October 7th All Events |
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| October 7th, 3761 (October 07 3761) | Event | The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar). | Julian Quotes |
| October 7th, 2007 (October 07 2007) | Death | Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (born in 1975) | |
| October 7th, 2007 (October 07 2007) | Death | George E. Sangmeister, American politician (born in 1931) | |
| October 7th, 2006 (October 07 2006) | Death | Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist (born in 1958) | |
| October 7th, 2005 (October 07 2005) | Death | Charles Rocket, American actor (born in 1949) | |
| October 7th, 2004 (October 07 2004) | Event | King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates. | |
| October 7th, 2004 (October 07 2004) | Death | Ken Bigley, British civil engineer, kidnapped and murdered in Iraq (born in 1942) | |
| October 7th, 2003 (October 07 2003) | Event | Gray Davis is recalled as Governor of California, three years before the official end of his office term. Film star Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected Governor. | |
| October 7th, 2003 (October 07 2003) | Death | Izzy Asper, Canadian tax lawyer (born in 1932) | |
| October 7th, 2003 (October 07 2003) | Death | Arthur Berger, American composer (born in 1912) | Ric Berger Quotes |
| October 7th, 2003 (October 07 2003) | Death | Wally George, American conservative TV commentator (born in 1931) | |
| October 7th, 2002 (October 07 2002) | Event | 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. | |
| October 7th, 2001 (October 07 2001) | Event | The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground. | |
| October 7th, 2001 (October 07 2001) | Birth | Princess Senate Seeiso, daughter of King Letsie III of Lesotho | |
| October 7th, 2001 (October 07 2001) | Death | Christopher Adams, British-born pro wrestler and judoka (born in 1955) | |
| October 7th, 2001 (October 07 2001) | Death | Herblock, American cartoonist (born in 1909) | |
| October 7th, 2001 (October 07 2001) | Death | Roger Gaudry, French Canadian chemist, businessman and corporate director (born in 1913) | |
| October 7th, 2000 (October 07 2000) | Event | The last ever competitive match at Wembley Stadium is a 1-0 defeat of England to Germany and the last goal was scored by Liverpool s Dietmar Hammann. The match was Tony Adams 60th at Wembley setting the record for most appearances at the stadium. | |
| October 7th, 1998 (October 07 1998) | Event | Gay University of Wyoming student, Matthew Shepard, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming. | |
| October 7th, 1998 (October 07 1998) | Death | Arnold Jacobs, American tuba player a.k.a. Song and Wind (born in 1915) | |
| October 7th, 1996 (October 07 1996) | Death | Grigoris Asikis, Greek hero and Godied in A singer and songwriter. (born in 1890) | |
| October 7th, 1994 (October 07 1994) | Death | Niels Kaj Jerne, English-born Danish immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1911) | |
| October 7th, 1993 (October 07 1993) | Event | The Great Flood of 1993 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage. | |
| October 7th, 1993 (October 07 1993) | Death | Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (born in 1910) | |
| October 7th, 1992 (October 07 1992) | Death | Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (born in 1930) | Allan Bloom Quotes |
| October 7th, 1992 (October 07 1992) | Death | Tevfik Esenc, last known speaker of Ubykh (born in 1904) | |
| October 7th, 1991 (October 07 1991) | Death | Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (born in 1905) | |
| October 7th, 1988 (October 07 1988) | Birth | Stacy DuPree, American musician (Eisley) | |
| October 7th, 1987 (October 07 1987) | Birth | Jeremy Brockie, Australian footballer | |
| October 7th, 1986 (October 07 1986) | Birth | Lee Nguyen, American soccer player | |
| October 7th, 1986 (October 07 1986) | Birth | Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer | |
| October 7th, 1986 (October 07 1986) | Birth | Bree Olson, American adult film actress | |
| October 7th, 1985 (October 07 1985) | Event | The "Achille Lauro" is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. | |
| October 7th, 1985 (October 07 1985) | Birth | Evan Longoria, American baseball player | |
| October 7th, 1984 (October 07 1984) | Birth | Ikuta Toma, Japanese Singer/Actor | |
| October 7th, 1984 (October 07 1984) | Birth | Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer | |
