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  On this day in history "American Bandstand" premieres   

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 this day in history.   

1959  Mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack on October - 07.   

1960  On October - 07 "Route 66" premieres   

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 October - 07.   

1963  Grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69 on October - 07.   

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

1966  Johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash on October - 07.   

1967  Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies on October - 07.   

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

1981  Wouter Paap, composer, dies at 73 on October - 07.   

1985  First Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB on this day in history.   

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

1985  PLO terrorists seize Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro on October - 07.   

1988  Latvian flag raised in Riga for First time since annexation by USSR on this day in history.   

1988  Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson on this day in history.   

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 October - 07 j Teengs Gerritsen, resistance fighter, dies   

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

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

1992  On this day in history allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62   

1993  Agnes de Mille, choreographer (Oklahoma!, Rodeo), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1994  On October - 07 james Hill, director, dies at 75   

1995  On October - 07 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  On this day in history 13 people are killed after a Sudanese military aeroplane crashes near Khartoum   

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1573  On October - 07 birth of william Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45)   

1576  John Marston, English writer (d. 1634) was born on this day in history.   

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

1589  On this day in history birth of maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)   

1698  On October - 07 birth of henri Madin, composer   

1713  On this day in history birth of granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)   

1728  On October - 07 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  Death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated on October - 07.   

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

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

1553  On October - 07 death of cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500)   

1555  On October - 07 death of louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488)   

1571  On October - 07 ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle