October 7

Events

 * - The (origin) of the modern.
 * - dies, leaving the.
 * - misses Florida when he changes course.
 * - and France occupy.
 * - : troops under  defeat the.
 * - First public burning of books in, in.
 * - Explorer discovered  off California coast.
 * - The is fought, and the  (Spain and Italy) destroys the Turkish fleet.
 * - Because of the implementation of the this day does not exist in this year in, ,  and.
 * - Prince occupies.
 * - English attack Quebec under.
 * - English/Dutch troops under occupy.
 * - Beer tax riots in.
 * - 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000.
 * - of  issues, closing aboriginal lands in  north and west of  to white settlements.
 * - convenes in NY.
 * - English explorer,, sails to.
 * -  marries.
 * - : Americans beat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the.
 * - :    defeat   led by  colonel  in.
 * - patented in London by inventor.
 * - The first double-decked, the "Washington," arrives in.
 * -, disaster in New Brunswick
 * - (first chartered railway in the U.S.) begins operations.
 * - The city of, Greece is liberated by the French expeditionary force in Peloponnese under.
 * - becomes King of the.
 * - dies at 5:00 A.M. four days after being found in a Baltimore gutter.
 * - : the Confederate forces' attempt to regain ground that had been lost around Richmond is thwarted.
 * 1864  - :  captures the  Confederate raider ship while in port in,.
 * - The starts in.
 * - holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the most at any American university to that date.
 * - flees  in a balloon.
 * - and  sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the.
 * - : In Game 2 of the first exhibiton series between the Champions of the National League and the American Association, Chicago (NL) beats Cincinnati (AA) 2-0.
 * - abolishes  in.
 * - The term "" is first used for an event.
 * - : New York Highlander wins record 41st game of season (41-12).
 * - France's flies 30 m in a.
 * - revolts against the  and aligns with.
 * - The sees its first transaction.
 * - The Marriage of to
 * - defeats  222-0 in the most lopsided victory in American college football.
 * - of the  was founded. It is the oldest  still operating under its original name.
 * 1919  - First London-Amsterdam airline service (Britain Aerial Transport and KLM).
 * - Former mayor of Rotterdam Alfred Zimmerman is appointed to represent The Netherlands in the.
 * 1922  - First radio link,   and   link for World Series.
 * - crowned  of  by Empress.
 * - is the first British premier to address the.
 * - First,.
 * - Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with the letter J.
 * - : invades.
 * 1940  - World War II: the  proposes bringing the  into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
 * - World War II: German army occupies ,
 * 1941  -  becomes the 14th
 * - U.S. and British government announce establishment of.
 * 1942  - World War II: A salvo of  rockets destroys a German battalion in.
 * 1942 - The October on  begins as  forces attack  units along the.
 * - World War II: executes 100  civilian prisoners on.
 * - World War II: Uprising at concentration camp.
 * 1944  - World War II: Uprising at, Jews burn down.
 * 1944  - World War II: Fieldmarshal  ordered to return to Berlin.
 * 1944  - World War II:  bombs sea dikes at.
 * - (East Germany) formed.
 * 1949  - One of the earliest television shows, "" debuts
 * 1950  - Annexation of  by.
 * - forces cross the.
 * - : (MRLA) ambushes and kills.
 * 1951  -  forms i government.
 * - "" debuts on a local Philadelphia station.
 * - poet  reads his poem "" for the first time at a poetry reading in.
 * -, with the support of General  and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes , and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959.
 * 1958  - U.S. manned space-flight project renamed.
 * - probe  transmits first ever photographs of the.
 * - Second Kennedy and Nixon debate foreign policy in the second of four scheduled debates.
 * - performs nuclear test at, U.S.S.R.
 * - signs ratification for.
 * 1963  -  hits  and, kills 7,190.
 * - adopts the movie ratings system.
 * - announces a new five-point peace proposal to end the.
 * - signs a legislation allowing women to apply for admission to the U.S., effective in 1976.
 * - The adoption of the.
 * - opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on,.
 * - The "" is hijacked by.
 * - Gay student,, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in.
 * - The last ever competitive match at is a 1-0 defeat of  to  and the last goal was scored by 's . The match was ' 60th at Wembley setting the record for most appearances at the stadium.
 * - The starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
 * 2001  - British national railway infrastructure company  put into railway administration in controversial circumstances.
 * - is ed by the  to, where he is d and held without charge for a year before being returned home to.
 * - is recalled as, three years before the official end of his office term. Film star  is elected Governor.
 * - King of.

