TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Oct. 7, 1977

The Queen double-A single “We Are the Champions” and “We Will Rock You” was released in the United Kingdom by EMI Records.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1765

The Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England.

1849

Author Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore at age 40.

1858

The fifth debate between Illinois senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place in Galesburg.

1916

In the most lopsided victory in college football history, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222-0 in Atlanta.

1929

Former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall, one of the main figures of the Teapot Dome scandal, went on trial, charged with accepting a bribe from oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny.

1949

The Republic of East Germany was formed.

1954

Marian Anderson became the first black singer hired by the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York.

1960

Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy and Republican opponent Richard Nixon held their second televised debate, this one in Washington, D.C.

1982

The Andrew Lloyd WebberTim Rice musical “Cats” opened on Broadway.