Important Events From This day in History October 7

 

7 Oct, 1985 Egypt Achille Lauro

1985 : Four Palestinian terrorists members of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), the terrorist wing of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in order to hijack the luxury liner and it's passengers.

7 Oct, 1919 Netherlands KLM Founded

1919 : KLM Royal Dutch Airlines of the Netherlands is founded, its first flight is the following year from London Croydon to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport for journalists, and it begins scheduled flights in 1921. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.

7 Oct, 1921 U.S.A. Ku Klux Klan

1921 : State officials in Texas are considering a ban on parades by the Ku Klux Klan because of their incitement of violence against any non-white Americans including Jews and African-Americans.

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7 Oct, 1928 Germany Duel

1928 : Two students from the Latvian University have died after a Duel of Honor with pistols in a nearby forest, the duel was sanctioned by the court of honor of the students corporation.

7 Oct, 1942 World War II War Effort

1942 : Children in every school in the country have been bringing in 10 lbs of metal scrap or more this week and hundreds of thousands of scrap metal are now on their way to helping make the the tools our fighting men need to finish the job.

7 Oct, 1954 U.S.A. Racketeering

1954 : Following the investigation by the Federal Grand Jury on racketeering in Chicago the first indictments have been served for charges on four union agents of extortion of large sums of money from poultry dealers in Chicago's Fulton market.

7 Oct, 1959 England Southend Pier

1959 : The Pavilion at the end of the world's longest pleasure pier at Southend on Sea is gutted by the fire and three hundred people are rescued by sea. The original Southend Pier was first opened in 1830 and is 1 1/2 miles long. The Pier was rebuilt and the Pavilion was turned into a bowling alley but the pier has continued to be affected by fires but rebuilt and still in existence today as a major tourist attraction.

7 Oct, 1963 U.S.A. Learjet

1963 : The first prototype Learjet a mass produced business jet takes off in Wichita, Kansas on it's maiden test flight.

7 Oct, 1968 India Floods

1968 : Devastating floods and landslides caused through torrential rain is now believed to have claimed the lives of over 1000 in the Sub-Himalayan Region, and now the threat of major famine through the loss of crops has been made worse because there is no safe drinking water in some towns including Darjeeling, many hundreds of thousands of refugees are now looking for help and assistance.

7 Oct, 1982 Musical "Cats" Opens On Broadway

1982 : Following it's success in London (1981), the musical "Cats" opens at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway with Betty Buckley as Grizabella. The show runs for a total of 7,485 performances in New York ending it's run on September 10th 2000.

7 Oct, 1985 England Tottenham Riots

October 7th, 1985 : Roving bands of youths continue to riot in areas of London including Peckham, Tottenham and Brixton setting shops and businesses on fire and overturning cars, they are now armed with Machetes and shotguns. One policeman was killed last night and police will now be issued with rubber bullets and tear gas to quell the rioters.

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