06 October 1973

Saturday 06 October

1973-10-06

Events

 * The Arab coalition led by Egypt and Syria jointly launch a surprise attack against Israel on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. (see Yom Kippur War on Wikipedia)

TV

 * BBC Two
 * 8.15 pm Second House An anthology for October, highlighting some of the month's events in music, theatre, visual arts, books and film. Introduced by Melvyn Bragg.