(Saturday, October 8, 2005, 03:50:39 UTC) — A magnitude 7.6 earthquake centered in the Hindu Kush mountains of Pakistan this morning sent tremors across South Asia, killing an estimated 86,000 people.
Video: '1935 World Series - Chicago Cubs versus Detroit Tigers'
(Monday, October 7, 1935, 3:27 p.m. EST) — The Detroit Tigers won the 1935 World Series today, beating the Chicago Cubs 4-3 at Navin Field in Detroit, Michigan, in the sixth and deciding game.
It was the first of four World Series titles for the Tigers (1935-1984).
Video: 'How John Lennon Changed Immigration Policy | msnbc' (primary archival film used in this video was actually shot Friday, Aug. 30, 1974, not "August 1975" as reported)
(Tuesday, October 7, 1975) — Two days before his 35th birthday and the birth of his first child with wife Yoko Ono, former Beatle John Lennon won his battle against U.S. immigration authorities when a federal appeals court overturned an order to deport him.
Officials had wanted to kick Lennon out of the country because of a drug arrest in Britain.