On October 7, 1954, Marian Anderson became the first black singer hired by the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
On October 7, 1982, the musical ''Cats'' opened on Broadway, beginning its record run of 7,485 performances.
On October 7, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside Laramie, Wyo.; he died five days later.
On October 7, 1999, American Home Products Corp. resolved one of the biggest product liability cases ever by agreeing to pay up to $4.83 billion to settle claims that the fen-phen diet drug combination caused dangerous heart valve problems.
On October 7, 1982, the musical ''Cats'' opened on Broadway, beginning its record run of 7,485 performances.
On October 7, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside Laramie, Wyo.; he died five days later.
On October 7, 1999, American Home Products Corp. resolved one of the biggest product liability cases ever by agreeing to pay up to $4.83 billion to settle claims that the fen-phen diet drug combination caused dangerous heart valve problems.
