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October 07th - Today's Highlights in History

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« on: October 07, 2009, 07:07:23 am »

Wednesday, October 07th
The 280th day of 2009.
There are 85 days left in the year.
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Today's Highlights in History
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   On Oct. 7, 1985 Palestinian gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean with more than 400 people aboard. (Go to article.)

On Oct. 7, 1897, Elijah Muhammad, the American leader of the Black Muslim movement from the 1930s to the 1970s, was born. Following his death on Feb. 25, 1975, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
   On October 7, 1876, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the New York state elections. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1765    The Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England.

1849    Author Edgar Allan Poe died at age 40.

1868    Cornell University was inaugurated in Ithaca, N.Y.

1879    Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein in Yanovka, Ukraine.

1949    The Republic of East Germany was formed.

1954    Marian Anderson became the first black singer hired by New York's Metropolitan Opera.

1963    President John F. Kennedy signed the documents of ratification for a nuclear test ban treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union.

1968    The Motion Picture Association of America adopted a film-rating system.

1982    The musical "Cats" opened on Broadway, beginning its record run of 7,485 performances.

1996    Fox News Channel made its debut.

1998    Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside Laramie, Wyo.; he died five days later. (Two men are serving life sentences for Shepard's murder.)

2001    The United States and Britain launched air strikes against Taliban positions and Osama bin Laden's training camps in Afghanistan; bin Laden praised God for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in a videotaped statement aired on the Arabic satellite station Al-Jazeera.

2001    Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants wrapped up his record-breaking season with his 73rd homer, while San Diego's Rickey Henderson became the 25th player with 3,000 career hits.

2003    California voters recalled Gov. Gray Davis and elected actor Arnold Schwarzenegger to replace him.

2004    Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated because of poor health.

2006    Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist who had chronicled Russian military abuses against civilians in Chechnya, was found shot to death in Moscow.

2008    The Federal Reserve annouced a radical plan to buy massive amounts of short-term debt, known as commercial paper, to get credit markets moving again.

Current Birthdays



Simon Cowell turns 50 years old today.

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg TV personality Simon Cowell ("American Idol") turns 50 years old today.


82    Al Martino
Singer

78    Desmond Tutu
Archbishop, Nobel Peace Prize winner

67    Joy Behar
Comedian, TV host ("The View")

66    Oliver North
Former National Security Council aide

64    Kevin Godley
Rock musician (10cc)

62    Jill Larson
Actress ("All My Children")

60    Kieran Kane
Country singer

59    Dick Jauron
Football coach

58    John Mellencamp
Rock singer, musician

58    Ricky Phillips
Rock musician

57    Mary Badham
Actress ("To Kill a Mockingbird")

56    Christopher Norris
Actor

56    Tico Torres
Rock musician (Bon Jovi)

54    Yo-Yo Ma
Cellist

52    Michael W. Smith
Gospel singer

51    Dylan Baker
Actor

50    Charlie Marinkovich
Rock musician (Iron Butterfly)

47    Dale Watson
Country singer

48    Tony Sparano
Football coach

46    Ann Curless
Singer

42    Toni Braxton
R&B singer

41    Thom Yorke
Rock singer, musician (Radiohead)

40    Leeroy Thornhill
Musician, dancer

39    Nicole Ari Parker
Actress

34    Damian Kulash
Rock musician (OK Go)

33    Taylor Hicks
Singer ("American Idol")

33    Charles Woodson
Football player

31    Omar Benson Miller
Actor

24    Evan Longoria
Baseball player

Historic Birthdays



Elijah Muhammad

10/7/1897 - 2/25/1975
American leader of the Nation of Islam (1934-75)
(Go to obit.)

71    William Laud
10/7/1573 - 1/10/1645
English Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45)

66    James Whitcomb Riley
10/7/1849 - 7/22/1916
American poet

50    George Cram Cook
10/7/1873 - 1/14/1924
American writer

77    Niels Henrik David Bohr
10/7/1885 - 11/18/1962
American scientist

77    Henry Agard Wallace
10/7/1888 - 11/18/1965
American vice president (1941-5); Progressive Party candidate for president (1948)

44    Heinrich Himmler
10/7/1900 - 5/23/1945
German National Socialist politician, administrator and military commander

73    Jo Jones
10/7/1911 - 9/3/1985
American musician

77    Alfred Drake
10/7/1914 - 7/25/1992
American singer


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