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Today in History: Friday, October\u00a0 07, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Oct. 7, 2001, the United States and Britain launched air strikes against Taliban positions and Osama bin Laden’s training camps in Afghanistan; bin Laden praised God for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in a videotaped statement aired on the Arabic satellite station Al-Jazeera.
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1765<\/td>\nThe Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1849<\/td>\nAuthor Edgar Allan Poe died at age 40.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1868<\/td>\nCornell University was inaugurated in Ithaca, N.Y.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1879<\/td>\nCommunist revolutionary Leon Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein in Yanovka, Ukraine.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1949<\/td>\nThe Republic of East Germany was formed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1954<\/td>\nMarian Anderson became the first black singer hired by New York’s Metropolitan Opera.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/td>\nPresident John F. Kennedy signed the documents of ratification for a nuclear test ban treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nThe Motion Picture Association of America adopted a film-rating system.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>\nEgypt’s parliament named Vice President Hosni Mubarak to succeed the assassinated Anwar Sadat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/td>\nThe musical “Cats” opened on Broadway, beginning its record run of 7,485 performances.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nPalestinian gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean with more than 400 people aboard.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nFox News Channel made its debut.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nMatthew Shepard, a gay college student, was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside Laramie, Wyo.; he died five days later.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nBarry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants wrapped up his record-breaking season with his 73rd home run.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nCalifornia voters recalled Gov. Gray Davis and elected actor Arnold Schwarzenegger to replace him.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nAnna Politkovskaya, a journalist who had chronicled Russian military abuses against civilians in Chechnya, was found shot to death in Moscow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nThe Federal Reserve annouced a radical plan to buy massive amounts of short-term debt, known as commercial paper, to get credit markets moving again.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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TV personality Simon Cowell (“American Idol”) turns 57 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Desmond Tutu<\/td>\nArchbishop, Nobel Peace Prize winner<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oliver North<\/td>\nFormer National Security Council aide<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Mellencamp<\/td>\nRock singer, musician<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yo-Yo Ma<\/td>\nCellist<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dylan Baker<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toni Braxton<\/td>\nR&B singer<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taylor Hicks<\/td>\nSinger (“American Idol”)<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charles Woodson<\/td>\nFootball player<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evan Longoria<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Comedian, TV host Joy Behar (“The View”) turns 74 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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