Historical timeline for October 6

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

Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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

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

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

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

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

Fiji becomes a republic.

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

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.

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

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

The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.

Dozens are killed by Thai police and right-wing paramilitaries in the Thammasat University massacre; afterwards, the Seni Pramoj government is toppled in a military coup led by Sangad Chaloryu.

Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.

Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.

Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.

World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.

World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece.

World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of Guadalcanal.