| October 7th, 1982 (October 07 1982) | Event | Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000. | |
| October 7th, 1982 (October 07 1982) | Birth | Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer | |
| October 7th, 1982 (October 07 1982) | Birth | Jermain Defoe, English footballer | |
| October 7th, 1982 (October 07 1982) | Birth | Robby Ginepri, American tennis player | |
| October 7th, 1981 (October 07 1981) | Death | Albert Cohen, Greek-born Swiss novelist (born in 1895) | |
| October 7th, 1980 (October 07 1980) | Birth | Edison Chen, Canadian-born actor | |
| October 7th, 1979 (October 07 1979) | Birth | Simona Amanar, Romanian gymnast | |
| October 7th, 1979 (October 07 1979) | Birth | Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor | |
| October 7th, 1979 (October 07 1979) | Birth | Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor | |
| October 7th, 1978 (October 07 1978) | Birth | Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq) | Alesha Dixon Quotes |
| October 7th, 1978 (October 07 1978) | Birth | Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer | |
| October 7th, 1977 (October 07 1977) | Event | The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution. | |
| October 7th, 1977 (October 07 1977) | Birth | Brandon Quinn, American actor | |
| October 7th, 1977 (October 07 1977) | Birth | Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress | |
| October 7th, 1976 (October 07 1976) | Birth | Taylor Hicks, American musician | |
| October 7th, 1976 (October 07 1976) | Birth | Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress | |
| October 7th, 1976 (October 07 1976) | Birth | Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer | |
| October 7th, 1976 (October 07 1976) | Birth | Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer | |
| October 7th, 1976 (October 07 1976) | Birth | Charles Woodson, American football player | |
| October 7th, 1976 (October 07 1976) | Birth | Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer | |
| October 7th, 1975 (October 07 1975) | Event | Gerald R. Ford signs a legislation allowing women to apply for admission to the U.S. military academies, effective in 1976. | Gerald Ford Quotes |
| October 7th, 1975 (October 07 1975) | Birth | Terry Gerin, American professional wrestler | |
| October 7th, 1975 (October 07 1975) | Birth | Damian Kulash, American musician (OK Go) | |
| October 7th, 1974 (October 07 1974) | Birth | Allison Munn, American actress | |
| October 7th, 1974 (October 07 1974) | Birth | Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish singer | |
| October 7th, 1974 (October 07 1974) | Birth | Alexander Polinsky, American actor | |
| October 7th, 1973 (October 07 1973) | Birth | Dida, Brazilian footballer | |
| October 7th, 1973 (October 07 1973) | Birth | Sami Hyypia, Finnish footballer | |
| October 7th, 1973 (October 07 1973) | Birth | Priest Holmes, American Football Running Back | |
| October 7th, 1972 (October 07 1972) | Birth | Ben Younger, American screenwriter and film director | |
| October 7th, 1971 (October 07 1971) | Birth | Daniel Boucher, Quebecois musician | |
| October 7th, 1970 (October 07 1970) | Event | Richard Nixon announces a new five-point peace proposal to end the Vietnam War. | |
| October 7th, 1970 (October 07 1970) | Birth | Nicole Ari Parker, American actress | |
| October 7th, 1969 (October 07 1969) | Birth | Javier Alvarez, Spanish singer-songwriter | Al Alvarez Quotes |
| October 7th, 1969 (October 07 1969) | Birth | Malia Hosaka, Hawaiian professional wrestler | |
| October 7th, 1969 (October 07 1969) | Birth | Maria Whittaker, English model | |
| October 7th, 1969 (October 07 1969) | Death | Leon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (born in 1888) | |
| October 7th, 1968 (October 07 1968) | Event | Hollywood adopts the movie ratings system. | |
| October 7th, 1968 (October 07 1968) | Birth | Thom Yorke, English singer (Radiohead) | Thom Yorke Quotes |
| October 7th, 1967 (October 07 1967) | Birth | Luke Haines, English musician (The Auteurs, Black Box Recorder) | |
| October 7th, 1967 (October 07 1967) | Death | Norman Angell, British politician and Nobel Laureate (born in 1872) | Norman Angell Quotes |
| October 7th, 1966 (October 07 1966) | Birth | Toni Braxton, American singer | |
| October 7th, 1966 (October 07 1966) | Birth | Marco Beltrami, Italian-American film composer | |
