1973War erupts in the Mid-East for the fourth time in a quarter century as Egypt and Syria attack Israel on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. The fighting ends in a ceasefire weeks later, with Israel still in control of territory which it seized during the six-day war.

2004In Washington, a report that undercuts a key rationale by the Bush Administration for invading Iraq, top US Arms Inspector Charles Duelfer finds no evidence that Saddam Hussein’s regime had produced weapons of mass destruction after 1991.

1989“Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.” Actress Bette Davis, star of the Hollywood movies during the 1930s and 40s, dies in the Northwestern suburb France capital Paris. She was 81 years old.

And 1927“Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothing yet! Wait a minute, I tell ya! You ain't heard nothing!” Talking pictures arrive on the silver screen as The Jazz Singer premieres, the film staring Al Jolson, features both silent and sound-synchronized scenes.

Today in History, October 6th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.