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This Day In History: October 7th

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1849: Edgar Allan Poe Succumbs To Poison:

On this day in 1849 famous poet Edgar Allan Poe would succumb to poisons administered by persons unknown. An account by witness Hervey Allen made in 1927 reads..."[Poe] traveled by steamer to Baltimore and arrived there on September twentyninth. Exactly what happened to him in that city cannot now be ascertained. An election was in progress, and the preponderance of evidence points to the fact that he began to drink and fell into the hands of a gang of repeaters who probably gave him drugged liquor and voted him. On October third he was found by Dr. James E. Snodgrass, an old friend, in a, horrible condition at a low tavern in Lombard Street. Summoning a relative of Poe, Dr. Snodgrass had the now unconscious and dying poet taken in a carriage to the Washington Hospital and put into the care of Dr. J. J. Moran, the resident physician. Several days of delirium ensued with only a few intervals of partial consciousness. He called repeatedly for one "Reynolds," and gave vent to every indication of utter despair. Finally on Sunday morning, October 7, 1849, "He became quiet and seemed to rest for a short time. Then, gently, moving his head, he said, 'Lord help my poor soul.'" As he had lived so he died: in great misery and tragedy.

1765: Nine American colonies sent a total of 28 delegates to New York City for the Stamp Act Congress. The delegates adopted the "Declaration of Rights and Grievances."

1777: During the American Revolution the second Battle of Saratoga began.

1868: Cornell University was inaugurated in Ithaca, NY.

1913: For the first time, Henry Ford's entire Highland Park automobile factory was run on a continuously moving assembly line when the chassis was added to the process.

1918: The Georgia Tech football team defeated Cumberland College 222-0. Georgia Tech carried the ball 978 yards and never threw a pass.

1939: "Kate Hopkins, Angel of Mercy" was heard for the first time on CBS radio.

1940: "Portia Faces Life" debuted on the NBC Red network.

1949: The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was formed.

1950: The U.S.-led U.N. forces crossed the 38th parallel and entered North Korea. China in November proved their threat to enter the war by sending several hundred thousand troops over the border into North Korea.

1951: The Western Hills Hotel in Fort Worth, TX, became the first hotel to feature all foam-rubber mattresses and pillows.

1956: A U.S. House subcommittee began investigations of allegedly rigged TV quiz shows.

1963: U.S. President Kennedy signed a nuclear test ban treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union.

1968: The Motion Picture Association of America adopted the film-rating system that ranged for "G" to "X."

1981: The Egyptian parliament, after the assassination of Anwar Sadat, named Vice President Hosni Mubarak the next president of Egypt.

1985: Four Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt. There were 440 people onboard. They surrendered after two days and killing American passenger Leon Klinghoffer.

1985: 91 people were killed in Ponce, Puerto Rico, by a mudslide.

1989: In Budapest, Hungary's Communist Party renounced Marxism in favor of democratic socialism.

1992: In Peru, a secret military tribunal sentenced Abimael Guzman to life in prison without parole. He was the leader of the Shining Path guerrilla movement.

1993: U.S. President Clinton sent more troops, heavy armor, and naval firepower to Somalia.

1994: U.S. President Clinton dispatched an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf when Iraqi troops were spotted moving toward Kuwait. The U.S. Army was also put on alert.

1995: More than 80 people were killed in Indonesia when an earthquake with a magnitude of 7 on the Richter Scale hit.

1998: The U.S. government filed an antitrust suit that alleged Visa and MasterCard inhibit competition by preventing banks from offering other cards.

1999: American Home Products Corp. agreed to pay up to $4.83 billion to settle claims that the fen-phen diet drug caused dangerous problems with heart valves.

2000: Vojislav Kostunica took the oath of office as Yugoslavia's first popularly elected president.

2001: Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 73rd home run of the season and set a new major league record.

2001: The U.S. and Great Britain began airstrikes in Afghanistan in response to that state's support of terrorism and Osama bin Laden. The act was the first military action taken in response to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.

2003: In California, Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor in the recall election of Governor Gray Davis.

2003: Randy Quaid received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2004: Billy Bob Thornton got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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