This Day In History — President Carter Meets the Pope

October 06

1927
“The Jazz Singer,” the first full-length talking picture, starring Al Jolson, debuted.

1949
Japanese-American broadcaster, Iva Toguri D’Aquino (Tokyo Rose), was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $10,000 for treason.

1973
The Yom Kippur War began when Syria and Egypt attacked Israel.

1979
President Jimmy Carter received Pope John Paul II, the first pope to visit the White House.

1981
Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat was assassinated in Cairo.

1989
Bette Davis died in France at age 81.

Birthdays

Le Corbusier

1887–1965, French architect, b. Switzerland

Jenny Lind

soprano (1820)

George Westinghouse

inventor (1846)

Carole Lombard

actress (1908)

Thor Heyerdahl

explorer and anthropologist (1914)

Fannie Lou Hamer

civil rights activist (1917)

Amy Jo Johnson

actor (1970)

Rebecca Lobo

basketball player (1973)

Taylor Hicks

singer and talent show contestant (1976)

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