October 06

Sunday 06, 2002:

Opus Dei founder Josemaría Escrivá is canonized.

Saturday 06, 2001:

The then most-attended ice hockey game in history, between Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, before a crowd of 74,554. In 2004, that record was shattered in a historic outdoor regular season match in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between the Edmonton Oilers and Montreal Canadiens.

Friday 06, 2000:

Slobodan Milo?evi? resigns.

Thursday 06, 1921:

International PEN is founded in London.

Friday 06, 1600:

Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, premieres in Florence.

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