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October 7th


- Christian Feast Day
- IAS Anniversary (Church of Scientology)
- The first day of Nagasaki Kunchi (Nagasaki)

October 7th


- 3761 - 3761 BC – The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
- 2004 - King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates.
- 2001 - The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
- 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.
- 1993 - The Great Flood of 1993 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
- 1991 - Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb.
- 1985 - The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1985 - The Mameyes landslide kills close to 300 in the worst landslide in North American history.
- 1982 - Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
- 1977 - The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
- 1971 - Oman joins the United Nations.
- 1963 - John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty.
- 1962 - U.S.S.R. performs a nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, U.S.S.R.
- 1960 - Nigeria joins the United Nations.
- 1959 - U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
- 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.
- 1958 - The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
- 1949 - The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
- 1944 - World War II: Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down the crematoria.
- 1942 - World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
- 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 5 French airlines.
- 1920 - The Suwalki Agreement between Poland and Lithuania is signed.
- 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.
- 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 – Siege of Paris: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a 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: Battle of Darbytown Road: the Confederate forces' attempt to regain ground that had been lost around Richmond is thwarted.
- 1864 - American Civil War: USS Wachusett captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil.
- 1840 - Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
- 1828 - The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison.
- 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 inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août.
- 1780 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
- 1777 - American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
- 1776 - Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
- 1763 - 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.
- 1582 - Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1571 - The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) destroys the Turkish fleet.
- 1542 - Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off the California coast.
- 1513 - Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
- 336 - Pope Mark dies, leaving the papacy vacant.

