Today is Thursday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2011. There are 86 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight:
On Oct. 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by extremists while reviewing a parade.
On this date:
In 1683, thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America’s oldest settlements.
In 1958, the nuclear submarine USS Seawolf surfaced after spending 60 days submerged.
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