October 7
1765 - The Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England.
1849 - Poet-writer Edgar Allan Poe died at age 40.
1913 - The first moving assembly line began operation at the Ford Motor Company factory in Highland Park, Michigan.
1949 - The Republic of East Germany was formed.
1968 - The Motion Picture Association of America adopted its film-rating system, ranging from "G" for general audiences to "X" for adults only.
1982 - Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats", the longest running show in Broadway history, opened.
1985 - The Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked by Palestinian gunmen in the Mediterranean. The hijackers shot and killed Leon Klinghoffer, a Jewish American tourist in a wheelchair, and pushed him overboard, before surrendering on Oct. 9.
1992 - Trade representatives of the United States, Canada and Mexico initialed the North American Free Trade Agreement during a ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, in the presence of President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
1998 - Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, robbed and left tied to a fence. (He died five days later. Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are serving life sentences for Shepard’s murder.)
2001 - U.S. and British forces launched a bombing campaign against Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan.
2003 - California Gov. Gray Davis was recalled and former bodybuilder and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected in his place.
2023 - Hamas-led militants launched air and ground attacks inside Israel, killing nearly 1,200 and taking more than 250 hostages. The attacks, followed hours later by Israeli counter-attacks, marked the beginning of the current Israel-Hamas War.
Birthdays
27 - Kira Kosarin (actress)
32 - Mookie Betts (baseball player)
37 - Holland Roden (actress)
38 - Celeste Beryl Bonin (professional wrestler)
45 - Alesha Dixon (rapper)
46 - Omar Miller (actor)
48 - Taylor Hicks (singer)
48 - Charles Woodson (football player)
50 - Allison Munn (actress)
54 - Nicole Ari Parker (actress)
57 - Toni Braxton (actress/singer)
65 - Simon Cowell (TV personality)
69 - Yo-Yo Ma (musician)
72 - Vladimir Putin (president of Russia)
73 - John Mellencamp (singer)
82 - Joy Behar (TV host)
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Today in Sports History - October 7
1916 - In the most lopsided victory in college football history, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222-0 in Atlanta.
1933 - The New York Giants beat the Washington Senators in five games to win the World Series.
1935 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the Chicago Cubs in six games to win the World Series.
1950 - The New York Yankees sweep the Philadelphia Phillies to win the World Series.
1952 - The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games to win the World Series.
1956 - Al Carmichael (Green Bay Packers) returned a kickoff 106 yards to set an NFL record.
1984 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears passes Jim Brown as the NFL's career rushing leader.
2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 73rd home run of the season to establish the new single-season MLB record.
2012 - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees breaks Johnny Unitas' NFL record for consecutive games with a TD pass (48).
1765 - The Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England.
1849 - Poet-writer Edgar Allan Poe died at age 40.
1913 - The first moving assembly line began operation at the Ford Motor Company factory in Highland Park, Michigan.
1949 - The Republic of East Germany was formed.
1968 - The Motion Picture Association of America adopted its film-rating system, ranging from "G" for general audiences to "X" for adults only.
1982 - Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats", the longest running show in Broadway history, opened.
1985 - The Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked by Palestinian gunmen in the Mediterranean. The hijackers shot and killed Leon Klinghoffer, a Jewish American tourist in a wheelchair, and pushed him overboard, before surrendering on Oct. 9.
1992 - Trade representatives of the United States, Canada and Mexico initialed the North American Free Trade Agreement during a ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, in the presence of President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
1998 - Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, robbed and left tied to a fence. (He died five days later. Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are serving life sentences for Shepard’s murder.)
2001 - U.S. and British forces launched a bombing campaign against Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan.
2003 - California Gov. Gray Davis was recalled and former bodybuilder and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected in his place.
2023 - Hamas-led militants launched air and ground attacks inside Israel, killing nearly 1,200 and taking more than 250 hostages. The attacks, followed hours later by Israeli counter-attacks, marked the beginning of the current Israel-Hamas War.
Birthdays
27 - Kira Kosarin (actress)
32 - Mookie Betts (baseball player)
37 - Holland Roden (actress)
38 - Celeste Beryl Bonin (professional wrestler)
45 - Alesha Dixon (rapper)
46 - Omar Miller (actor)
48 - Taylor Hicks (singer)
48 - Charles Woodson (football player)
50 - Allison Munn (actress)
54 - Nicole Ari Parker (actress)
57 - Toni Braxton (actress/singer)
65 - Simon Cowell (TV personality)
69 - Yo-Yo Ma (musician)
72 - Vladimir Putin (president of Russia)
73 - John Mellencamp (singer)
82 - Joy Behar (TV host)
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Today in Sports History - October 7
1916 - In the most lopsided victory in college football history, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222-0 in Atlanta.
1933 - The New York Giants beat the Washington Senators in five games to win the World Series.
1935 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the Chicago Cubs in six games to win the World Series.
1950 - The New York Yankees sweep the Philadelphia Phillies to win the World Series.
1952 - The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games to win the World Series.
1956 - Al Carmichael (Green Bay Packers) returned a kickoff 106 yards to set an NFL record.
1984 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears passes Jim Brown as the NFL's career rushing leader.
2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 73rd home run of the season to establish the new single-season MLB record.
2012 - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees breaks Johnny Unitas' NFL record for consecutive games with a TD pass (48).
