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1993

After nine seasons and three championships with the Chicago Bulls of the NBA, Michael Jordan announced his retirement. He would return to competition on March 18, 1995, to win three more championships with the Bulls.

Members of the Kanesatake Mohawks erect a barricade in Oka.

1973

Egypt and Syria attack Israel. The Yom Kippur War, won by Israel, ended on October 24, 1973.

1966

Hydro-Québec and the British Newfoundland Corporation sign a 40-year energy agreement regarding electricity from Churchill Falls.

1960

The film “Spartacus,” directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier, premieres in New York.

1951

Joseph Stalin announces that the Soviet Union possesses the atomic bomb.

1927

The film “The Jazz Singer,” directed by Alan Crosland and starring Al Jolson and May McAvoy, is released. It is the first film with a soundtrack. It will win an Oscar in 1928.

1889

The Moulin Rouge cabaret opens in Paris.

1880

The Cincinnati Reds are expelled from Major League Baseball for selling beer at their games.

It happened on… October 6

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