6th October in history
Basketball superstar Michael Jordan announced his retirement from the NBA on this day in 1993 after 9 seasons & 3 Championships with the Chicago Bulls. (Image credit: Getty images)
Did you know that:
• In 1927 this day, the first “talkie,” The Jazz Singer, opened with popular entertainer Al Jolson singing and dancing in black-face. From this day on, silent movies became things of the past
• On this day in 1981, Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat is assassinated in. He was succeeded by Vice President Hosni Mubarak
• On this day in 1995, astronomers discovered 51 Pegasi is the second star known to have a planet orbiting it
