Event:
Yankee Phil Niekro becomes 18th pitcher to win 300 games and also at 46 becomes oldest to pitch a shut-out beating Toronto 8-0
More Notable Events on October 6:
1990 Spacecraft Ulysses launched towards pole of Sun
1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel
1951 Stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb
1889 Moulin Rogue opens in Paris
1889 Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture
