What happend on 7th October

06.10
08.10
1959

Far side of the Moon seen for first time, compliments of U.S.S.R.'s Luna 3.

1958

Potter Stewart appointed to U.S. Supreme Court.

1958

U.S. manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury.

1958

President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law, and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959.

1957

Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" debuts.

1955

Aircraft carrier U.S.S. Saratoga at Brooklyn launched.

1951

David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government.

1951

Malayan Emergency: Malay Races Liberation Army (MRLA) ambushes and kills British High Commissioner Sir Henry Gurney.

1950

United States forces invade North Korea by crossing the 38th parallel.

1949

One of the earliest television shows, "Ford Theater" debuts