October 7th


- 2001 - Princess Senate Seeiso, daughter of King Letsie III of Lesotho
- 1990 - Ayla Kell, American actress
- 1988 - Stacy DuPree, American musician (Eisley)
- 1987 - Sam Querrey, American tennis player
- 1987 - Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer
- 1986 - Lee Nguyen, American soccer player
- 1986 - Chase Daniel, American football player
- 1986 - Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
- 1986 - Bree Olson, American pornographic actress
- 1985 - Evan Longoria, American baseball player
- 1984 - Toma Ikuta, Japanese singer and actor
- 1984 - Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
- 1983 - Flying Lotus, American electronic music producer
- 1983 - Scottie Upshall, Canadian Hockey Player
- 1982 - Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
- 1982 - Jermain Defoe, English footballer
- 1982 - Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
- 1982 - Li Yundi, Chinese classical pianist
- 1981 - Doni Schroader, American avant garde composer,pop musician
- 1980 - Edison Chen, Canadian actor
- 1980 - Tim Cresswell, Hong Kong footballer
- 1979 - Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
- 1979 - Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor
- 1979 - Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor
- 1979 - Tang Wei, Chinese actress
- 1978 - Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq)
- 1978 - Jake Humphrey, English television presenter
- 1978 - Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer
- 1977 - Brandon Quinn, American actor
- 1977 - Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress
- 1976 - Taylor Hicks, American musician
- 1976 - Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer
- 1976 - Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
- 1976 - Charles Woodson, American football player
- 1976 - Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1975 - Tim Minchin, Australian comedian and musician
- 1975 - Terry Gerin, American professional wrestler
- 1975 - Damian Kulash, American musician (OK Go)
- 1974 - Allison Munn, American actress
- 1974 - Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish singer
- 1974 - Alexander Polinsky, American actor
- 1973 - Dida, Brazilian footballer
- 1973 - Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer
- 1973 - Priest Holmes, American Football Running Back
- 1972 - Ben Younger, American screenwriter and film director
- 1971 - Daniel Boucher, Québécois musician
- 1970 - Nicole Ari Parker, American actress
- 1969 - Bobbie Brown, American actress, model
- 1969 - Malia Hosaka, Hawaiian professional wrestler
- 1969 - Maria Whittaker, English model
- 1969 - Benny Chan Ho Man, Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1968 - Thom Yorke, English singer (Radiohead)
- 1967 - Toni Braxton, American singer
- 1967 - Luke Haines, English musician (The Auteurs, Black Box Recorder)
- 1967 - Takahiro Izutani, Japanese Composer
- 1966 - Sherman Alexie, Native American author and comedian
- 1966 - Marco Beltrami, Italian-American film composer
- 1965 - Genji Hashimoto, Japanese racing driver
- 1964 - Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter
- 1964 - Dan Savage, American sex-columnist and author
- 1964 - Paul Stewart, English footballer
- 1962 - Dave Bronconnier, Canadian politician
- 1961 - Matthew Roloff, American reality star
- 1961 - Brian Mannix, Australian singer and actor
- 1960 - Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer
- 1960 - Viktor Lazlo, Belgian singer
- 1959 - Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician
- 1959 - Jean-Marc Fournier, French-Canadian politician
- 1959 - Dylan Baker, American character actor
- 1959 - Simon Cowell, English recording executive
- 1958 - Judy Landers, American actress
- 1957 - Michael W. Smith, American singer
- 1957 - Jayne Torvill, British figure skater
- 1956 - Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, French-born American cellist
- 1955 - Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist
- 1954 - Kenneth Atchley, American composer
- 1953 - Tico Torres, musician (Bon Jovi)
- 1952 - Mary Badham, American actress
- 1952 - Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister and former President of the Russian Federation
- 1952 - Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
- 1952 - Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer
- 1951 - John Mellencamp, American singer
- 1951 - David J. Halberstam, American radio executive
- 1950 - Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian politician
- 1949 - Dave Hope, American musician (Kansas)
- 1948 - Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
- 1947 - Chris Bambridge, former Australian football referee
- 1946 - Bernard Lavilliers, French singer
- 1946 - Pengiran Anak Saleha, Queen of Brunei
- 1945 - Kevin Godley, British musician ()
- 1944 - Judee Sill, American musician (d. 1979)
- 1944 - Donald Tsang, current Chief executive of Hong Kong
- 1943 - Joy Behar, American television personality
- 1943 - José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player
- 1943 - Oliver North, American former military officer
- 1940 - Bruce Vento, American politician and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota (d. 2000)
- 1939 - Clive James, Australian television presenter and writer
- 1939 - Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1939 - Bill Snyder, American football coach
- 1939 - John Hopcroft, American computer scientist
- 1937 - Maria Szyszkowska, Polish politician
- 1936 - Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor
- 1935 - Thomas Keneally, Australian author
- 1934 - Amiri Baraka, American writer
- 1934 - Ulrike Meinhof, German journalist and political activist (d. 1976)
- 1931 - Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball coach (d. 2004)
- 1931 - Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate
- 1929 - Robert Westall, British author (d. 1993)
- 1929 - Graeme Ferguson, Canadian filmmaker and executive
- 1928 - Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (d. 1980)
- 1927 - R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist (d. 1989)
- 1927 - Al Martino, American singer and actor (d. 2009)
- 1926 - Diana Lynn, American actress (d. 1971)
- 1923 - Jean-Paul Riopelle, Québécois member of Les Automatistes (d. 2002)
- 1923 - Irma Grese, Supervisor at Nazi concentration camps (d. 1945)
- 1922 - Grady Hatton, American baseball player
- 1922 - William Zinsser, American writer
- 1921 - Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Jack Rowley, English footballer (d. 1998)
- 1919 - Sir Zelman Cowen, Australian politician
- 1919 - Georges Duby, French historian (d. 1996)
- 1917 - June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
- 1914 - Alfred Drake, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1914 - Sarah Churchill, British actress (d. 1982)
- 1913 - Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer (d. 1987)
- 1912 - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (d. 2002)
- 1911 - Vaughn Monroe, American singer (d. 1973)
- 1911 - Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist (d. 1995)
- 1910 - Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986)
- 1909 - Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (d. 1990)
- 1909 - Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany, New York (d. 1983)
- 1907 - Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician (d. 2001)
- 1905 - Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977)
- 1900 - Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi official (d. 1945)
- 1898 - Joe Giard, American baseball player (d. 1956)
- 1897 - Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (d. 1975)
- 1895 - Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (d. 1980)
- 1894 - Del Lord, American director (d. 1970)
- 1892 - Dwain Esper, director (d. 1982)
- 1888 - Henry A. Wallace, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
- 1885 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
- 1885 - Claud Ashton Jones, United States Navy rear admiral and Medal of Honor winner (d. 1948)
- 1884 - Major Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (d. 1927)
- 1881 - Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (d. 1918)
- 1879 - Joe Hill, American Labor Activist and Poet (d. 1915)
- 1870 - Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1873)
- 1866 - Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
- 1849 - James Whitcomb Riley, American poet (d. 1916)
- 1841 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
- 1836 - Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian jurist and Chief justice of Canada (d. 1911)
- 1835 - Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913)
- 1786 - Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)
- 1769 - Solomon Sibley, American politician and former Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan Territory (d. 1846)
- 1748 - King Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
- 1746 - William Billings, American composer (d. 1800)
- 1744 - Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (d. 1819)
- 1728 - Caesar Rodney, American lawyer (d. 1784)
- 1713 - Granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)
- 1589 - Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)
- 1576 - John Marston, English writer (d. 1634)
- 1573 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1645)
- 1471 - King Frederick I of Denmark and Norway (d. 1533)