OCTOBER 6 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for October 6

George Westinghouse (1846-1914) - Founder of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (railway air brakes).

Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998) - Female tennis player who won 19 Grand Slam titles during her career.

Alice Bauer (1927-2002) - Golfer and co-founder LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association).

Marshall Rosenberg (1934-2015) - Psychologist who developed nonviolent communication (process for supporting partnership and resolving conflict).

John Warnock (1940-2023) - Computer scientist and co-founder of Adobe Systems.

Paul Popham (1941-1987) - Co-founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis.

Lonnie Johnson (1949-Still Living) - Inventor of the Super Soaker water gun.

Thomas McClary (1949-Still Living) - Founder and lead guitarist of the R&B group The Commodores. 

Elisabeth Shue (1963-Still Living) - Actress with roles in The Karate Kid, Back to the Future Part II and Part III, and Cobra Kai.

Jim Sharp (1965-Still Living) - Professional bull rider and founder of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders).

HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 6

1683 - German Mennonite immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania.

1783 - Benjamin Hanks patents the self-winding clock.

1863 - Dr. Charles H Sheppard opens the first public bath in Brooklyn, New York.

1876 - The American Library Association is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1884 - The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.

1893 - Nabisco Foods invents Cream of Wheat hot cereal.

1927 - The first prominent "talkie" movie The Jazz Singer opens.

1940 - Zoological Gardens opens in San Francisco, California.

1949 - President Truman signs the Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO).

1961 - President Kennedy advises Americans to build fallout shelters in the event of a nuclear war.

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

2010 - Instagram is founded.

2023 - Simone Biles wins all-round gold at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium (34 world and Olympic medals).