07 October 1765: The Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England.
07 October 1826: The Granite Railway, the first chartered railroad in the United States, began service.
07 October 1849: American short-story writer, poet, and critic Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore, Maryland.
07 October 1949: German Democratic Republic proclaimed
07 October 1952: Barcode was patented.
07 October 1968: The Motion Picture Association of America adopted its film-rating system, ranging from “G” for general audiences to “X” for adults only.
07 October 1985: The Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked by Palestinian gunmen in the Mediterranean.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams
I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back.
- Zsa Zsa Gabo
