Historical Events for 7th October 2023

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1806 - Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgwood
1826 - Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in US) begins operations
1864 - -Oct 13th) Battle of Darbytown Road, Virginia
1950 - US forces invade North Korea by crossing 38th parallel
1952 - First "Bandstand" broadcast in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV (Dick Clark joins in 1955 as a substitute-host)
1955 - Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga launched at Brooklyn
1975 - MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 0
2001 - Crude oil resumes flowing through the trans-Alaska pipeline after workers welded shut a bullet hole that caused 260,000 US gallons of oil to spill out
2012 - ICC Men's Cricket T20 World Cup, Colombo: West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 36 runs for first title; Player of the Series: Australian all-rounder Shane Watson (249 runs • 11 wickets)
2016 - Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos wins the Nobel Peace Prize for attempts to end armed conflict with FARC

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