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What happened in history on this day: October 7?
On October 7 in ...
- 336 - Saint Mark ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1542 - Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off the California coast.
- 1571 - Turkish fleet defeated by Spanish and Italians in Battle of Lepanto.
- 1711 - British frigate HMS Feversham sinks off Nova Scotia with coinage worth 2240 pounds sterling.
- 1728 - Birth of Caesar Rodney Delaware, patriot, signed Declaration of Independence.
- 1737 - 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India).
- 1746 - Birth of William Billings Boston Massachusetts, hymn composer (Rose of Sharon).
- 1765 - The Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York.
- 1777 - Americans beat British in second Battle of Saratoga and Battle of Bemis Heights.
- 1780 - British defeated by American militia near Kings Mountain, South Carolina.
- 1806 - Patent granted in London, England for "apparatus for producing duplicates of writings", paper saturated with ink then dried (carbon paper).
- 1826 - Granite Railway (first chartered railway in US) begins operations.
- 1840 - King William II is proclaimed King of the Netherlands.
- 1849 - Birth of James Whitcomb Riley; US poet (The Raggedy Man).
- 1849 - Death of Edgar Allen Poe, at age 40; poet, author and literary critic (The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Purloined Letter, The Raven).
- 1862 - English Prime Minister Gladstone speaks at Newcastle about CSA's President Jefferson Davis having made a nation.
- 1866 - Birth of Martha McChesney Berry; founded US Berry School for Children.
- 1868 - Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) opens.
- 1879 - Birth of Joe Hill in Jevla, Sweden; organizer (IWW)/songwriter (Union Scab)/martyr.
- 1885 - Birth of Niels Bohr in Denmark; physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel Prize 1922) (dies 1962).
- 1886 - Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba.
- 1887 - Birth of Jack Mulhall in Wappinger Falls, New York, USA; actor (Ken Murray Show).
- 1888 - Birth of Henry A Wallace; 33rd US Vice President, Progressive presidential candidate.
- 1889 - Birth of Clarence Muse in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (Sam - Casablanca).
- 1891 - American Numismatic Association is founded, with William G. Jerrems as first president.
- 1898 - Birth of Alfred Wallenstein in Chicago, Illinois, USA; conductor (Chicago Symphony 1922-29).
- 1900 - The term "orienteering" is first used for an event.
- 1901 - Birth of Frank X Boucher in Ottawa, Canada; All-star NHL center (Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers).
- 1904 - Birth of Chuck Klein in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Philadelphia Phillies baseball player (43 home runs in 1929).
- 1905 - Birth of Andy Devine [Jeremiah Schwartz] in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA; actor (Andy's Gang).
- 1906 - Birth of James E Webb; head of NASA (1961-68).
- 1908 - Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece.
- 1911 - Birth of Vaughn Monroe in Akron, Ohio, USA; singer/orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show).
- 1913 - Death of Belisario Domínguez in Mexico, murdered for criticism of President Victoriano Huerta.
- 1914 - Birth of Alfred Drake; singer/actor (Kiss Me Kate).
- 1914 - Birth of Sarah Churchill; actress (All Over Town, Royal Wedding).
- 1914 - Japanese land at Ponape, Caroline Islands, occupying the islands abandoned by the Germans.
- 1916 - In Lebanon, Tennessee, Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided victory in American college football.
- 1916 - Birth of Walt W Rostow; economist (Politics and Stages of Growth).
- 1917 - Birth of Helmut Dantine in Vienna, Austria; actor (Shadow of the Cloak).
- 1917 - Birth of June Allyson in The Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas).
- 1919 - First London-Amsterdam airline service begins (British Aerial Transport).
- 1919 - Birth of Erik Elmsäter in Sweden; first to compete in summer and winter Olympics (1948).
- 1919 - Birth of Gabriel Dell in Barbados; actor (Steve Allen Show).
- 1922 - Birth of Martha Stewart in Bardwell, Kentucky, USA; singer/actress (Daisy Kenyon, Doll Face).
