Historical Events for 7th October 2022

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1908 - Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece
1927 - Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game
1958 - Potter Stewart appointed to US Supreme Court
1960 - TV series "Route 66" premieres on CBS
1968 - Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system
1973 - Scotsman Jackie Stewart wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship despite withdrawing from the season ending US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen; wins title by 16 points from Emerson Fittipaldi
1978 - LA Dodgers win the pennant
1993 - Massive Muslim demonstration in Xining, China, 12 killed
1994 - Lu Bin swims female 200m medley world record (2:11.57)
2021 - Zanzibar born writer Abdulrazak Gurnah is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

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