
On this day: 7th October
2008 TC3 exploded above the Nubian Desert in Sudan, in the first time that an asteroid impact had been predicted prior to atmospheric entry.

The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibits all test detonations of nuclear weapons except for those conducted underground, went into effect.
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2008 TC3 exploded above the Nubian Desert in Sudan, in the first time that an asteroid impact had been predicted prior to atmospheric entry.
On October 15, 1965, At an anti-war rally in New York City, David J. Miller burned his draft card (example pictured), the first such act to result in arrest under a new amendment to the Selective Service Act.
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On October 17, 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), a subset of OPEC, announced an oil embargo against nations perceived as supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War. This decision triggered the 1973 oi...
World War I: The civilian authorities of Antwerp surrendered and allowed the German army to capture the city.