THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 7

THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 7

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Frappe Day

1806  Carbon paper was patented by Ralph Wedgewood in London

1826  The first railway in the US opened in Quincy, Ma.

1868  Cornell University opened in Ithaca, NY

1916  The German sub, U-53, entered Newport, RI harbor – sank six vessels off Nantucket Harbor the next day and three more the following day

1931  The first infra-red photograph was taken

1935  The Supreme Court held its first session in its current building

1938  Germany demanded that all Jewish passports be stamped with the letter “J”

1950  US forces invaded Korea by crossing the 38^th parallel – in November, China would send several thousand troops into North Korea

1957  “American Bandstand” premiered on TV

1959  The far side of the Moon was seen for the first time – the photos were taken by the USSR’s “Lunar 3”

1960  “Route 66” made its TV debut

1967  The Beatles turned down $1 million for a concert in NYC

1968  The Motion Picture Association of America adopted a film rating system – it ranged from G to X

1982  The musical “Cats” opened on Broadway – had 7,485 performances

1985  PLO terrorists seized the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro – they surrendered 2 days later after killing American Leon Klingerhoffer

1988  Robin Givens filed for divorce from Mike Tyson after 8 months of marriage

1996  The Fox News Channel made its TV debut

1997  PepsiCo spun off Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC

2003  Arnold Schwarzenegger won a recall election of California Governor Davis to become the new Governor

SPORTS HISTORY ON OCTOBER 7

2005  White Sox sweep Boston in ALDS with a 5-3 win

2005  Angels get 19 hits and beat NYY 11-7

2003  Florida’s Mike Lowell hits a pinch hit HR in the 11^th inning to beat Cubs 9-8 – teams had 7 HRs in the game  (NLCS record)

2001  Ugly day in the NFL as teams combine for 57 turnovers – 9 of them came in the Giants win over Washington

2001  Rickey Henderson gets his 3,000^th hit – it is also Tony Gwynn’s final game – Gwynn - .338 hitter, won 8 batting titles including .394 in 1994

2001  Barry Bonds hits his 73rd HR of the season

1995  Edgar Martinez of Seattle hits a grand slam and drives in 7 runs to win

game 4 of the ALCS

1987  Scottie Pippen makes his NBA debut with the Chicago Bulls

1984  Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as the NFL’s career rushing leader

1984  Denver Beats Lions 28-7 as Detroit QBs combine for 7 interceptions and team has 10 total

1975  Red Sox beat Oakland to win AL pennant

1961  Roger Maris hits a 9^th inning HR to give the NYY a 2-1 win over Cincinnati in game 3 of the World Series

1952  NYY win the World Series for the 4^th consecutive year

1950  NYY win their 13^th World Series

1916  Georgia Tech’s football team beats Cumberland College 222-0 – Tech carried the ball for 978 yards                                             

# 1 SONGS ON OCTOBER 7

1961  Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles

1963  Sugar Shack – Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs

1964  Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison

1965  Yesterday – The Beatles

1966  Cherish – The Association

1967  The Letter – The Box Tops

1968  Hey Jude –The Beatles

1969  Sugar Sugar – The Archies

1970  Cracklin’ Rose – Neil Diamond

1971  Maggie May – Rod Stewart

1972  Don’t Get Hooked on Me – Mac Davis

1973  Half Breed - Cher

1974  I Honestly Love You – Olivia Newton-John

1978  Kiss You All Over – Exile

1979  Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson

1980  Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1982  Jack and Diane – John Cougar

1983  Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler

1984  I Just Called to Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder

1985  Oh, Sheila – Ready for the Wind

1986  When I Think of You – Janet Jackson

1987  Here I Go Again on My Own – Whitesnake

1989  Miss You Much – Janet Jackson

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1993  Dream Lover – Mariah Carey

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1995  Fantasy – Mariah Carey

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio

1997  Candle in the Wind (1997) – Elton John