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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 7th October 2022   
   07 Oct 22 05:10:23   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@bbs.alt119.net   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1916 - Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland, 222-0; most   
   lopsided score in the history of US college football   
      
   1928 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 miles (50:15.0)   
      
   1975 - MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Oakland   
   Athletics, 3 games to 0   
      
   1985 - KHQ-AM in Spokane Wash's final transmission   
      
   1991 - Child star Adam Rich (Eight Is Enough) arrested for stealing hypodermics   
      
   1996 - Rupert Murdoch launches Fox News with Roger Ailes as CEO   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1758 - Paul Anton Wineberger, composer   
      
   1939 - Joel Brodsky, American photographer, created over 400 album covers (The   
   Doors; Isaac Hayes; Ohio Players), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)   
      
   1942 - Joy Behar [Occhiuto], American actress and comedian (The View), born in   
   Brooklyn, New York   
      
   1967 - Mariana Perez-Roldan, Argentinan tennis star, born in Tandil, Argentina   
      
   1967 - Toni Braxton, American RandB singer-songwriter ("Un-Break My Heart"),   
   born in Severn, Maryland   
      
   1982 - Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer, born in Longvic, France   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1553 - Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer, dies at about 53   
      
   1612 - Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar and theologist, dies at 70   
      
   1911 - John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (b. 1835)   
      
   1943 - Radclyffe Hall, British author (b. 1880)   
      
   1976 - Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Estonian-American composer (Variazioni   
   Concertanti), dies at 73   
      
   1981 - Albert Cohen, Greek-born Swiss novelist (Belle du Seigneur), dies at 86   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
   https://www.onthisday.com/day/october/7   
      
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