- 1926 - Birth of Diana Lynn; actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go).
- 1927 - Birth of Al Martino in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("Here in My Heart"), actor (The Godfather).
- 1927 - New York Yankees' Herb Pennock retires first 22 Pittsburgh Pirates in World Series game (World Series #24).
- 1931 - First infra-red photograph, Rochester, New York.
- 1931 - Birth of Cotton Fitzsimmons; American basketball coach (dies 2004).
- 1931 - Birth of Desmond Tutu; Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, activist (Nobel Peace Prize 1982).
- 1933 - Birth of Paul B Price in Cataret, New Jersey, USA; actor (Busting Loose).
- 1933 - New York Giants beat Washington Senators, four games to one in 30th World Series.
- 1934 - Birth of Willie Naulls; NBA star (New York Knicks).
- 1935 - Birth of Thomas M Keneally in Australia; novelist (Blood Red Sister Rose).
- 1935 - Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, four games to two in 32nd World Series.
- 1938 - Birth of Robert Drivas in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Cool Hand Luke, Illustrated Man).
- 1938 - Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with the letter J.
- 1943 - Birth of Oliver North; American military man (contra hearings).
- 1949 - German Democratic Republic formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day).
- 1950 - New York Yankees sweep Philadelphia Phillies in 47th World Series.
- 1950 - US forces invade Korea by crossing the 38th parallel.
- 1950 - The Frank Sinatra Show debuts on TV.
- 1951 - Birth of John Cougar Mellencamp in Seymour, Indiana, USA; rocker ("Jack and Diane").
- 1952 - Birth of Ludmila Tourischeva in USSR; gymnast (Olympic-gold-1972).
- 1952 - WFIL-TV Philadelphia first airs Bob Horn's Bandstand.
- 1952 - New York Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers 4 games to 3 in 49th World Series; New York Yankees tie their own record of four consecutive World Series wins.
- 1953 - Birth of Christopher Norris in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Summer of '42, Eat My Dust).
- 1954 - Birth of Tico Torres; drummer (Bon Jovi - "You Give Love a Bad Name").
- 1955 - Birth of Yo-Yo Ma in Paris, France; world famous Chinese cellist.
- 1956 - Birth of James Van Patten in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Bo - Chisholms).
- 1956 - ABC begins airing the Omnibus 60-minute educational TV show.
- 1957 - CBS premieres The Danny Thomas Show 30-minute comedy TV show.
- 1957 - NBC changes the Alcoa Theatre show from 60 minutes to 30.
- 1957 - ABC-TV begins airing American Bandstand, hosted by Dick Clark.
- 1958 - Potter Stewart appointed to US Supreme Court.
- 1958 - US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury.
- 1959 - U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
- 1959 - A U.S. House subcommittee begins investigations of allegedly rigged TV quiz shows.
- 1959 - Death of Mario Lanza AKA Alfred Cocozza at age 38 after a heart attack; singer/actor ("Be My Love", "The Loveliest Night of the Year", "Because You're Mine").
- 1960 - In the USA, the CBS television network debuts the Route 66 show, starring George Maharis and Martin Milner. The show features two young men driving a 1960 Corvette around the US in search of adventure.
- 1961 - Birth of Judy Landers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Vega$, BJ and the Bear, Madame's Place).
- 1963 - Bobby Baker resigns as US Senate Democratic secretary.
- 1963 - Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190.
- 1964 - New York Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 and 29th in 61st World Series.
- 1965 - At the Paris Auto Show in France, Chevrolet debuts the Mako Shark II show car. The show car is the basis of the production 1968 model Corvette.
- 1965 - 50-mph gust carries 165-pound Robert Mitera's tee shot 447 yards to score the world's longest straight hole-in-one at Miracle Hills in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
- 1967 - The Beatles turn down US$1 million New York concert offer by Sid Berstein.
- 1968 - Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system.
- 1972 - First season game at Nassau Coliseum, Calgary Flames-3, New York Islanders-2.
