
October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). There are 85 days remaining. ==Events== *3761 BC - The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar. *1513 - Battle of La Motta — Spain troops under Ramon de Cardona defeat the Venetians. *1571 - Battle of Lepanto (1571) occurs. *1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. *1763 - British Royal Proclamation of 1763 lays down rules for settling aboriginal lands in North America. *1776 - Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg. *1777 - Battle of Second Saratoga occurs. *1780 - Battle of Kings Mountain: United States Patriot (American Revolution) militia defeat Loyalist (American Revolution) irregular military led by Great Britain colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina. *1816 - First double-decked steamboat, the "Washington", arrives in New Orleans *1840 - William II of the Netherlands becomes King of the Netherlands. *1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Darbytown Road (Johnson's Farm) - Confederate forces attempt to regain ground that had been lost around Richmond is thwarted. * 1864 - American Civil War: Capture of the C.S.S. ''Florida'' — Union Warship captures the Confederate raider ship while in port in Bahia, Brazil. *1865 - Morant Bay Rebellion starts in Jamaica. *1879 - Germany and Austria-Hungary create the Dual Alliance (1879). *1886 - Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba. *1908 - Crete revolts against the Ottoman Empire and aligns with Greece. *1912 - The Helsinki Stock Exchange saw its first transaction. *1913 - Henry Ford introduces the assembly line. *1919 - KLM of the Netherlands was founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name. *1940 - Germany invades Romania. *1943 - Japan executes 100 United States prisoners on Wake Island. *1949 - German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed. * 1949 - One of the earliest television shows, ''Ford Theater'' debuts *1950 - United States forces invade Korea by crossing the 38th parallel north. *1951 - Malayan Emergency: Malay Races Liberation Army (MRLA) ambushes and kills Commissioner Sir Henry Gurney. *1957 - Dick Clark (entertainer)'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. *1958 - President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law, and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959. *1960 - Kennedy & Nixon debate Cold War foreign policy - Second of four scheduled debates. *1968 - Hollywood adopts the Movie ratings system. *1970 Richard Nixon announces a new five point peace proposal to end the Vietnam War. *1977 - The adoption of the 1977 Soviet Constitution. *1982 - ''Cats'' opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years. The show eventually closes on September 10th, 2000. *1984 - Running Back Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's rushing record. *1985 - ''Achille Lauro'' hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. *1996 - American Cable television news network Foxnews is launched. *1998 - Matthew Shepard, beaten the night before, is left tied to a fence and dies in Laramie, Wyoming. *2001 - Start of U.S. invasion of Afghanistan with an air assault and covert operations on the ground. *2002 - Maher Arar is deported by the US government to Syria, where he is tortured and held without charge for a year before being returned home to Canada. *2003 - 2003 California recall: California governor Gray Davis is recall electioned from office and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger. *2004 - Monarch Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdication. ==Births== *1573 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1645) *1576 - John Marston, English writer (d. 1634) *1697 - Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768) *1748 - King Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818) *1769 - Solomon Sibley, American politician (d. 1846) *1835 - Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913) *1841 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921) *1853 - James Whitcomb Riley, poet (d. 1916) *1885 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (d.1962) *1888 - Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States (d. 1965) *1894 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director (d. 1970) *1897 - Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (d. 1975) *1900 - Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official and leader of the SS (d. 1945) *1905 - Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977) *1911 - Vaughn Monroe, American singer (d. 1973) *1914 - Alfred Drake, American actor (d. 1992) *1917 - June Allyson, American actress *1921 - Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (d. 2004) *1931 - Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball coach (d. 2004) * 1931 - Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid activist *1934 - Amiri Baraka, playwright and poet *1935 - Thomas Keneally, Australian author *1936 - Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor *1939 - John Hopcroft, American computer scientist * 1939 - Harold Kroto, British chemist * 1939 - Bill Snyder, American football coach *1943 - Oliver North, United States Marine involved in Iran-Contra affair *1944 - Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (d. 1979) *1947 - France Gall, French singer, Eurovision Song Contest winner *1950 - Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzania politician *1951 - John Cougar Mellencamp, singer *1952 - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia *1954 - Kenneth Atchley, composer and noise artist *1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, French-born cellist *1957 - Jayne Torvill, figure skater *1959 - Simon Cowell, Pop Idol and American Idol judge *1960 - Viktor Lazlo, French singer * 1960 - Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer *1968 - Thom Yorke, singer *1973 - Sami Hyypia, Finland football (soccer) *1975 - Terry Gerin, professional wrestler *1977 - Meighan Desmond, actress *1979 - Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast ==Deaths== *336 - Pope Marcus *1708 - Guru Gobind Singh (b. 1666) *1792 - George Mason, American patriot *1849 - Edgar Allan Poe, United States writer (b. 1809) *1894 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American poet *1903 - Rudolf Lipschitz, mathematician (b. 1832) *1919 - Alfred Deakin, second Prime Minister of Australia *1925 - Christy Mathewson, baseball player *1926 - Emil Kraepelin, Germany psychology *1943 - Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor * 1943 - Radclyffe Hall, British author *1959 - Mario Lanza, American singer *1981 - Albert Cohen, Switzerland novelist *1991 - Leo Durocher, baseball player and manager *1992 - Tevfik Esenç, last speaker of the Ubykh language ==Holidays== *UN - Universal Children's Day *Feast day of Saint Osyth *East Germany - Republic Day == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/7 BBC: On This Day] ---- October 6 - October 8 - September 7 - November 7 — historical anniversaries fo:7. oktober