| October 7th, 1966 (October 07 1966) | Death | Smiley Lewis, American musician (born in 1913) | |
| October 7th, 1965 (October 07 1965) | Birth | Genji Hashimoto, Japanese racing driver | |
| October 7th, 1964 (October 07 1964) | Birth | Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter | Sam Brown Quotes |
| October 7th, 1964 (October 07 1964) | Birth | Dan Savage, American sex-columnist and author | |
| October 7th, 1964 (October 07 1964) | Birth | Paul Stewart, English footballer | |
| October 7th, 1963 (October 07 1963) | Event | John F. Kennedy signs ratification for Partial Test Ban Treaty. | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
| October 7th, 1963 (October 07 1963) | Event | Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190. | |
| October 7th, 1962 (October 07 1962) | Event | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, U.S.S.R. | |
| October 7th, 1962 (October 07 1962) | Birth | Dave Bronconnier, Canadian politician | |
| October 7th, 1961 (October 07 1961) | Birth | Matthew Roloff, American actor and reality star | |
| October 7th, 1961 (October 07 1961) | Birth | Brian Mannix, Australian singer and actor | |
| October 7th, 1960 (October 07 1960) | Event | Second Kennedy and Nixon debate Cold War foreign policy in the second of four scheduled debates. | |
| October 7th, 1960 (October 07 1960) | Birth | Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer | |
| October 7th, 1960 (October 07 1960) | Birth | Viktor Lazlo, Belgian singer | |
| October 7th, 1959 (October 07 1959) | Event | U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits first ever photographs of the Far side of the Moon. | |
| October 7th, 1959 (October 07 1959) | Birth | Dylan Baker, American character actor | |
| October 7th, 1959 (October 07 1959) | Birth | Simon Cowell, English recording executive | |
| October 7th, 1959 (October 07 1959) | Birth | Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician | |
| October 7th, 1959 (October 07 1959) | Birth | Jean-Marc Fournier, French-Canadian politician | |
| October 7th, 1959 (October 07 1959) | Death | Mario Lanza, American tenor (born in 1921) | |
| October 7th, 1958 (October 07 1958) | Event | 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. | Martial Quotes |
| October 7th, 1958 (October 07 1958) | Event | U.S. manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury. | |
| October 7th, 1958 (October 07 1958) | Birth | Judy Landers, American actress | |
| October 7th, 1957 (October 07 1957) | Birth | Michael W. Smith, American singer | |
| October 7th, 1957 (October 07 1957) | Birth | Jayne Torvill, British figure skater | |
| October 7th, 1956 (October 07 1956) | Death | Clarence Birdseye, American inventor (born in 1886) | |
| October 7th, 1955 (October 07 1955) | Event | Beat poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" for the first time at a poetry reading in San Francisco. | |
| October 7th, 1955 (October 07 1955) | Birth | Yo-Yo Ma, French-born cellist | |
| October 7th, 1955 (October 07 1955) | Birth | Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist | |
| October 7th, 1954 (October 07 1954) | Birth | Kenneth Atchley, American composer | |
| October 7th, 1953 (October 07 1953) | Birth | Tico Torres, Drummer (Bon Jovi) | |
| October 7th, 1952 (October 07 1952) | Event | "American Bandstand" debuts on a local Philadelphia station. | |
| October 7th, 1952 (October 07 1952) | Birth | Mary Badham, American actress | |
| October 7th, 1952 (October 07 1952) | Birth | Vladimir Putin, Russian politician | Vladimir Putin Quotes |
| October 7th, 1952 (October 07 1952) | Birth | Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d.2002) | |
| October 7th, 1952 (October 07 1952) | Birth | Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer | |
| October 7th, 1951 (October 07 1951) | Event | Malayan Emergency: Malayan Races Liberation Army (MRLA) ambushes and kills British High Commissioner Sir Henry Gurney. | |
| October 7th, 1951 (October 07 1951) | Event | David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government. | |
| October 7th, 1951 (October 07 1951) | Birth | John Mellencamp, American singer | |
| October 7th, 1951 (October 07 1951) | Birth | David J. Halberstam, American radio executive | |
| October 7th, 1950 (October 07 1950) | Event | Annexation of Tibet by China. | |
| October 7th, 1950 (October 07 1950) | Event | United States forces cross the 38th parallel. | |
