This Day In History

October 7th

1913  The first assembly line is put to use by Henry Ford, who revolutionized automobile manufacturing
1950  The US leads the United Nations into the Korean War.
1985  4 Palestinian terrorists hijack an Italian cruise ship off the coast of Egypt called the Achille Lauro. 440 passengers on board, and they demanded the release of 50 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.  The terroists proceeded to kill Leon Klinghoffer, 69, a disabled American tourist.  They threw his body overboard with his wheelchair.  After 2 days, the terrorists surrendered in exchange for a pledge of safe passage back home to the Middle East.  The Egyptian jet attempted to fly the hijackers to freedom, but US Navy F-14 fighters force the plane to land in Sicily where the terrorists are taken into custody by Italian authorities.

1927  Singer Al Martino
1951  Singer John Cougar Mellencamp
1967  Singer Toni Braxton born in Severn, Maryland

1960

• My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own - Connie Francis

• Chain Gang - Sam Cooke

• Save the Last Dance for Me - The Drifters

• Alabam - Cowboy Copas

1961

• Take Good Care of My Baby - Bobby Vee

• Crying - Roy Orbison

• Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles

• Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke

1968

• Hey Jude - The Beatles

• Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

• Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith

• Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley

1969

• Sugar, Sugar - The Archies

• I Can't Get Next to You - The Temptations

• Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly and The Family Stone

• Since I Met You Baby - Sonny James

1976

• Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry

• Disco Duck (Part 1) - Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots

• Still the One - Orleans

• Here's Some Love - Tanya Tucker

1977

• Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band - Meco

• Keep It Coming Love - KC and The Sunshine Band

• Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon

• Daytime Friends - Kenny Rogers

1984

• Let's Go Crazy - Prince and The Revolution

• I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder

• Hard Habit to Break - Chicago

• Everyday - The Oak Ridge Boys

1985

• Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

• Oh Sheila - Ready for the World

• Take on Me - a-ha

• Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night) - Ronnie Milsap

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