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 October - 07.   

1954  Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Brooklyn launched   

1957  "American Bandstand" premieres on October - 07.   

1958  US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history far side of Moon seen for First time, compliments of USSR's Luna 3   

1959  On this day in history mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack   

1960  On this day in history "Route 66" premieres   

1962  Mauritius Dekker, [Boris Robazki], writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66 on October - 07.   

1963  On this day in history hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190   

1963  Grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1964  Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash   

1967  On October - 07 norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies   

1976  Nikolai Lopatnikoff, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1985  On this day in history first Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB   

1985  Lynette Woodward, chosen as First woman on the Harlem Globetrotters on October - 07.   

1985  On October - 07 pLO terrorists seize Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro   

1988  On October - 07 latvian flag raised in Riga for First time since annexation by USSR   

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  On October - 07 radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander   

1990  On October - 07 israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens   

1990  On this day in history j Teengs Gerritsen, resistance fighter, dies   

1991  Child star Adam Rich arrested for stealing hypodermics on October - 07.   

1991  On October - 07 leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86   

1992  Allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1993  On October - 07 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 this day in history charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86   

2005  UN nuclear agency director Mohamed ElBaradei is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October - 07.   

2012  On October - 07 13 people are killed after a Sudanese military aeroplane crashes near Khartoum   

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1573  On this day in history birth of william Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45)   

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

1577  On October - 07 birth of ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop   

1589  Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631) was born on October - 07.   

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  On this day in history birth of caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)   

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 this day in history.   

0929  Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies on this day in history.   

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 October - 07.   

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.