| October 7th, 1950 (October 07 1950) | Birth | Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian politician | |
| October 7th, 1949 (October 07 1949) | Event | German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed. | |
| October 7th, 1949 (October 07 1949) | Event | One of the earliest television shows, "Ford Theater" debuts | |
| October 7th, 1949 (October 07 1949) | Birth | Dave Hope, American musician (Kansas) | |
| October 7th, 1948 (October 07 1948) | Birth | Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist | |
| October 7th, 1946 (October 07 1946) | Birth | Bernard Lavilliers, French singer | |
| October 7th, 1946 (October 07 1946) | Birth | Pengiran Anak Saleha, Queen of Brunei | |
| October 7th, 1945 (October 07 1945) | Birth | Kevin Godley, British musician (10cc) | |
| October 7th, 1944 (October 07 1944) | Event | World War II: Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp. | |
| October 7th, 1944 (October 07 1944) | Event | World War II: Uprising at Auschwitz, Jews burn down crematoria. | |
| October 7th, 1944 (October 07 1944) | Event | World War II: Fieldmarshal Erwin Rommel ordered to return to Berlin. | Erwin Rommel Quotes |
| October 7th, 1944 (October 07 1944) | Event | World War II: Allies bomb sea dikes at Vlissingen. | |
| October 7th, 1944 (October 07 1944) | Birth | Judee Sill, American musician (died in 1979) | |
| October 7th, 1944 (October 07 1944) | Birth | Donald Tsang, current Chief executive of Hong Kong | |
| October 7th, 1944 (October 07 1944) | Death | Helmut Lent, German night fighter pilot (born in 1918) | |
| October 7th, 1943 (October 07 1943) | Event | World War II: Japan executes 100 American civilian prisoners on Wake Island. | |
| October 7th, 1943 (October 07 1943) | Birth | Joy Behar, American co-host of The View | |
| October 7th, 1943 (October 07 1943) | Birth | Jose Cardenal, Cuban baseball player | |
| October 7th, 1943 (October 07 1943) | Birth | Oliver North, U.S. Marine, staff officer, television personality and author | |
| October 7th, 1943 (October 07 1943) | Death | Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor (born in 1899) | |
| October 7th, 1943 (October 07 1943) | Death | Radclyffe Hall, British author (born in 1880) | |
| October 7th, 1942 (October 07 1942) | Event | U.S. and British government announce establishment of United Nations. | |
| October 7th, 1942 (October 07 1942) | Event | World War II: A salvo of Katyusha rockets destroys a German battalion in Stalingrad. | |
| October 7th, 1942 (October 07 1942) | Event | The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River. | |
| October 7th, 1941 (October 07 1941) | Event | World War II: German army occupies Viazma, U.S.S.R. | |
| October 7th, 1940 (October 07 1940) | Event | World War II: Germany invades Romania. | |
| October 7th, 1940 (October 07 1940) | Event | World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the U.S. into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States. | |
| October 7th, 1940 (October 07 1940) | Birth | Bruce Vento, U.S. Congressman from Minnesota (died in 2000) | |
| October 7th, 1939 (October 07 1939) | Birth | John Hopcroft, American computer scientist | |
| October 7th, 1939 (October 07 1939) | Birth | Clive James, Australian TV presenter and writer | |
| October 7th, 1939 (October 07 1939) | Birth | Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| October 7th, 1939 (October 07 1939) | Birth | Bill Snyder, American football coach | |
| October 7th, 1938 (October 07 1938) | Event | Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with the letter J. | |
| October 7th, 1937 (October 07 1937) | Birth | Maria Szyszkowska, Polish politician | |
| October 7th, 1936 (October 07 1936) | Birth | Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor | |
| October 7th, 1935 (October 07 1935) | Birth | Thomas Keneally, Australian author | Thomas Keneally Quotes |
| October 7th, 1934 (October 07 1934) | Birth | Amiri Baraka, American writer | |
| October 7th, 1934 (October 07 1934) | Birth | Ulrike Meinhof, German terrorist (died in 1976) | |
| October 7th, 1931 (October 07 1931) | Event | First infrared photograph, Rochester, New York. | |
| October 7th, 1931 (October 07 1931) | Birth | Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball coach (died in 2004) | |
| October 7th, 1931 (October 07 1931) | Birth | Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate | Desmond Tutu Quotes |
| October 7th, 1929 (October 07 1929) | Event | Ramsay MacDonald is the first British premier to address the U.S. Congress. | |
