October 6

Events

 * 1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.

Births

 * 1820 –, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
 * 1866 –, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. 1932)
 * 1882 –, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1937)
 * 1942 –, Jamaican singer
 * 1945 –, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
 * 1947 –, Spanish singer-songwriter
 * 1951 –, American musician (REO Speedwagon)
 * 1954 –, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys)
 * 1964 –, American musician
 * 1982 –, American hip-hop artist
 * 1986 –, Czech singer

Deaths

 * 1762 –, Italian composer (b. 1684)
 * 1947 –, Finnish composer (b. 1887)