So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

October 6th


- Armed Forces Day (Egypt)
- Armed Forces Day (Montenegro)
- Christian Feast Day:
- German-American Day (United States)

October 6th


- 2010 - Roy Halladay pitches the second no-hitter in MLB Postseason History during Game 1 of the NLDS versus the Cincinnati Reds
- 2007 - Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
- 2002 - The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
- 2000 - Yugoslav president Slobodan Miloševi? resigns.
- 2000 - Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns.
- 1995 - 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.
- 1987 - Fiji becomes a republic.
- 1985 - PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
- 1979 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
- 1977 - In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.
- 1977 - The first prototype of the MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
- 1976 - Cubana Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados after two bombs, placed on board by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded. All 73 people on-board are killed.
- 1976 - New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China.
- 1976 - Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
- 1973 - Egypt launches a coordinated attack against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.
- 1945 - Baseball: Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series (see Curse of the Billy Goat).
- 1939 - World War II: The last Polish army is defeated.
- 1928 - Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
- 1927 - Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.
- 1923 - The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul
- 1908 - Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1889 - Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
- 1884 - The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1854 - The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
- 1849 - The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
- 1789 - French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
- 1762 - Seven Years' War: conclusion of the Battle of Manila between Britain and Spain, which resulted in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war.
- 1683 - William Penn brings 13 German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America.
- 1600 - Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period
- 1582 - Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- -68 - Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.
- -69 - Battle of Tigranocerta: Forces of the Roman Republic defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great.
- -105 - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.

October 6th


- 1998 - Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer
- 1995 - Jessica Lunsford, American kidnapping victim (d. 2005)
- 1991 - Roshon Fegan, American actor
- 1988 - Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress
- 1986 - Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer
- 1986 - Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
- 1986 - Olivia Thirlby, American actress
- 1985 - Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
- 1984 - Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer
- 1984 - Morne Morkel, South African cricketer
- 1982 - Michael Arden, American actor
- 1982 - Levon Aronian, Armenian chess Grandmaster
- 1982 - William Butler, Musician and member of Arcade Fire
- 1982 - MC Lars, American hip-hop artist
- 1982 - Paul Smith, English boxer
- 1981 - Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
- 1981 - José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1980 - Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
- 1979 - David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
- 1979 - Richard Seymour, American football player
- 1979 - Lex Shrapnel, English actor
- 1978 - Ricky Hatton, English boxer
- 1977 - Danny Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 - Melinda Doolittle, American singer and recording artist
- 1977 - Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer
- 1977 - Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1977 - Wes Ramsey, American actor
- 1976 - Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
- 1975 - Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
- 1974 - Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer
- 1974 - Alexis Georgoulis, Greek actor
- 1974 - Jeremy Sisto, American actor
- 1973 - Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer
- 1973 - Jeff Davis, American comedian
- 1973 - Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
- 1973 - Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player
- 1972 - Ko So-young, South Korean actress
- 1972 - Anders Iwers, Swedish musician
- 1972 - Ryu Shi-won, South Korean actor and singer
- 1972 - Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
- 1971 - Phil Bennett, British racing driver
- 1971 - Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress
- 1971 - Alan Stubbs, English footballer
- 1970 - Darren Oliver, American baseball player
- 1970 - Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer
- 1970 - Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress
- 1969 - Troy Shaw, English snooker player
- 1968 - Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer
- 1967 - Kennet Andersson, former Swedish footballer
- 1967 - Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman
- 1966 - Niall Quinn, Irish footballer
- 1966 - Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
- 1965 - Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1965 - Steve Scalise, American politician
- 1964 - Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989)
- 1964 - Matthew Sweet, American musician
- 1964 - Tom Jager, American swimmer
- 1963 - Elisabeth Shue, American film actress
- 1963 - Jsu Garcia, American actor
- 1962 - Rich Yett, baseball player
- 1959 - Brian Higgins, American politician, and Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- 1959 - Dennis Ray Boyd, American baseball player
- 1959 - Walter Ray Williams Jr., American bowler and horsehoes champion
- 1958 - Joseph Finder, American novelist
- 1956 - Kathleen Webb, American comic book writer and artist
- 1955 - Tony Dungy, American football coach
- 1954 - David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys)
- 1954 - Darrell M. West, American political scientist
- 1953 - Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (d. 1991)
- 1952 - Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer
- 1952 - Jürgen Schulz, German footballer
- 1951 - Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
- 1951 - Kevin Cronin, American musician (REO Speedwagon)
- 1950 - David Brin, American author
- 1949 - Nicolas Peyrac, French composer, lyricist and singer
- 1948 - Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician
- 1947 - Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter
- 1946 - Eddie Villanueva, JIL Spiritual Director, Owner of ZOE Broadcasting Network
- 1946 - Lloyd Doggett, American politician and Member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
- 1946 - Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
- 1946 - Tony Greig, South African–born English cricketer
- 1946 - Millie Small, Jamaican singer
- 1945 - Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
- 1944 - Boris Mikhailov, Soviet ice hockey player
- 1944 - José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)
- 1943 - Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
- 1943 - Michael Durrell, American actor
- 1942 - Britt Ekland, Swedish actress
- 1940 - Ellen Travolta, American actress
- 1939 - John LaFalce, American politician, and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- 1939 - Jack Cullen, American baseball player
- 1938 - Serge Nubret, French bodybuilder
- 1935 - Bruno Sammartino, Italian strongman and professional wrestler
- 1935 - Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)
- 1931 - Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)
- 1931 - Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 - Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)
- 1930 - Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer
- 1927 - Bill King, American sports broadcaster (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Shana Alexander, American columnist (d. 2005)
- 1922 - Joe Frazier, American baseball player
- 1921 - Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (d. 1997)
- 1921 - Joseph Lowery, American Civil rights movement leader
- 1920 - Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005)
- 1918 - Goh Keng Swee, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010)
- 1918 - André Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1993)
- 1917 - Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (d. 1977)
- 1915 - Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (d. 2007)
- 1915 - Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and civil rights activist (d. 2007)
- 1914 - Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (d. 2002)
- 1914 - Joan Littlewood, British theatre director (d. 2002)
- 1912 - Perkins Bass, American politician and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire
- 1910 - Barbara Castle, British politician (d. 2002)
- 1908 - Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)
- 1908 - Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989)
- 1906 - Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)
- 1905 - Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998)
- 1903 - Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1900 - Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
- 1895 - Caroline Gordon, American writer and critic (d. 1981)
- 1892 - Jackie Saunders, American silent film actress (d. 1954)
- 1888 - Roland Garros, French pilot (d. 1918)
- 1887 - Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965)
- 1886 - Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
- 1882 - Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1937)
- 1876 - Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (d. 1941)
- 1874 - Frank G. Allen, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)
- 1872 - Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (d. 1936)
- 1866 - Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. 1932)
- 1846 - George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914)
- 1838 - Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)
- 1831 - Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (d. 1916)
- 1820 - Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
- 1803 - Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)
- 1801 - Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)
- 1773 - King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
- 1769 - Sir Isaac Brock, British commander (d. 1812)
- 1767 - Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)
- 1744 - James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)
- 1738 - Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)
- 1716 - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)
- 1610 - Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)
- 1573 - Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)
- 1552 - Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (d. 1610)
- 1510 - Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
- 1510 - John Caius, English physician (d. 1573)
- 1459 - Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
- 1289 - King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)