| October 7th, 1929 (October 07 1929) | Birth | Robert Westall, British author (died in 1993) | |
| October 7th, 1928 (October 07 1928) | Event | Ras Tafari Makonnen crowned negus of Abyssinia by Empress Zauditu. | |
| October 7th, 1928 (October 07 1928) | Birth | Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (died in 1980) | |
| October 7th, 1927 (October 07 1927) | Birth | R. D. Laing, Scottish psychologist (died in 1989) | |
| October 7th, 1927 (October 07 1927) | Birth | Al Martino, American singer and actor | |
| October 7th, 1926 (October 07 1926) | Birth | Diana Lynn, American actress (died in 1971) | |
| October 7th, 1926 (October 07 1926) | Death | Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist (born in 1856) | |
| October 7th, 1925 (October 07 1925) | Death | Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (born in 1880) | |
| October 7th, 1923 (October 07 1923) | Birth | Jean-Paul Riopelle, Quebecois member of Les Automatistes (died in 2002) | |
| October 7th, 1923 (October 07 1923) | Birth | Irma Grese, Supervisor at Nazi concentration camps | |
| October 7th, 1922 (October 07 1922) | Event | Former mayor of Rotterdam Alfred Zimmerman is appointed to represent The Netherlands in the League of Nations. | |
| October 7th, 1922 (October 07 1922) | Event | First radio link, WNJ (Newark, New Jersey) and WGY (Schenectady) link for World Series. | |
| October 7th, 1922 (October 07 1922) | Birth | Grady Hatton, American baseball player | |
| October 7th, 1921 (October 07 1921) | Birth | Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (died in 2004) | |
| October 7th, 1919 (October 07 1919) | Event | KLM of the Netherlands was foundedied in It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name. | |
| October 7th, 1919 (October 07 1919) | Event | First London-Amsterdam airline service (Britain Aerial Transport and KLM). | |
| October 7th, 1919 (October 07 1919) | Birth | Sir Zelman Cowen, Australian politician | |
| October 7th, 1919 (October 07 1919) | Death | Alfred Deakin, second Prime Minister of Australia (born in 1856) | |
| October 7th, 1917 (October 07 1917) | Birth | June Allyson, American actress (died in 2006) | |
| October 7th, 1916 (October 07 1916) | Event | Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided victory in American college football. | |
| October 7th, 1914 (October 07 1914) | Event | The Marriage of Rose Fitzgerald to Joseph Patrick Kennedy | Patrick Fitzgerald Quotes |
| October 7th, 1914 (October 07 1914) | Birth | Alfred Drake, American actor (died in 1992) | |
| October 7th, 1914 (October 07 1914) | Birth | Sarah Churchill, British actress (died in 1982) | |
| October 7th, 1913 (October 07 1913) | Birth | Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer (died in 1987) | |
| October 7th, 1912 (October 07 1912) | Event | The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction. | |
| October 7th, 1912 (October 07 1912) | Birth | Fernando Belaunde Terry, President of Peru (died in 2002) | |
| October 7th, 1911 (October 07 1911) | Birth | Vaughn Monroe, American singer (died in 1973) | |
| October 7th, 1911 (October 07 1911) | Birth | Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist (died in 1995) | |
| October 7th, 1911 (October 07 1911) | Death | John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (born in 1835) | |
| October 7th, 1910 (October 07 1910) | Birth | Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (died in 1986) | |
| October 7th, 1909 (October 07 1909) | Birth | Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (died in 1990) | |
| October 7th, 1908 (October 07 1908) | Event | Crete revolts against the Ottoman Empire and aligns with Greece. | |
| October 7th, 1907 (October 07 1907) | Event | France s Henry Farman flies 30 m in a biplane. | |
| October 7th, 1907 (October 07 1907) | Birth | Victor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician (died in 2001) | |
| October 7th, 1906 (October 07 1906) | Death | Honore Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, mayor of Montreal (born in 1848) | |
| October 7th, 1905 (October 07 1905) | Birth | Andy Devine, American actor (died in 1977) | |
| October 7th, 1904 (October 07 1904) | Event | Baseball: New York Highlander Jack Chesbro wins record 41st game of season (41-12). | |
| October 7th, 1903 (October 07 1903) | Death | Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (born in 1832) | |
