Historical Events In October - 07

1953  On this day in history bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply  

1954  Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt on this day in history.  

1955  On October - 07 aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Brooklyn launched  

1957  On October - 07 "American Bandstand" premieres  

1958  US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury on this day in history.  

1959  Far side of Moon seen for First time, compliments of USSR's Luna 3 on October - 07.  

1959  On October - 07 mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack  

1960  On October - 07 "Route 66" premieres  

1962  Mauritius Dekker, [Boris Robazki], writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66 on October - 07.  

1963  On October - 07 hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190  

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1963  Grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69 on October - 07.  

1964  Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician, dies at 84 on October - 07.  

1966  Johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash on October - 07.  

1967  On this day in history norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies  

1976  On October - 07 nikolai Lopatnikoff, composer, dies at 73  

1981  Wouter Paap, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1985  First Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB on October - 07.  

1985  Lynette Woodward, chosen as First woman on the Harlem Globetrotters on October - 07.  

1985  PLO terrorists seize Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro on October - 07.  

1988  On October - 07 latvian flag raised in Riga for First time since annexation by USSR  

1988  On this day in history robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson  

1988  Billy Daniels, singer, dies of cancer at 73 on October - 07.  

1989  On this day in history radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander  

1990  Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens on October - 07.  

1990  J Teengs Gerritsen, resistance fighter, dies on October - 07.  

1991  On this day in history child star Adam Rich arrested for stealing hypodermics  

1991  Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86 on October - 07.  

1992  Allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1993  Agnes de Mille, choreographer (Oklahoma!, Rodeo), dies at 88 on October - 07.  

1994  James Hill, director, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1995  Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1996  On this day in history charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86  

2005  On this day in history uN nuclear agency director Mohamed ElBaradei is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  

2012  On October - 07 13 people are killed after a Sudanese military aeroplane crashes near Khartoum  

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1573  On this day in history birth of william Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45)  

1576  John Marston, English writer (d. 1634) was born on October - 07.  

1577  On October - 07 birth of ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop  

1589  Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631) was born on October - 07.  

1698  Henri Madin, composer was born on this day in history.  

1713  On this day in history birth of granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)  

1728  On October - 07 birth of caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1734  Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana) was born on this day in history.  

0290  On October - 07 death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated  

0336  On October - 07 marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies  

0929  On October - 07 charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies  

1368  On October - 07 death of lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338)  

1488  Andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52 on this day in history.  

1553  Death of Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500) on this day in history.  

1555  Death of Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488) on this day in history.  

1571  Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle on October - 07.