THE DAY IN HISTORY · OCTOBER 6
October 6 in history
What happened on October 6: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1789, 1908 and 1976, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Women’s March on Versailles
5–6 Oct 1789 — Thousands of Parisian market women march on Versailles over the price of bread and bring the royal family back to Paris — as guests, then as hostages.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
Austria-Hungary announces the annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, opening a crisis that ends in March 1909 with Russia’s humiliating retreat.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE WWI MAP →
— Arrest of the Gang of Four
6 Oct 1976 — In Beijing, Hua Guofeng and Ye Jianying have Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan and Wang Hongwen arrested. In Shanghai, the city the four had run since 1967, their followers hand out weapons to the militia and then stand down within a week. The Cultural Revolution was over, though no one yet said so.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC UNDER MAO MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
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