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 October - 07 aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Brooklyn launched   

1957  "American Bandstand" premieres on this day in history.   

1958  US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury on October - 07.   

1959  Far side of Moon seen for First time, compliments of USSR's Luna 3 on October - 07.   

1959  On October - 07 mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack   

1960  "Route 66" premieres on this day in history.   

1962  Mauritius Dekker, [Boris Robazki], writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash   

1967  Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies on this day in history.   

1976  Nikolai Lopatnikoff, composer, dies at 73 on October - 07.   

1981  On this day in history wouter Paap, composer, dies at 73   

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

1985  Lynette Woodward, chosen as First woman on the Harlem Globetrotters on this day in history.   

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

1988  Latvian flag raised in Riga for First time since annexation by USSR on October - 07.   

1988  Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson on October - 07.   

1988  Billy Daniels, singer, dies of cancer at 73 on October - 07.   

1989  Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander on October - 07.   

1990  Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens on October - 07.   

1990  On October - 07 j Teengs Gerritsen, resistance fighter, dies   

1991  On this day in history child star Adam Rich arrested for stealing hypodermics   

1991  On this day in history leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86   

1992  Allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62 on October - 07.   

1993  On this day in history agnes de Mille, choreographer (Oklahoma!, Rodeo), dies at 88   

1994  On this day in history james Hill, director, dies at 75   

1995  On this day in history ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman, dies at 59   

1996  On October - 07 charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86   

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

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

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

1576  On October - 07 birth of john Marston, English writer (d. 1634)   

1577  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop   

1589  Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631) was born on this day in history.   

1698  On this day in history birth of henri Madin, composer   

1713  Granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759) was born on October - 07.   

1728  Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

1734  On this day in history birth of ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana)   

0290  On this day in history death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated   

0336  Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies on October - 07.   

0929  On October - 07 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  Andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52 on this day in history.   

1553  Death of Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500) on October - 07.   

1555  Death of Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488) on October - 07.   

1571  Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle on October - 07.