- State of emergency declared in Florida counties due to threat from Tropical Storm Milton
- How Israel located and eliminated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the key role of Unit 8200 and Mossad
On October 6, 1896, during the War of Cubaa column of Spanish soldiers raises the siege of Cascorro, a fort in whose defense the Madrid native Eloy Gonzalo immortalized his name.
OTHER ANIMALS
- 1889.- The Moulin Rouge cabaret is inaugurated in Paris at the foot of the Montmartre hill.
- 1891.- In New York (United States) the ‘Simple Verses’ of the Cuban writer and revolutionary José Martí are published for the first time.
- 1927.- Screening, at the Warner Theater in New York, of the first sound film, ‘The Jazz Singer’, by Alan Crosland.
- 1973.- The Yom Kippur War begins, the fourth Arab-Israeli war, lasting 19 days.
- 1974.- Fittipaldi wins McLaren its first Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship.
- 1979.- For the first time a Pope -John Paul II- visits the White House, residence of the US presidents.
- 1981.- Assassination of the Egyptian president, Anwar El Sadat, during a military parade.
- 1994.- The Haitian Parliament approves the amnesty law for the military coup leaders.
- 2000.- Carlos ‘Chacho’ Álvarez resigns from the vice presidency of Argentina, denouncing corruption in the De la Rúa administration and in the Senate.
- Official premiere of the television series ‘CSI’.
- 2002.- John Paul II canonizes José María Escrivá de Balaguer, founder of the ‘Opus Dei’.
- 2005.- Israel’s Supreme Court prohibits the Army from using Palestinian civilians as “human shields.”
- 2007.- The British Jason Lewis completes the first trip around the world in 13 years without using any motor vehicle.
- 2010.- The social network Instagram is born, created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.
- 2012.- Paolo Gabriele, butler of Pope Benedict XVI, is sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing documents.
- 2014.- It is confirmed that the assistant at the Carlos III Hospital in Madrid, Teresa Romero, is infected with Ebola, the first case outside of Africa.
- 2016.- The new EU European Border and Coast Guard Agency begins to operate.
- 2020.- John McAfee, creator of the famous antivirus, wanted by the US, arrested in Spain
- Facebook and Twitter censor a message from Donald Trump in which he compared Covid-19 to the flu.
- 2022.- In Italy, the first official test of the first manned flying taxi that flies over the skies of Rome is carried out.
- The French Annie Ernaux, Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 2023.- Iranian activist Narges Mohamadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner.
FURTHER: Israel reports a Hezbollah attack on its territory from Lebanon, while it hits Hamas in Gaza
BIRTH
- 1887.- Charles Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect.
- 1888.- Roland Garros, French aviator.
- 1908.- Carole Lombard, American actress.
- 1916.- Pablo Palazuelo, Spanish painter and sculptor.
- 1930.- Hafed Al Assad, Syrian president.
- 1944.- Víctor Españrago, Uruguayan footballer and football coach.
- 1948.- Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician.
- 1955.- Paco Ojeda, Spanish bullfighter.
- 1966.- Adolfo ‘Fito’ Cabrales, Spanish musician.
DEATHS
- 1862.- Francisco Acuña de Figueroa, Uruguayan poet.
- 1892.- Alfred Tennyson, English poet.
- 1919.- Ricardo Palma, Peruvian writer.
- 1951.- Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founder of Kellogg cereals.
- 1989.- Bette Davis, American actress.
- 1999.- Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer.
- 2006.- Eduardo Mignogna, Argentine film director.
- 2012.- Antonio Cisneros, Peruvian poet.
- 2018.- Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano.
- Ligia Minaya, Dominican writer.
- 2019.- Darío Restrepo, Colombian journalist.
- 2020.- Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American rocker.