On October 7, 1985, Lynette Woodard, captain of the gold-medal-winning U.

On October 7, 1983, Never Say Never Again opens in U.

On October 7, 1975, a Federal Appeals Court judge reverses a deportation order for John Lennon, allowing him to remain legally in his adoptive home of New York City.

In the second of four televised debates, Democratic presidential nominee John F.

On October 7, 1960, the first episode of the one-hour television drama “Route 66” airs on CBS.

Poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem “Howl” at a poetry reading at Six Gallery in San Francisco.

Less than five months after Great Britain, the United States and France established the Federal Republic of Germany in West Germany, the Democratic Republic of Germany is proclaimed within the Soviet occupation zone.

On October 7, 1944, in a bold act of resistance, several hundred prisoners incarcerated in the Nazi death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau stage the Sonderkommando revolt, destroying most of the gas chambers and crematoria where they were forced to work.

On October 7, 1943, Rear Adm.

On October 7, 1916, Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University, 222-0, in the most lopsided game in college football history.