Births

 * - King and Norway (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. )
 * -, British military officer (d. )
 * -, American lawyer (d. )
 * -, Russian general and statesman (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, Polish-Austrian director of the (d. )
 * -, Russian general (d. )
 * - Major, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (d. )
 * -, Danish physicist, laureate (d.)
 * -, (d. )
 * -, director (d. )
 * -, American director (d. )
 * -, American Black Muslim leader (d. )
 * -, Nazi official (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, President of Bolivia (d. )
 * -, American philanthropist (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * 1911  -,  classical pianist (d. )
 * -, President of Peru (d. )
 * -, Dutch journalist and writer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1914  -, British actress (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * - Sir, Australian politician
 * -, Belgian football coach (d. )
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, member of  (d. )
 * 1923  -, Supervisor at Nazi concentration camps
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Scottish psychologist (d. )
 * 1927  -, American singer and actor
 * -, Persian poet and painter (d. )
 * -, British author (d. )
 * -, American basketball coach (d. )
 * 1931  -, South African archbishop and
 * -, American writer
 * 1934  -, German terrorist (d. )
 * -, Australian author
 * -, Swiss conductor
 * -, Polish politician
 * -, American computer scientist
 * 1939  -, Australian TV presenter and writer
 * 1939  -, English chemist,  laureate
 * 1939  -, American football coach
 * -, U.S. Congressman from Minnesota (d. )
 * -, American co-host of 
 * 1943  -, Cuban baseball player
 * 1943  -, U.S. Marine and politician
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * 1944  -, current  of
 * -, British musician
 * -, French singer
 * 1946  -, Queen of
 * -, American poet and essayist
 * -, American musician
 * -, Tanzanian politician
 * -, American singer
 * 1951  -, American radio executive
 * -, American actress
 * 1952  -, Russian politician
 * 1952  -, Canadian ice hockey player (d.)
 * 1952  -, Australian cricketer
 * -, Drummer
 * -, American composer
 * -, French-born cellist
 * -, American singer
 * 1957  -, British figure skater
 * -, American actress
 * -, American character actor
 * 1959  -, English recording executive
 * 1959  -, Peruvian politician
 * 1959  -, French-Canadian politician
 * -, Japanese singer
 * 1960  -, Belgian singer
 * -, American actor and reality star
 * -, Canadian politician
 * -, Singer-songwriter
 * -, Japanese racing driver
 * -, American singer
 * 1966  -, Italian-American film composer
 * -, English musician
 * -, English singer
 * -, Hawaiian professional wrestler
 * 1969  -, Spanish singer-songwriter
 * -, American actress
 * -, American screenwriter and film director
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * 1973  -, Finnish footballer
 * -, American Football Running Back
 * -, Swedish singer
 * 1974  -, American actor
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * 1975  -, American musician
 * -, American musician
 * 1976  -, Canadian actress
 * 1976  -, Argentinian footballer
 * 1976  -, Brazilian footballer
 * 1976  -, American football player
 * 1976  -, Spanish motorcycle racer
 * -, American actor
 * -, New Zealand actress
 * -, British pop singer
 * 1978  -, Indian cricketer
 * -, Romanian gymnast
 * 1979  -, Candian actor
 * 1979  -, Canadian actor
 * 1979  -, American supermodel
 * -, Canadian-born actor
 * -, English footballer
 * 1982  -, American tennis player
 * -, Japanese Singer/Actor
 * -, Faroese footballer
 * -, Australian footballer
 * -, American musician
 * -, daughter of King
 * -, daughter of King

Deaths

 * -, King of France (b. )
 * -, son of (b. )
 * -, Spanish composer (bc. )
 * -, Habsburg diplomat (b. )
 * -, English poet
 * -, Italian poet, dramatist, and diplomat, (b. )
 * -, Polish military leader (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, French Jesuit scholar (b. )
 * -, Italian Catholic priest (b. )
 * -, tenth Sikh Guru (b. )
 * -, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. )
 * -, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. )
 * -, American patriot (b. )
 * -, English politician (b. )
 * -, Scottish philosopher (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, German mathematician (b. )
 * -, Canadian journalist and politician, (b. )
 * -, English neurologist (b. )
 * -, second (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, German psychologist (b. )
 * -, Polish actor (b. )
 * 1943  -, British author (b. )
 * -, American inventor (b. )
 * -, American tenor (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, British politician and (b. )
 * -, Belgian cyclist (b. )
 * -, Greek-born Swiss novelist (b. )
 * -, American baseball player and manager (b. )
 * -, American philosopher and educator (b. )
 * 1992  -, last known speaker of  (b. )
 * -, Irish actor (b. )
 * -, English-born Danish immunologist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Greek hero and God. A singer and songwriter. (b. )
 * -, American tuba player a.k.a. Song and Wind (b. )
 * -, British-born pro wrestler and judoka (b. )
 * 2001  -, American cartoonist (b. )
 * 2001  -, French Canadian chemist, businessman and corporate director (b. )
 * -, Canadian tax lawyer (b. )
 * 2003  -, American composer (b. )
 * 2003  -, American conservative TV commentator (b. )
 * -, British civil engineer, kidnapped and murdered in Iraq (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Russian journalist (b. )
 * -, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. )
 * 2007  -, American politician (b. )
 * 2007  -, American politician (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - Memorial of Our Lady of the ; formerly Saint Justina,
 * Feast day of.
 * Saints ; also see
 * - Republic Day
 * - Sixteenth day in the
 * - Day