October 6

• 1979

  Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.

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• 1981

  Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.

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• 1981

  NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board.

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• 1985

  Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.

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• 1987

  Fiji becomes a republic.

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• 1990

  Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun's polar regions.

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• 1995

  The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.

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• 2007

  Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.

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• 2010

  Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.

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• 2018

  The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process.

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• 2022

  Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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• 2025

  The 2025 Alberta teachers' strike begins, leaving approximately 51,000 teachers off-work, impacting about 730,000 Albertan students.

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1. 
   2004

   Bronny James, American basketball player

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2. 
   2004

   Hanni, Australian singer

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3. 
   2002

   Jonathan Kuminga, Congolese basketball player

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4. 
   2001

   Hitomi Honda, Japanese singer based in South Korea

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5. 
   2000

   Jazz Jennings, American internet personality

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6. 
   2000

   Kyle Pitts, American football player

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7. 
   2000

   Addison Rae, American social media personality, dancer, and singer

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8. 
   1999

   Trevor Lawrence, American football player

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9. 
   1997

   Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer

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10. 
    1996

    Kevin Diks, Indonesian footballer

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11. 
    1994

    Jake Guentzel, American ice hockey player

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12. 
    1994

    Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter

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