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07 October, 2007
In Costa Rica, history is made with the first referendum to decide the future of the TLC with the United States.
07 October, 2004
King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates.
07 October, 2003
Gray Davis is recalled as Governor of California, three years before the official end of his office term. Film star Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected Governor.
07 October, 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.
07 October, 2001
The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground. British national railway infrastructure company Railtrack put into railway administration in controversial circumstances.
07 October, 2000
The last ever competitive match at Wembley Stadium is a 1-0 defeat of England to Germany and the last goal was scored by Liverpools Dietmar Hammann. The match was Tony Adams 60th at Wembley setting the record for most appearances at the stadium.
07 October, 1998
Gay University of Wyoming student, Matthew Shepard, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
07 October, 1994
Alec Jordan Greer is born Weight 12lb 11 oz
07 October, 1985
The "Achille Lauro" is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.
07 October, 1982
Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
07 October, 1977
The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
07 October, 1975
Gerald R. Ford signs a legislation allowing women to apply for admission to the U.S. military academies, effective in 1976.
07 October, 1970
Richard Nixon announces a new five-point peace proposal to end the Vietnam War.
07 October, 1968
Hollywood adopts the movie ratings system.
07 October, 1963
John F. Kennedy signs ratification for Partial Test Ban Treaty. Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190.
07 October, 1962
U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, U.S.S.R.
07 October, 1960
Second Kennedy and Nixon debate Cold War foreign policy in the second of four scheduled debates.
07 October, 1959
U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits first ever photographs of the Far side of the Moon.
07 October, 1958
President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law, and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959. U.S. manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury.
07 October, 1955
Beat poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" for the first time at a poetry reading in San Francisco.
07 October, 1952
"American Bandstand" debuts on a local Philadelphia station.
07 October, 1951
Malayan Emergency: Malayan Races Liberation Army (MRLA) ambushes and kills British High Commissioner Sir Henry Gurney. David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government.
07 October, 1950
Annexation of Tibet by China. United States forces cross the 38th parallel.
07 October, 1949
German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed. One of the earliest television shows, "Ford Theater" debuts
07 October, 1944
World War II: Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp. Uprising at Auschwitz, Jews burn down crematoria. Fieldmarshal Erwin Rommel ordered to return to Berlin. Allies bombs sea dikes at Vlissingen.
07 October, 1943
World War II: Japan executes 100 American civilian prisoners on Wake Island.
07 October, 1942
U.S. and British government announce establishment of United Nations.
07 October, 1942
World War II: A salvo of Katyusha rockets destroys a German battalion in Stalingrad. The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
07 October, 1941
World War II: German army occupies Viazma, U.S.S.R. John Curtin becomes the 14th Prime Minister of Australia
07 October, 1940
World War II: Germany invades Romania. the McCollum memo proposes bringing the U.S. into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
07 October, 1938
Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with the letter J.
07 October, 1931
First infrared photograph, Rochester, New York.
07 October, 1929
Ramsay MacDonald is the first British premier to address the U.S. Congress.
07 October, 1928
Ras Tafari Makonnen crowned negus of Abyssinia by Empress Zauditu.
07 October, 1924
Greek government of Dikalekopoulis forms.
07 October, 1922
Former mayor of Rotterdam Alfred Zimmerman is appointed to represent The Netherlands in the League of Nations. First radio link, WNJ (Newark, New Jersey) and WGY (Schenectady) link for World Series.
07 October, 1919
KLM of the Netherlands was founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name. First London-Amsterdam airline service (Britain Aerial Transport and KLM).
07 October, 1916
Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided victory in American college football.
07 October, 1914
The Marriage of Rose Fitzgerald to Joseph Patrick Kennedy
07 October, 1912
The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
07 October, 1908
Crete revolts against the Ottoman Empire and aligns with Greece. Serbia and Montenegro sign anti-Austria-Hungarian pact.
07 October, 1907
Frances Henry Farman flies 30 m in a biplane.
07 October, 1904
Baseball: New York Highlander Jack Chesbro wins record 41st game of season (41-12).
07 October, 1900
The term "orienteering" is first used for an event.
07 October, 1886
Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba.
07 October, 1882
Baseball: In Game 2 of the first exhibiton series between the Champions of the National League and the American Association, Chicago (NL) beats Cincinnati (AA) 2-0.
07 October, 1879
Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
07 October, 1870
Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a balloon.
07 October, 1868
Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the most at any American university to that date.
07 October, 1865
The Morant Bay Rebellion starts in Jamaica.

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