| October 7th, 1900 (October 07 1900) | Event | The term "orienteering" is first used for an event. | |
| October 7th, 1900 (October 07 1900) | Birth | Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi official (died in 1945) | Heinrich Himmler Quotes |
| October 7th, 1898 (October 07 1898) | Birth | Joe Giard, American baseball player (died in 1956) | |
| October 7th, 1897 (October 07 1897) | Birth | Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (died in 1975) | |
| October 7th, 1894 (October 07 1894) | Birth | Del Lord, American director (died in 1970) | |
| October 7th, 1894 (October 07 1894) | Death | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (born in 1809) | |
| October 7th, 1892 (October 07 1892) | Birth | Dwain Esper, director (died in 1982) | |
| October 7th, 1888 (October 07 1888) | Birth | Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States (died in 1965) | |
| October 7th, 1886 (October 07 1886) | Event | Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba. | |
| October 7th, 1885 (October 07 1885) | Birth | Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1962) | Niels Bohr Quotes |
| October 7th, 1884 (October 07 1884) | Birth | Major Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (died in 1927) | |
| October 7th, 1882 (October 07 1882) | Event | Baseball: In Game 2 of the first exhibition series between the Champions of the National League and the American Association, Chicago (NL) beats Cincinnati (AA) 2-0. | |
| October 7th, 1881 (October 07 1881) | Birth | Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (died in 1918) | |
| October 7th, 1879 (October 07 1879) | Event | Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance. | |
| October 7th, 1870 (October 07 1870) | Event | Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a balloon. | |
| October 7th, 1868 (October 07 1868) | Event | Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the most at any American university to that date. | |
| October 7th, 1866 (October 07 1866) | Birth | Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (died in 1942) | |
| October 7th, 1865 (October 07 1865) | Event | The Morant Bay Rebellion starts in Jamaica. | |
| October 7th, 1864 (October 07 1864) | Event | Battle of Darbytown Road (American Civil War): the Confederate forces attempt to regain ground that had been lost around Richmond is thwarted. | |
| October 7th, 1864 (October 07 1864) | Event | American Civil War: U.S.S. "Wachusett" captures the C.S.S. "Florida" Confederate raider ship while in port in Bahia, Brazil. | |
| October 7th, 1849 (October 07 1849) | Birth | James Whitcomb Riley, American poet (died in 1916) | James Whitcomb Riley Quotes |
| October 7th, 1849 (October 07 1849) | Death | Edgar Allan Poe, American writer (born in 1809) | Edgar Allan Poe Quotes |
| October 7th, 1841 (October 07 1841) | Birth | King Nicholas I of Montenegro (died in 1921) | |
| October 7th, 1840 (October 07 1840) | Event | Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands. | |
| October 7th, 1835 (October 07 1835) | Birth | Felix Draeseke, German composer (died in 1913) | |
| October 7th, 1828 (October 07 1828) | Event | The city of Patras, Greece is liberated by the French expeditionary force in Peloponnese under General Maison. | |
| October 7th, 1826 (October 07 1826) | Event | Granite Railway (first chartered railway in the U.S.) begins operations. | |
| October 7th, 1825 (October 07 1825) | Event | Miramichi Fire, disaster in New Brunswick | |
| October 7th, 1816 (October 07 1816) | Event | The first double-decked steamboat, the "Washington," arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana. | |
| October 7th, 1796 (October 07 1796) | Death | Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (born in 1710) | Philo Quotes |
| October 7th, 1793 (October 07 1793) | Death | Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (born in 1718) | |
| October 7th, 1792 (October 07 1792) | Death | George Mason, American statesman (born in 1725) | George Mason Quotes |
| October 7th, 1787 (October 07 1787) | Death | Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (born in 1711) | |
| October 7th, 1786 (October 07 1786) | Birth | Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (died in 1871) | |
| October 7th, 1780 (October 07 1780) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina. | |
| October 7th, 1777 (October 07 1777) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Americans beat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights. | |
