Page 6: Historical Events In October - 07

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

1954  On October - 07 hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt   

1955  On this day in history aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Brooklyn launched   

1957  "American Bandstand" premieres on October - 07.   

1958  On October - 07 uS manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury   

1959  Far side of Moon seen for First time, compliments of USSR's Luna 3 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack   

1960  On October - 07 "Route 66" premieres   

1962  On October - 07 mauritius Dekker, [Boris Robazki], writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66   

1963  Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190 on this day in history.   

1963  On October - 07 grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69   

1964  On this day in history eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician, dies at 84   

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

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

1976  On this day in history nikolai Lopatnikoff, composer, dies at 73   

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

1985  On October - 07 first Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB   

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

1985  PLO terrorists seize Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro on this day in history.   

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

1988  On October - 07 robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson   

1988  On this day in history billy Daniels, singer, dies of cancer at 73   

1989  On October - 07 radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander   

1990  On this day in history israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens   

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

1991  Child star Adam Rich arrested for stealing hypodermics on October - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

1994  On October - 07 james Hill, director, dies at 75   

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

1996  Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86 on October - 07.   

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

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

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1573  William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)   

1698  On October - 07 birth of henri Madin, composer   

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

1728  Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on October - 07.   

1734  Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana) was born on October - 07.   

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 this day in history charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies   

1368  On this day in history death of lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338)   

1488  On this day in history andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52   

1553  On this day in history death of cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500)   

1555  On October - 07 death of louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488)   

1571  On this day in history ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle