Page 6: Historical Events In October - 07

1953  On October - 07 bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply   

1954  On this day in history hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt   

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

1957  "American Bandstand" premieres on this day in history.   

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

1959  On this day in history far side of Moon seen for First time, compliments of USSR's Luna 3   

1959  Mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack on October - 07.   

1960  On this day in history "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   

1963  On this day in history grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69   

1964  On October - 07 eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician, dies at 84   

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

1967  Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies on this day in history.   

1976  Nikolai Lopatnikoff, composer, dies at 73 on October - 07.   

1981  Wouter Paap, composer, dies at 73 on October - 07.   

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

1985  On October - 07 lynette Woodward, chosen as First woman on the Harlem Globetrotters   

1985  On October - 07 pLO terrorists seize Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro   

1988  On this day in history latvian flag raised in Riga for First time since annexation by USSR   

1988  Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson on October - 07.   

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

1989  Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander on this day in history.   

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

1990  On this day in history j Teengs Gerritsen, resistance fighter, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62   

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

1994  James Hill, director, dies at 75 on October - 07.   

1995  On October - 07 ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman, dies at 59   

1996  On October - 07 charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86   

2005  UN nuclear agency director Mohamed ElBaradei is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October - 07.   

2012  13 people are killed after a Sudanese military aeroplane crashes near Khartoum on this day in history.   

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1573  William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45) was born on October - 07.   

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  On this day in history birth of henri Madin, composer   

1713  On October - 07 birth of granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)   

1728  On this day in history birth of caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)   

1734  On this day in history birth of ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana)   

0290  On this day in history death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated   

0336  On this day in history marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies   

0929  Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies on October - 07.   

1368  Death of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338) on this day in history.   

1488  On October - 07 andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52   

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

1555  On this day in history death of louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488)   

1571  Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle on this day in history.