| October 7th, 1776 (October 07 1776) | Event | Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Wurttemberg. | |
| October 7th, 1772 (October 07 1772) | Death | John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (born in 1720) | |
| October 7th, 1769 (October 07 1769) | Event | English explorer, Captain Cook, sails to New Zealand. | |
| October 7th, 1769 (October 07 1769) | Birth | Solomon Sibley, American politician (died in 1846) | Solomon Quotes |
| October 7th, 1765 (October 07 1765) | Event | Stamp Act Congress convenes in NY. | |
| October 7th, 1763 (October 07 1763) | Event | George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements. | |
| October 7th, 1748 (October 07 1748) | Birth | King Charles XIII of Sweden (died in 1818) | |
| October 7th, 1744 (October 07 1744) | Birth | Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (died in 1819) | |
| October 7th, 1737 (October 07 1737) | Event | 40-foot (12 m) waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India). | |
| October 7th, 1728 (October 07 1728) | Birth | Caesar Rodney, American lawyer (died in 1784) | |
| October 7th, 1714 (October 07 1714) | Event | Beer tax riots in Alkmaar, the Netherlands. | |
| October 7th, 1713 (October 07 1713) | Birth | Granville Elliott, British military officer (died in 1759) | |
| October 7th, 1708 (October 07 1708) | Death | Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (born in 1666) | |
| October 7th, 1702 (October 07 1702) | Event | English/Dutch troops under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough occupy Roermond. | |
| October 7th, 1690 (October 07 1690) | Event | English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade. | |
| October 7th, 1653 (October 07 1653) | Death | Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (born in 1581) | |
| October 7th, 1651 (October 07 1651) | Death | Jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (born in 1559) | |
| October 7th, 1637 (October 07 1637) | Event | Prince Frederick Henry of Orange occupies Breda. | |
| October 7th, 1637 (October 07 1637) | Death | Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (born in 1587) | |
| October 7th, 1620 (October 07 1620) | Death | Stanislaw Zolkiewski, Polish military leader (born in 1547) | |
| October 7th, 1612 (October 07 1612) | Death | Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, dramatist, and diplomat, (born in 1538) | |
| October 7th, 1589 (October 07 1589) | Birth | Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (died in 1631) | |
| October 7th, 1582 (October 07 1582) | Event | Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. | |
| October 7th, 1577 (October 07 1577) | Death | George Gascoigne, English poet | |
| October 7th, 1576 (October 07 1576) | Birth | John Marston, English writer (died in 1634) | John Marston Quotes |
| October 7th, 1573 (October 07 1573) | Birth | William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (died in 1645) | |
| October 7th, 1571 (October 07 1571) | Event | The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) destroys the Turkish fleet. | Roy Turk Quotes |
| October 7th, 1555 (October 07 1555) | Death | Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (born in 1488) | |
| October 7th, 1553 (October 07 1553) | Death | Cristobal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500) | |
| October 7th, 1542 (October 07 1542) | Event | Explorer Cabrillo discovered Santa Catalina Island off California coast. | |
| October 7th, 1520 (October 07 1520) | Event | First public burning of books in Flanders, in Leuven. | |
| October 7th, 1513 (October 07 1513) | Event | Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramon de Cardona defeat the Venetians. | |
| October 7th, 1506 (October 07 1506) | Event | Pope Julius II and France occupy Bologna. | |
| October 7th, 1492 (October 07 1492) | Event | Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes course. | Christopher Columbus Quotes |
| October 7th, 1471 (October 07 1471) | Birth | King Frederick I of Denmark and Norway (died in 1533) | |
| October 7th, 1368 (October 07 1368) | Death | Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (born in 1338) | |
| October 7th, 0929 (October 07 0929) | Death | Charles the Simple, King of France (born in 879) | |
| October 7th, 0336 (October 07 0336) | Event | Pope Mark dies, leaving the papacy vacant. | |
| October 7th, 0336 (October 07 0336) | Death | Pope Mark | |