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October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). There are 85 days remaining. ==Events== *3761 BC - The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar. *1513 - Battle of La Motta — Spain troops under Ramon de Cardona defeat the Venetians. *1571 - Battle of Lepanto (1571) occurs. *1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. *1763 - British Royal Proclamation of 1763 lays down rules for settling aboriginal lands in North America. *1776 - Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg. *1777 - Battle of Second Saratoga occurs. *1780 - Battle of Kings Mountain: United States Patriot (American Revolution) militia defeat Loyalist (American Revolution) irregular military led by Great Britain colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina. *1816 - First double-decked steamboat, the "Washington", arrives in New Orleans *1840 - William II of the Netherlands becomes King of the Netherlands. *1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Darbytown Road (Johnson's Farm) - Confederate forces attempt to regain ground that had been lost around Richmond is thwarted. * 1864 - American Civil War: Capture of the C.S.S. ''Florida'' — Union Warship captures the Confederate raider ship while in port in Bahia, Brazil. *1865 - Morant Bay Rebellion starts in Jamaica. *1879 - Germany and Austria-Hungary create the Dual Alliance (1879). *1886 - Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba. *1908 - Crete revolts against the Ottoman Empire and aligns with Greece. *1912 - The Helsinki Stock Exchange saw its first transaction. *1913 - Henry Ford introduces the assembly line. *1919 - KLM of the Netherlands was founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name. *1940 - Germany invades Romania. *1943 - Japan executes 100 United States prisoners on Wake Island. *1949 - German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed. * 1949 - One of the earliest television shows, ''Ford Theater'' debuts *1950 - United States forces invade Korea by crossing the 38th parallel north. *1951 - Malayan Emergency: Malay Races Liberation Army (MRLA) ambushes and kills Commissioner Sir Henry Gurney. *1957 - Dick Clark (entertainer)'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. *1958 - President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law, and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959. *1960 - Kennedy & Nixon debate Cold War foreign policy - Second of four scheduled debates. *1968 - Hollywood adopts the Movie ratings system. *1970 Richard Nixon announces a new five point peace proposal to end the Vietnam War. *1977 - The adoption of the 1977 Soviet Constitution. *1982 - ''Cats'' opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years. The show eventually closes on September 10th, 2000. *1984 - Running Back Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's rushing record. *1985 - ''Achille Lauro'' hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. *1996 - American Cable television news network Foxnews is launched. *1998 - Matthew Shepard, beaten the night before, is left tied to a fence and dies in Laramie, Wyoming. *2001 - Start of U.S. invasion of Afghanistan with an air assault and covert operations on the ground. *2002 - Maher Arar is deported by the US government to Syria, where he is tortured and held without charge for a year before being returned home to Canada. *2003 - 2003 California recall: California governor Gray Davis is recall electioned from office and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger. *2004 - Monarch Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdication. ==Births== *1573 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1645) *1576 - John Marston, English writer (d. 1634) *1697 - Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768) *1748 - King Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818) *1769 - Solomon Sibley, American politician (d. 1846) *1835 - Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913) *1841 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921) *1853 - James Whitcomb Riley, poet (d. 1916) *1885 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (d.1962) *1888 - Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States (d. 1965) *1894 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director (d. 1970) *1897 - Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (d. 1975) *1900 - Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official and leader of the SS (d. 1945) *1905 - Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977) *1911 - Vaughn Monroe, American singer (d. 1973) *1914 - Alfred Drake, American actor (d. 1992) *1917 - June Allyson, American actress *1921 - Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (d. 2004) *1931 - Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball coach (d. 2004) * 1931 - Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid activist *1934 - Amiri Baraka, playwright and poet *1935 - Thomas Keneally, Australian author *1936 - Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor *1939 - John Hopcroft, American computer scientist * 1939 - Harold Kroto, British chemist * 1939 - Bill Snyder, American football coach *1943 - Oliver North, United States Marine involved in Iran-Contra affair *1944 - Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (d. 1979) *1947 - France Gall, French singer, Eurovision Song Contest winner *1950 - Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzania politician *1951 - John Cougar Mellencamp, singer *1952 - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia *1954 - Kenneth Atchley, composer and noise artist *1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, French-born cellist *1957 - Jayne Torvill, figure skater *1959 - Simon Cowell, Pop Idol and American Idol judge *1960 - Viktor Lazlo, French singer * 1960 - Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer *1968 - Thom Yorke, singer *1973 - Sami Hyypia, Finland football (soccer) *1975 - Terry Gerin, professional wrestler *1977 - Meighan Desmond, actress *1979 - Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast ==Deaths== *336 - Pope Marcus *1708 - Guru Gobind Singh (b. 1666) *1792 - George Mason, American patriot *1849 - Edgar Allan Poe, United States writer (b. 1809) *1894 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American poet *1903 - Rudolf Lipschitz, mathematician (b. 1832) *1919 - Alfred Deakin, second Prime Minister of Australia *1925 - Christy Mathewson, baseball player *1926 - Emil Kraepelin, Germany psychology *1943 - Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor * 1943 - Radclyffe Hall, British author *1959 - Mario Lanza, American singer *1981 - Albert Cohen, Switzerland novelist *1991 - Leo Durocher, baseball player and manager *1992 - Tevfik Esenç, last speaker of the Ubykh language ==Holidays== *UN - Universal Children's Day *Feast day of Saint Osyth *East Germany - Republic Day == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/7 BBC: On This Day] ---- October 6 - October 8 - September 7 - November 7 — historical anniversaries fo:7. oktober
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