October 7th, 2008

Today in History

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.

1923:
Yankees Everett Scott runs his consecutive-game streak to 1,138.

1780:
Battle of Kings Mountain: American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.

1777:
Americans beat the British in the Battle of Second Saratoga and the Battle of Bemis Heights.

1702:
English/Dutch troops under Marlborough occupy Roermond.

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