10-06-2009, 08:22 PM
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October 7th
1571 ~ The Ottoman Empire was defeated at the battle of Lepanto.
1796 ~ Death of Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher.
1849 ~ Death of Edgar Allan Poe, American writer.
1885 ~ Birthday of Niels Bohr, Physicist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1922.
1931 ~ Birthday of Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and anti-apartheid activist, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
1982 ~ "Cats" opened on Broadway.
1985 ~ The “Achille Lauro” was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.
1986 ~ Birthday of Bree Olson, Porn Actress.
2001 ~ The U.S. began its air offensive against al-Qaeda and the Taleban in Afghanistan.
2003 ~ California governor Gray Davis was recalled from office and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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