October 7
October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). There are 85 days remaining.
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Events
- 1571 - Battle of Lepanto occurs.
- 1777 - Battle of Second Saratoga occurs.
- 1780 - Battle of King's Mountain American irregulars defeat British forces in South Carolina.
- 1879 - Germany and Austria-Hungary create the Dual Alliance.
- 1886 - Spain
abolishes slavery in
Cuba.
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- 1908 - Crete revolts against the Ottoman Empire and aligns with Greece.
- 1913 - Henry Ford introduces the assembly line.
- 1940 - Germany invades Romania.
- 1943 - Japan executes 100 American prisoners on Wake Island.
- 1949 - German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed.
- 1950 - United States forces invade Korea by crossing the 38th parallel.
- 1957 - Dick Clark's American Bandstand debuts.
- 1957 - A fire in the Windscale plutonium production reactor, north of Liverpool, England, cause the release of radioactive material, which is later blamed for 39 cancer deaths
- 1985 - Achille Lauro hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.
- 1998 - Matthew Shepard is beaten and left tied to a fence in Laramie, Wyoming.
- 2001 - Start of U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.
- 2003 - 2003 California recall: California governor Gray Davis is recalled from office and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Births
- 1841 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro († 1921)
- 1853 - James Whitcomb Riley, poet († 1916)
- 1885 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (†1962)
- 1888 - Henry A. Wallace, American politician and Vice President of the United States († 1965)
- 1894 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director († 1970)
- 1897 - Elijah Mohammed, Black Muslim leader († 1975)
- 1900 - Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official and leader of the SS († 1945)
- 1905 - Andy Devine, actor († 1977)
- 1911 - Vaughn Monroe, singer († 1973)
- 1914 - Alfred Drake, actor († 1992)
- 1917 - June Allyson, actress
- 1931 - Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and anti-apartheid activist
- 1934 - Amiri Baraka, playwright, poet (born LeRoi Jones)
- 1935 - Thomas Keneally, Australian author
- 1939 - Harold Kroto, British chemist
- 1943 - Oliver North, United States Marine involved in Iran-Contra affair
- 1951 - John Cougar Mellencamp, singer
- 1952 - Vladimir Putin, Russian politician and president
- 1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
- 1957 - Jayne Torvill, figure skater
- 1979 - Simona Amanar, Romanian gymnast
Deaths
- 336 - Pope Marcus
- 1792 - George Mason, U.S. patriot, "Father of the United States Bill of Rights"
- 1849 - Edgar Allen Poe, American writer
- 1894 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, poet
- 1925 - Christy Mathewson, baseball star
- 1926 - Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist
- 1959 - Mario Lanza, singer
- 1992 - Tevfik Esenc, last speaker of the Ubykh language
Holidays
- UN - Universal Children's Day
See Also:
October 6 - October 8 - September 7 - November 7 -- listing of all days
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