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October 7Happy Birthday to singer-songwriter and Radiohead leader Thom Yorke (1968). In 2004, King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates. |
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October 8Until October 20 at Ardel Gallery of Modern Art at Boromrachonanee Road, see Global Warming, an exhibition of oil paintings and drawings by local artist Lampu Kansanoh. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 02 422 2092. In 2005, thousands of people are killed when a huge earthquake strikes parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. |
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October 9In 2003, a motion simulator thrill ride called Mission: Space opens to the public at Walt Disney World in Florida. The opening ceremony was attended by several real astronauts. In 1986, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s popular musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London. |
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October 10In 1964, the Summer Olympics begin in Tokyo. The games are the first to be telecast live internationally. In 1970, the island nation Fiji becomes an independent state. |
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October 11In 1968, NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission to space. In 1910, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first US president to fly in an aeroplane, flying for four minutes in a plane built by the Wright Brothers at an airfield in Missouri. |
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October 12In 1996, almost three decades after it was made, The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is finally released. The 1968 film features live performances by The Rolling Stones, John Lennon and The Who. In 1979, Douglas Adams’ popular science fiction comedy novel Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is published for the first time. |
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October 13Fans of the Hormones TV series shouldn’t miss Hormones Day / Hormones Night, a special concert featuring all the stars from the show. The show starts 7 pm at Parc Paragon. Tickets are 850 baht at Thai Ticketmajor. For more information, call 02 565 3456. In 1990, after more than 15 years of fighting, the Lebanese Civil War ends. |
