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What happened in history on this day: October 6?
On October 6 in ...
- 1998 - Country group Alabama joins the "Hollywood Walk of Fame".
Births on October 6
- 1820 - Birth of Johanna Maria Lind AKA Jenny Lind in Stockholm, Sweden; soprano/nightingale (Agathe - "Der Freischultz").
- 1926 - Birth of Alan Copeland in Los Angeles, California, USA; orchestra leader/singer (Your Hit Parade).
- 1927 - Birth of Paul Badura-Skoda in Vienna, Austria; pianist (Mozart Interpretation).
- 1951 - Birth of Kevin Cronin; rock singer (REO Speedwagon).
- 1954 - Birth of David Hidalgo; rock singer-musician (Los Lobos).
- 1960 - Birth of Richard Jobson; British TV person/rocker (Skids - "Scared to Dance").
- 1966 - Birth of Tommy Stinson; rock musician (The Replacements; Soul Asylum).
- 1977 - Birth of Melinda Doolittle; singer (American Idol TV show).
Deaths on October 6
- 1973 - Death of Gene Krupa at age 64 from leukemia; drummer (Benny Gooodman Quartet, "Sing Sing Sing" (1934)).
- 1985 - Death of Nelson Riddle at age 64 of liver ailments; musician, arranger/composer (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Nat Cole).
- 1991 - Death of Igor Talkov, Russian singer, poet and composer, author of many anti-soviet songs (born 1956).
- 1995 - Death of Walter "Crash" Morgan at age 35 from an aneurysm while performing in Iowa, USA; drummer (Big Sugar).
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