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Oct. 7 (UPI) — On this date in history:
In 1913, for the veryfirst time, Henry Ford’s whole Highland Park vehicle factory was run on a constantly moving assembly line.
In 1916, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland University 222-0 in the most uneven college football videogame in American history.
In 1949, less than 5 months after Britain, the United States and France developed the Federal Republic of Germany in West Germany, the Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany) was announced within the Soviet profession zone.
In 1958, the U.S. manned space-flight job, initially called Project Astronaut, was formally authorized, and relabelled Project Mercury.
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In 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Limited Test Ban Treaty. Signed by the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the treaty was established to sluggish the nuclear arms race and minimize the quantity of nuclear fallout in the earth’s environment.
In 1968, the U.S. film market embraced a movie rankings system for the veryfirst time: G (for basic audiences), M (for fullygrown audiences), R (no one under 16 confessed without an adult) and X (no one under 16 confessed).
In 1985, a mudslide in Ponce, Puerto Rico, eliminated an approximated 500 individuals in the island’s worst catastrophe of the 20th century.
In 1985, Palestinian terrorists pirated the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro after it left Alexandria, Egypt, killing one American.
In 1991, Slovenia and Croatia officially stated secession from Yugoslavia.
In 2003, Californians voted to recall Democratic Gov. Gray