Page 7: Historical Events In October - 09

1970  Cambodia is recorded as becoming the Khmer Republic   

1970  Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence   

1970  Jean Giono, writer, dies.   

1972  Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter, dies at 72.   

1973  Elvis and Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years   

1975  Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF   

1975  In this year, Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov claims Nobel Peace Prize   

1977  Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock.   

1978  Jacques Brel, Belgian chansonnier, buried on Atuama, dies at 49.   

1980  Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot.   

1980  The inaugural consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn).   

1982  Anna Freud, Austria/Engl psychoanalyst/daughter of Sigmund, dies at 86.   

1983  4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma.   

1983  Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered.   

1984  Kathy Sullivan is recorded as becoming 1st US woman to walk in space.   

1985  Hijackers of the cruise liner Achille Lauro surrender after the ship arrives in Port Said, Egypt   

1986  Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, became 12th NHLer to score 500 goals   

1986  Senate convicted US District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him the 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment   

1987  Clare A Booth Luce, US diplomat/journalist, dies at 84   

1988  Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at 84.   

1989  Penthouse Magazine's hebrew edition hits the newstands   

1989  Tass, the official Soviet news agency, reports that a spaceship, with a crew of three extra-terrestrials, lands in a city park in Voronezh.   

1990  Radio stations around the world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon   

1990  Saddam threatens to hit Israel with a new missile.   

1990  Richard Murdoch, actor (Lilli Marlene), dies of heart attack at 83   

1991  Roy Black, German singer/actor (Kinderarzt Dr Froehlich), dies.   

1993  C R Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies.   

1994  Fred Lebow, US founder of New York Marathon, dies of cancer   

1995  Alec Douglas-Home, PM of Britain (1963-64), dies   

1996  Alan Charles Downes, cameraman, dies at 58.   

1997  Arthur Tracy, radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98.   

2005  Polish presidential election, 1st round.   

2006  In this year, North Korea claims to have conducted its inaugural ever nuclear test   

2007  An election is held in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.   

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1201  Robert de sorbon: Founded sorbonne university, paris   

1221  Salimbene di adam: Italian chronicler   

1261  Dionysius: The justified, king of portugal (1279-1325)   

1328  King peter i of cyprus: King peter i of cyprus (d. 1369)   

1581  Claude g bachet de meziriac: French mathematician/theologist   

1586  Jan iii van foreest: Lawyer/poet/mayor of hoorn   

1586  Archduke leopold v of austria: Archduke leopold v of austria (d. 1632)   

1626  John ferrabosco: Composer   

1047  Clemens ii: [suitger], pope (1046-47),   

1253  Death of Grosseteste: An english scholar,   

1273  Death of Elisabeth of bavaria: Queen of germany   

1326  Death of Reinald i: Earl of gelre/monarch, went insane,   

1390  Johan i: King of castile (1379-90),   

1423  Frederik iii of blankenheim: Bishop of straatsburg/utrecht,   

1436  Death of Jacoba van bavarian: Countess of holland/zealand,   

1555  Justus jonas: German protestant reformer (b. 1493)