On this day in history - Today, October, 7

Today in History

• 2001 War in Afghanistan begins

  American and British troops began air strikes against Al Qaeda and Taliban targets after the Taliban

• 1996 Fox News broadcasts for the first time

  The 24-hour news channel with the slogan Fair and Balanced was created by Australian-American busine

• 1959 People on Earth Get the First Glimpse of the Dark Side of the Moon

  Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 took pictures of the far side of the Moon. The images sent by the probe cov

• 1944 Auschwitz-Birkenau Sonderkommando Revolt

  The short-lived rebellion was staged by prisoners who worked at a crematorium after they learned tha

• 1919 KLM is formed

  The official airline of the Netherlands, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. or KLM, is the old