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October 6
1683. William Penn brings 13 German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania -- the first German immigrants to America.
1928. Chaing Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
1973. Egypt launches an attack on Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
1976. After the death of Mao Zedong, his wife and three others, collectively known as the Gang of Four, are arrested, bringing a formal end to the Cultural Revolution which had uprooted the lives of tens of millions and caused the death, due to starvation and other causes of millions.
1981. The President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, is assassinated.
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