This week in history

October 5, 1962 – James Bond makes his theatrical debut

The fictional British spy with the code name 007 was featured on the big screen for the first time.


October 6, 2007 – First successful human powered attempt to circumnavigate the world

Englishman Jason Lewis set out on the journey, also called Expedition 360 on July 12, 1994, from Greenwich, London. The over 46,000-mile expedition around the world took him 4,833 days.


October 7, 1996 – Fox News broadcasts for the first time

The 24-hour news channel with the slogan Fair and Balanced was created by Australian-American businessman and media tycoon, Rupert Murdoch. Today, it is one of the most watched news channels in the United States.


October 8, 1919 – World’s first transcontinental air race

63 airplanes – 15 from San Francisco and 48 from New York – took part in this 5400-mile round-trip race. The winner, Lieutenant Belvin Maynard, took three days and 21 hours to return to New York.


October 9, 1986 – Phantom of Opera makes its theatrical debut

The musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe opened at Her Majesty's Theatre in London’s West End.


October 10, 1964 – The Tokyo Summer Olympics Begin

93 countries participated in the first Olympics to be held in Asia as a tribute to the horrors of the Second World War.


October 11, 1975 – The first episode of Saturday Night Live airs

A popular sketch comedy show, SNL, as it is popularly known, was initially called NBC's Saturday Night, and it was created and produced by Lorne Michaels. The original cast members of the show, which usually opens with the slogan “Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!”, included Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Chevy Chase.

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