October 7th..today, but then, not now

1780 Patriot militia under Colonel William Campbell defeats Loyalist militia under Major Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. 

1816 the first double deck Steamboat arrives in New Orleans, the Washington. The ship was launched earlier in the year on the Monongahela River above Pittsburgh. The design would go on to dominate river boats.

1864 Civil War Battle of Darbytown Road, after Richmond, Confederates attempt to re capture ground lost but Union troops prevail.

1871 A fire erupts in Wisconsin which is destined to be the worst fire in American history, 2 billion trees were consumed and 1,200 people lost their lives. It would be little known though because the next day, 250 miles away, the Great Chicago fire was about to start.

1913 Henry Ford activates first moving assembly line, entire car built in three minutes

1914 Advancing German forces bombard the inner city rings of Antwerp as British and Belgian troops struggle to resist the onslaught. (WWI)

1940 German Troops cross into Romania (WWII)

1943 Under the command of Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara, Commander of the Japanese Garrison on Wake Island, orders the execution of 96 P.O.W.s, claiming they were trying to communicate with U.S. Forces with a Radio. The prisoners were blindfolded and shot.

1949 East Germany was created with Wilhelm Pieck as East Germany's first President.

1960 CBS runs the first episode of Route 66
1960 Nixon and Kennedy debate Cold War Foreign Policy

1969 General Earle Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reports that  "Progress in Vietnamization is being steadily and realistically achieved"

1970 Nixon announces new peace program for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

1975 New York Supreme Court Judge reverses deportation ruling against John Lennon.

1983 Sean Connery stars in Never Say never Again. The title, it is reported, was chosen because after his last appearance in 1971 Mister Connery said he would never play 007 again.

1985 Palestinian terrorists hijack the Italian Cruise Ship Achille Lauro after the ship pulled out of Egypt.

2001 Coalition Troops begin attacks on Taliban in Afghanistan

2003  Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes California Governor of California

Since then, not much man.