What happened on October 6 ?

1014 - Samuil, Tsar of Bulgaria (b. 958)

1101 - Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order

1403 - Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)

1536 - William Tyndale, English Bible translator (burned at the stake)

1542 - Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)

1641 - Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer

1644 - Elisabeth of France, wife of Philip IV of Spain (b. 1602)

1660 - Paul Scarron, French writer

1661 - Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru

1688 - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652)

1762 - Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684)

1873 - Sir Pawe? Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)

1891 - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)

1892 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet (b. 1809)

1912 - Auguste Marie Francois Beernaert, Belgian statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1829)

1946 - Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer (b. 1935)

1947 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887)

1951 - Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1884)

1959 - Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b. 1865)

1973 - Francois Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)

1962 - Tod Browning, American film director (b. 1880)

1980 - Hattie Jacques, British comedy actress (b. 1922)

1981 - Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (assassinated) (b. 1918)

1983 - Terence Cardinal Cooke, American Catholic archbishop (b. 1921)

1985 - Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921)

1989 - Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)

1992 - Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)

1992 - Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)

1999 - Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)

1999 - Gorilla Monsoon, Professional wrestler/commentator (b. 1937)

2000 - Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1930)

2003 - Timothy Treadwell, Enviromentalist (b. 1957)