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Gravdigr · 10-07-2016, 12:16 PM

October 7

1542 – Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off of the California coast.

1691 – The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.

1763 – King George III of the United Kingdom issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.

1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.

1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain: American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina. [Ferguson was extremely confident in his position on top of King's Mountain. He is reported to have said he was on King's Mountain, that he was king of that mountain, and that God Almighty could not drive him from it. Apparently, he was right. He's still there today. He was shot out of his saddle, dragged by his horse, at least six other Patriots fired into his body (which was found with 8 bullet holes in it), was stripped of his clothing, and urinated upon, before being buried in an ox hide near where he fell.]

1800 – French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août.

1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.

1864 – American Civil War: Bahia incident: USS Wachusett illegally captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality.

1868 – Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.

1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

1919 – KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.

1940 – World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.

1955 – American poet Allen Ginsberg performs his poem Howl for the first time at the Six Gallery in San Francisco.

1959 – U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.

1985 – The MS Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Front.

1985 – The Mameyes landslide kills close to 300 in the worst landslide in North American history.

1988 – An Iñupiat hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice in Barrow, Alaska, US; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.

1993 – The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.

1996 – The Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.

1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.

2001 – The Global War on Terrorism begins as a result of the September 11 attacks. The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan initiates with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.

2008 – Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan.

Births

1728 – Caesar Rodney; 1849 – James Whitcomb Riley; 1870 – Uncle Dave Macon♪ ♫; 1885 – Niels Bohr; 1897 – Elijah Muhammad; 1900 – Heinrich Himmler; 1905 – Andy Devine; 1911 – Vaughn Monroe♪ ♫; 1917 – June Allyson; 1927 – Al Martino♪ ♫(The Godfather); 1929 – Graeme Ferguson (co-founded the IMAX Corporation); 1942 – Joy Behar; 1943 – Oliver North; 1945 – Kevin Godley

(10cc, Godley & Creme); 1949 - David Hope

(Kansas); 1951 – John Mellencamp♪ ♫; 1952 – Vladimir Putin (rascal); 1953 – Tico Torres

(Bon Jovi); 1955 – Yo-Yo Ma; 1959 – Dylan Baker; 1959 – Simon Cowell (British asshole); 1967 – Toni Braxton♪ ♫

; 1968 – Thom Yorke♪ ♫(Radiohead); 1975 – Tim Minchin "Atticus Fetch' on Californication); 1976 – Taylor Hicks♪ ♫(American Idol winner season #5); 1986 – Bree Olson (porn actress, Penthouse Pet)

Deaths

1780 – Patrick Ferguson; 1849 – Edgar Allan Poe; 1894 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.; 1950 – Willis Haviland Carrier (invented modern a/c); 1956 – Clarence Birdseye (founder of the modern frozen food industry); 1959 – Mario Lanza♪ ♫

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Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	October 7 1542 – Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off of the California coast. 1691 – The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued. 1763 – King George III of the United Kingdom issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights. 1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain: American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina. [Ferguson was extremely confident in his position on top of King's Mountain. He is reported to have said he was on King's Mountain, that he was king of that mountain, and that God Almighty could not drive him from it. Apparently, he was right. He's still there today. He was shot out of his saddle, dragged by his horse, at least six other Patriots fired into his body (which was found with 8 bullet holes in it), was stripped of his clothing, and urinated upon, before being buried in an ox hide near where he fell.] 1800 – French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août. 1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S. 1864 – American Civil War: Bahia incident: USS Wachusett illegally captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality. 1868 – Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date. 1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history. 1919 – KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name. 1940 – World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States. 1955 – American poet Allen Ginsberg performs his poem Howl for the first time at the Six Gallery in San Francisco. 1959 – U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon. 1985 – The MS Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Front. 1985 – The Mameyes landslide kills close to 300 in the worst landslide in North American history. 1988 – An Iñupiat hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice in Barrow, Alaska, US; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales. 1993 – The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage. 1996 – The Fox News Channel begins broadcasting. 1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming. 2001 – The Global War on Terrorism begins as a result of the September 11 attacks. The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan initiates with an air assault and covert operations on the ground. 2008 – Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan. Births 1728 – Caesar Rodney; 1849 – James Whitcomb Riley; 1870 – Uncle Dave Macon♪ ♫; 1885 – Niels Bohr; 1897 – Elijah Muhammad; 1900 – Heinrich Himmler; 1905 – Andy Devine; 1911 – Vaughn Monroe♪ ♫; 1917 – June Allyson; 1927 – Al Martino♪ ♫(The Godfather); 1929 – Graeme Ferguson (co-founded the IMAX Corporation); 1942 – Joy Behar; 1943 – Oliver North; 1945 – Kevin Godley(10cc, Godley & Creme); 1949 - David Hope(Kansas); 1951 – John Mellencamp♪ ♫; 1952 – Vladimir Putin (rascal); 1953 – Tico Torres(Bon Jovi); 1955 – Yo-Yo Ma; 1959 – Dylan Baker; 1959 – Simon Cowell (British asshole); 1967 – Toni Braxton♪ ♫; 1968 – Thom Yorke♪ ♫(Radiohead); 1975 – Tim Minchin "Atticus Fetch' on Californication); 1976 – Taylor Hicks♪ ♫(American Idol winner season #5); 1986 – Bree Olson (porn actress, Penthouse Pet) Deaths 1780 – Patrick Ferguson; 1849 – Edgar Allan Poe; 1894 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.; 1950 – Willis Haviland Carrier (invented modern a/c); 1956 – Clarence Birdseye (founder of the modern frozen food industry); 1959 – Mario Lanza♪ ♫ __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.