THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
- 09 Feb - 15 Feb, 2019
October 20, 2011: The deposed leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, is captured by the National Transitional Council Forces.
October 21, 2014: South African paralympic Champion Oscar Pistorius convicted for five years. He was on trial for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
October 22, 1779: French balloonist André-Jacques Garnerin becomes the first person to jump with a parachute over Parc Monceau in Paris.
October 23, 1957: French fashion designer Christian Dior passes away.
October 24, 1985: English professional footballer, Wayne Rooney, is born.
October 25, 1881: Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso is born.
October 26, 1984: Born with a rare congenital heart defect, Baby Fae becomes the first infant to receive an organ from another species, in this case a heart from a baboon.
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