. Actor Stefanie Martini, 31. U.S. Olympic swimming gold medalist Bobby Finke, 22.

Thought for today: “Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.”

— Alfred, Lord Tennyson, British poet laureate

(born 1809, died this date in 1892)