- 1973 - (2200 hours) Syrian tanks attack Israeli positions again, with 500 tanks against 40.
- 1974 - Birth of Alexander Polinsky in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Adam - Charles in Charge).
- 1977 - With two outs in top of 9th, Los Angeles Dodgers trailing Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 in playoffs, score three runs and win 6-5. Dodgers hold 2-1 game lead.
- 1978 - The Los Angeles Dodgers win their second straight National League pennant.
- 1978 - In New South Wales, the Wran government is re-elected with an increased majority.
- 1981 - In first Eastern Division championship New York Yankees beat Milwaukee Brewers 5-3.
- 1982 - Cats musical opens a nearly 18-year run on Broadway.
- 1983 - In New York, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurs.
- 1983 - A plan to abolish the Greater London Council is announced.
- 1984 - The San Diego Padres win the National League Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs.
- 1984 - Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader.
- 1985 - 21st Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
- 1985 - The cruise ship Achille Lauro is hijacked in the Mediterranean Sea by four heavily armed Palestinian terrorists.
- 1988 - Latvian flag raised in Riga for first time since annexation by USSR.
- 1989 - Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander.
- 1989 - Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games).
- 1990 - Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens.
- 1991 - Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants), dies at age 86.
- 1991 - The ABC TV network begins exclusive airing of Disney's Live with Regis and Kathie Lee.
- 1992 - Death of Tevfik Esenç, last known speaker of Ubykh (born 1904).
- 1994 - Death of Niels Kaj Jerne, English immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1911).
- 1994 - Buena Vista Pictures generally releases the film Ed Wood to theaters in the USA.
- 1996 - The Fox News Channel debuts on US cable systems.
- 1998 - Oslo's Fornebu Airport closes in Norway.
- 1998 - The United States Congress passes the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which gives copyright holders 20 more years of copyright privilege on work they control. This effectively freezes the public domain to works created before 1923 in the United States.
- 1998 - The Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin attraction opens in the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World in Florida.
- 2001 - The United States armed forces invade Afghanistan, with participation from the United Kingdom.
- 2001 - Death of Chris Adams, American judoka and professional wrestler (murdered) (born 1955).
- 2001 - Pope John-Paul II beatifies two Germans, Nikolaus Groß and Maria Euthymia Üffing.
- 2001 - Death of Polly Rowles at age 87; actress (The Defenders TV show, The Nurses TV show, Somerset TV show, US Steel Hour TV show, Alcoa Hour TV show, Philco TV Playhouse TV show, Kraft TV Theatre TV show, Studio One TV show).
- 2002 - The discovery of Quaoar, a planet-like body orbiting the Sun, is announced.
- 2003 - Voters recall California Governor Gray Davis from office and elect actor Arnold Schwarzenegger to succeed him.
- 2003 - Death of Ellen Cannon Reed, American witch and author (born 1943).
- 2005 - United Nations nuclear agency director Mohamed ElBaradei is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 2007 - Death of Jim Michaels at age 86, editor of Forbes magazine (1961-99).
- 2008 - New York stocks drop for a fifth straight day, resulting in the Dow Jones Industrial Average's biggest five-day point loss ever, more than 1400 points, or nearly 13 percent.
- 2008 - Russia agrees to provide Iceland with a 4 billion euro loan.
- 2008 - The meteoroid 2008 TC3 impacts Earth, becoming the first such object to be discovered prior to impact.
- 2010 - Death of Milka Planinc, former Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1924).
- 2011 - Death of Ramiz Alia, 1st President of Albania (born 1925).
- 2020 - Boom Technology unveils prototype XB-1 supersonic jet in Denver, Colorado.
- 2022 - The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Ales Bialiatski (Belarus human rights advocate), Memorial group (Russian), and Center for Civil Liberties (Ukrainian).
- 2023 - Hamas of Palestine, from the Gaza Strip, launches attacks on Israel by boats, paragliders, pickup trucks, and launching over 2000 missiles, killing over 1400 people and taking hostages. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces the nation is at war.
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