October 07

Thursday 07, 2004:

King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates.

Tuesday 07, 2003:

California recall: California governor Gray Davis is recalled from office and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Monday 07, 2002:

Maher Arar is deported by the US government to Syria, where he is tortured and held without charge for a year before being returned home to Canada.

Sunday 07, 2001:

Start of U.S. invasion of Afghanistan with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.

Wednesday 07, 1998:

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

Monday 07, 1996:

The Fox News Channel, an American cable news network, is launched.

Monday 07, 1985:

The "Achille Lauro" is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.

Sunday 07, 1984:

NFL running back Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's rushing record.

Thursday 07, 1982:

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

Friday 07, 1977:

The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.

Wednesday 07, 1970:

1970 - Richard Nixon announces a new five-point peace proposal to end the Vietnam War.

Monday 07, 1968:

1968 - Hollywood adopts the movie ratings system.

Monday 07, 1963:

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

Sunday 07, 1962:

U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, U.S.S.R.

Saturday 07, 1961:

"Bye Bye Birdie" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 607 performances.

Friday 07, 1960:

1960 - "Route 66" premieres.

Wednesday 07, 1959:

Far side of the Moon seen for first time, compliments of U.S.S.R.'s Luna 3.

Tuesday 07, 1958:

Potter Stewart appointed to U.S. Supreme Court.

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.

Friday 07, 1955:

Aircraft carrier U.S.S. Saratoga at Brooklyn launched.

Sunday 07, 1951:

David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government.

Saturday 07, 1950:

United States forces invade North Korea by crossing the 38th parallel.

Friday 07, 1949:

1949 - One of the earliest television shows, "Ford Theater" debuts

Saturday 07, 1944:

Allies bombs sea dikes at Vlissingen.

Thursday 07, 1943:

Japan executes 100 American prisoners on Wake Island.

Wednesday 07, 1942:

1942 - Salvo Katjoesja-rocket destroys Nazi battalion in Stalingrad.

Tuesday 07, 1941:

German army occupies Viarma, U.S.S.R.

Monday 07, 1940:

Germany invades Romania.

Friday 07, 1938:

1938 - Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with letter J.

Wednesday 07, 1936:

7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel.

Monday 07, 1935:

Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 32nd World Series.

Saturday 07, 1933:

New York Giants beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 1 in 30th World Series.

Wednesday 07, 1931:

First infra-red photograph, Rochester, New York.

Monday 07, 1929:

Ramsay MacDonald is the first British premier to address the U.S. Congress.

Sunday 07, 1928:

1928 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 miles (50:15.0).

Friday 07, 1927:

Yankee Herb Pennock retires the first 22 Pirates in World Series game.

Thursday 07, 1926:

1926 - Actress Theo Mann-Master resigns from stage.

Tuesday 07, 1924:

160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia begins.

Sunday 07, 1923:

Yankees Everett Scott runs his consecutive-game streak to 1,138.

Saturday 07, 1922:

First radio link, WNJ (Newark) and WGY (Schenectady) link for World Series.

Tuesday 07, 1919:

1919 - First London-Amsterdam airline service (Britain Aerial Transport and KLM).

Thursday 07, 1915:

Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee 222-0 in football (record).

Tuesday 07, 1913:

Henry Ford introduces the assembly line.

Monday 07, 1912:

The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.

Wednesday 07, 1908:

Serbia and Montenegro sign anti-Austria-Hungarian pact.

Monday 07, 1907:

France's Henry Farman flies 30m in a double decker plane.

Friday 07, 1904:

New York Highlander Jack Chesbro wins record 41st game of season (41-12).

Sunday 07, 1900:

The term "orienteering" is first used for an event.

Thursday 07, 1886:

Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba.

Saturday 07, 1882:

First World Series (game 2), Chicago (NL) beats Cincinnati (AA) 2-0.

Tuesday 07, 1879:

Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.

Saturday 07, 1871:

1871 - 16-hour fire injures 30 of Chicago's 185 firefighters.

Friday 07, 1870:

Leon Gambetta flees Paris in balloon.

Wednesday 07, 1868:

Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412.

Saturday 07, 1865:

The Morant Bay Rebellion starts in Jamaica.

Friday 07, 1864:

American Civil War: Capture of the C.S.S. "Florida" — Union Warship captures the U.S.S. "Wachusett" — Confederate raider ship while in port in Bahia, Brazil.

Tuesday 07, 1856:

Cyrus Chambers, Jr. patents folding machine that folds book and newspapers.

Wednesday 07, 1840:

Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.

Saturday 07, 1826:

Granite Railway (first chartered railway in the U.S.) begins operations.

Monday 07, 1816:

The first double-decked steamboat, the "Washington," arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tuesday 07, 1806:

Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgewood.

Saturday 07, 1780:

Battle of Kings Mountain: American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.

Tuesday 07, 1777:

Americans beat the British in the Battle of Second Saratoga and the Battle of Bemis Heights.

Monday 07, 1776:

Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.

Saturday 07, 1769:

English explorer, Captain Cook, discovers New Zealand.

Monday 07, 1765:

Stamp Act Congress convenes in NY.

Friday 07, 1763:

George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.

Monday 07, 1737:

40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India).

Sunday 07, 1714:

People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar, Neth.

Saturday 07, 1702:

English/Dutch troops under Marlborough occupy Roermond.

Saturday 07, 1690:

English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade.

Wednesday 07, 1637:

Prince Frederik Henry occupies Breda.

Thursday 07, 1582:

Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

Sunday 07, 1579:

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

Thursday 07, 1571:

The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet.

Wednesday 07, 1542:

Explorer Cabrillo discovered Catalina Island off California coast.

Thursday 07, 1520:

First public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain.

Tuesday 07, 1513:

Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramon de Cardona defeat the Venetians.

Sunday 07, 1506:

Pope Julius II and France occupy Bologna.

Friday 07, 1492:

Columbus misses Florida when he changes course.

Wednesday 07, 336:

St. Mark ends his reign as Catholic Pope

Saturday 07, -3761:

The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar.

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