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October 6

 * 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: the Cimbri inflict a major defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.
 * 68 BC - Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.
 * 1884 - The Naval War College of the United States Navy was founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
 * 1973 - The Crossing: 80,000 Egyptian troops cross the Suez Canal, destroying the fortified Israeli Bar-Lev Line and starting the Yom Kippur War.