October 07

Wednesday 07, 1998:

Gay student Matthew Shepard, beaten the night before, is left tied to a fence and dies in Laramie, Wyoming, United States.

Thursday 07, 1982:

Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.

Monday 07, 1963:

Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190.

Monday 07, 1957:

A fire in the Windscale plutonium production reactor, in northern England, causes the release of radioactive material, which is later blamed for 39 cancer deaths.

Sunday 07, 1579:

English royal marriage of Queen Elizabeth I to duke of Anjou.

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