October 6: Battle of Passchendaele Finally Ends and a Death Knell for Silent Movies

On This Day in History October 6, 2020 Historical Events 1917  Battle of Passchendaele: Canadian troops capture the village of Passchendaele in the Third Battle of Ypres, after 250,000 casualties on both sides 1939  Adolf Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem 1948  The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake kills 100,000 in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic 1948  Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey finds the first partial fossil skull of Proconsul africanus, an ancestor of apes and humans on Rusinga Island, Kenya 1951  Joseph Stalin proclaims the Soviet Union has the atomic bomb 1956  Scientist Albert Sabin announces that his oral /www.onthisday.com/photos/polio">polio">polio vaccine is ready for testing; it would soon supplant Jonas Salk's vaccine in many parts of the world More Historical Events Famous Birthdays George Westinghouse (1846 - 1914) Helen Wills Moody (1905 - 1998) Richie Benaud (1930 - 2015) Thor Heyerdahl (1914 - 2002) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Bette Davis (1908 - 1989) Walter Hagen (1892 - 1969) More Famous Deaths October 6: Jazz Singer Sounds Death Knell for Silent Movies The Jazz Singer was premiered on this day and audiences were thrilled to hear Al Jolson talking. The pioneer film spelled the end for the silent-movie industry. Read the Article You Might Like Take Our Weekly Quiz You received this email because you opted in at our website, OnThisDay.com Update Your Preferences | Unsubscribe © 2020 OnThisDay.com 2 Acacia Place, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand