Friday, October 07, 2022

History for October 7

History for October 7 - On-This-Day.com
Oliver North 1943
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 1956 - A U.S. House subcommittee began investigations of allegedly rigged TV quiz shows.
  • 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.

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