TODAY IN HISTORY [7th October]

Lead Story

Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes California governor, 2003

American Revolution

Patriots prevail in Carolinas, 1780

Automotive

CBS broadcasts the premiere episode of "Route 66", 1960

Civil War

North and South clash at the Battle of Darbytown, 1864

Cold War

Kennedy and Nixon debate Cold War foreign policy, 1960

Crime

Palestinian terrorists hijack an Italian cruise ship, 1985

Disaster

Massive fire burns in Wisconsin, 1871

General Interest

Battle of King's Mountain, 1780

Moving Assembly Line at Ford, 1913

East Germany created, 1949

U.S.-led attack on Afghanistan begins, 2001

Hollywood

Connery plays Bond in Never Say Never Again, 1983

Literary

Ginsberg reads "Howl" for the first time, 1955

Music

A New York judge reverses John Lennon's deportation order, 1975

Old West

First double-decked steamboat, the Washington, arrives in New Orleans, 1816

Presidential

President Bush announces military action in Afghanistan, 2001

Sports

Walter Payton sets a record, 1984

Vietnam War

Wheeler announces progress in the Vietnamization effort, 1969

Nixon announces a new peace proposal, 1970

World War I

Antwerp under siege, 1914

World War II

German troops enter Romania, 1940

Japanese execute nearly 100 American prisoners on Wake Island, 1943