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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_6" title="October 6">October 6</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-American_Day" title="German-American Day">German-American Day</a></b> in the United States
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1762" title="1762">1762</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_(1762)" title="Battle of Manila (1762)">Battle of Manila</a></b> concluded with a British victory over Spain, leading to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_occupation_of_Manila" title="British occupation of Manila">a twenty-month occupation</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927" title="1927">1927</a> – <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer" title="The Jazz Singer">The Jazz Singer</a></b></i>, one of the first feature-length motion pictures with a synchronized recorded music score, was released.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard" title="Matthew Shepard">Matthew Shepard</a></b>, a gay college student, was attacked and fatally wounded near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laramie,_Wyoming" title="Laramie, Wyoming">Laramie, Wyoming</a>, U.S., dying six days later.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a> bombed the oil tanker <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Jewel" title="Maritime Jewel">Limburg</a></b></i>, causing oil to leak into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" title="Gulf of Aden">Gulf of Aden</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a> – The – the second largest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_crater" title="Impact crater">impact crater</a> on the planet.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicetas_the_Patrician" title="Nicetas the Patrician">Nicetas the Patrician</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 836); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_Ricci" title="Matteo Ricci">Matteo Ricci</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1552); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Crosby" title="Sarah Crosby">Sarah Crosby</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1729); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babasaheb_Bhosale" title="Babasaheb Bhosale">Babasaheb Bhosale</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2007)</p>
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