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What Happened on October 7th This Day in History

Year	Name
3761	The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar.
2022	10 people die and 8 are injured in an explosion at petrol station in Creeslough.
2022	Ales Bialiatski, along with two organisations; Memorial & Center for Civil Liberties are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
2016	In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to over 800.
2008	Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into earth's atmosphere.
2008	Qantas Flight 72 experiences an in-flight upset near Learmonth, Victoria, Australia, injuring 112.
2002	The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
2001	The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the longest war in American history.
2000	Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
1998	Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming. He dies five days later.
1996	Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
1993	The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
1991	Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.
1988	A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
1987	Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
1987	Fiji becomes a republic.
1985	The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.
1985	Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
1977	The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
1963	President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
1963	Buddhist crisis: Amid worsening relations, outspoken South Vietnamese First Lady Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu arrives in the US for a speaking tour, continuing a flurry of attacks on the Kennedy administration.
1961	A Douglas Dakota IV operated by Derby Aviation (later renamed to British Midland International) crashes in Canigou, France, killing 34 people.
1959	The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
1958	The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
1958	The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed to Project Mercury.
1950	Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
1949	The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
1944	World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
1940	World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
1933	Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of five French airlines.
1929	Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
1924	Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
1919	KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
1916	Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
1913	Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving vehicle assembly line.
1912	The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
1879	Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
1870	Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
1868	Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
1864	American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
1840	Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
1828	Morea expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force.
1826	The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
1800	French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent.
1780	American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina, often regarded as the turning point in the war's Southern theater.
1777	American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat British forces under general John Burgoyne in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights, compelling Burgoyne's eventual surrender.
1763	King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
1691	The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
1571	The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat.
1513	War of the League of Cambrai: Spain defeats Venice.
1477	Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.
1403	Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Modon.

Famous People Born on October 7

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Year	Name
1952	Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer
1914	Herman Keiser, American golfer (d. 2003)
1909	Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (d. 1983)
1944	Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1979)
1974	Rune Glifberg, Danish skateboarder
1918	Harry V. Jaffa, American historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 2015)
1956	Mike Shipley, Australian-English sound engineer and producer (d. 2013)
1967	Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1913	Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer (d. 1949)
1983	Archie Bland, English journalist and author

Famous People Deaths On October 7

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on October 7. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1966	Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
1944	Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
1996	Lou Lichtveld, Surinamese-Dutch author, playwright, and politician (b. 1903)
2001	Herblock, American cartoonist and author (b. 1909)
1651	Jacques Sirmond, French scholar (b. 1559)
951	Shi Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 919)
1951	Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
2009	Irving Penn, American photographer (b. 1917)
1943	Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880)
2003	Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)