Page 6: Historical Events In October - 07

1957  "American Bandstand" premieres   

1958  US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury   

1959  Far side of Moon seen for inaugural time, compliments of USSR's Luna 3   

1959  Mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack.   

1960  "Route 66" premieres.   

1962  Mauritius Dekker, [Boris Robazki], writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66.   

1963  Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, results in the deaths of 7190.   

1963  Grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69   

1964  Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician, dies at 84.   

1966  Johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd and Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash   

1967  Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies   

1976  Nikolai Lopatnikoff, composer, dies at 73   

1981  Wouter Paap, composer, dies at 73   

1985  inaugural Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB   

1985  Lynette Woodward, chosen as inaugural woman on the Harlem Globetrotters.   

1985  PLO terrorists seize Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro   

1988  Latvian flag raised in Riga for inaugural time since annexation by USSR.   

1988  Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson   

1988  Billy Daniels, singer, dies of cancer at 73.   

1989  Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander   

1990  Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens   

1990  J Teengs Gerritsen, resistance fighter, dies.   

1991  Child star Adam Rich arrested for stealing hypodermics.   

1991  Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86   

1992  Allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62   

1993  Agnes de Mille, choreographer (Oklahoma!, Rodeo), dies at 88   

1994  James Hill, director, dies at 75   

1995  Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman, dies at 59   

1996  Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86.   

2005  UN nuclear agency director Mohamed ElBaradei is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize   

2012  13 people are killed after a Sudanese military aeroplane crashes near Khartoum.   

2013  Mulatu Teshome is recorded as becoming president of Ethiopia.   

2014  Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura win the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing blue light emitting diodes   

2017  Rapper Nelly arrested for rape in Auburn, Washington.   

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1573  William laud: English archbishop of canterbury (1633-45)   

1576  John marston: English writer   

1577  Ferdinand: Of bayern, prince-bishop of liege/archbishop   

1589  Maria magdalena of austria: Grand duchess of tuscany   

1698  Henri madin: Composer   

1713  Granville elliott: British military officer   

1728  Caesar rodney: Delaware, judge/signer (declaration of independence)   

1734  Ralph abercromby: English army commander (dutch guyana)   

0290  Death of [christian] sergius: Roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated   

0336  Death of Marcus: Bishop of rome (336),   

0929  Death of Charles iii: The plain, king of france (893-929),   

1368  Death of Lionel of antwerp: 1st duke of clarence, son of edward iii of england (b. 1338)   

1488  Death of Andrea del verrochio: Sculptor/painter/goldsmith,   

1553  Cristóbal de morales: Spanish composer (bc. 1500)   

1555  Louis of praet: Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488)   

1571  Ali pasha: Turkish fleet commander,