October 7

October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). There are 85 days remaining.

Events:

• 1571 - Battle of Lepanto
• 1777 - Battle of Second Saratoga[?]
• 1780 - Battle of King's Mountain[?] American irregulars defeat British forces in South Carolina
• 1879 - Germany and Austria-Hungary create the Dual Alliance
• 1886 - Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba
• 1908 - Crete revolts against the Ottoman Empire and aligns with Greece
• 1913 - Henry Ford introduces the assembly line
• 1940 - Germany invades Romania
• 1943 - Japan executes 100 American prisoners on Wake Island
• 1949 - German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed
• 1950 - United States forces invade Korea by crossing the 38th parallel[?]
• 1957 - Dick Clark[?]'s American Bandstand debuts
• 1985 - Achille Lauro hijacked by Palestinian terrorists
• 2001 - Start of 2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan

Births:

• 1841 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro[?] (+ 1921)
• 1853 - James Whitcomb Riley[?], poet (+ 1916)
• 1885 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (+ 1962)
• 1888 - Henry A. Wallace, American politician and Vice President of the United States (+ 1965)
• 1894 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director (+ 1970)
• 1897 - Elijah Mohammed[?], Black Muslim leader (+ 1975)
• 1900 - Heinrich Himmler, German politician and leader of the SS (+ 1945)
• 1905 - Andy Devine, actor (+ 1977)
• 1911 - Vaughn Monroe[?], singer (+ 1973)
• 1914 - Alfred Drake[?], actor (+ 1992)
• 1917 - June Allyson, actress
• 1931 - Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and anti-apartheid activist
• 1934 - Imamu Amiri Baraka[?], playwright, poet (born "LeRoi Jones")
• 1935 - Thomas Keneally, Australian author
• 1939 - Harold Kroto, British chemist
• 1943 - Oliver North, United States Marine involved in Iran-Contra affair
• 1951 - John Cougar Mellencamp, singer
• 1952 - Vladimir Putin, Russian politician and president
• 1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
• 1957 - Jayne Torvill[?], figure skater
• 1979 - Simona Amanar, Romanian gymnast

Deaths:

• 336 - Pope Marcus
• 1792 - George Mason, U.S. patriot, "Father of the Bill of Rights"
• 1849 - Edgar Allen Poe, American writer
• 1894 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, poet
• 1925 - Christy Mathewson, baseball star
• 1926 - Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist
• 1959 - Mario Lanza[?], singer

Holidays:

• UN - Universal Children's Day

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