What are the important events that happened on October 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 7: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 7 is the 281st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 24, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,804,320 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontahenagon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 114 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,308 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 7 Historical Events
1828 –
The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison.
1840 –
Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
1868 –
Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
1879 –
Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the “Twofold Covenant” and create the Dual Alliance.
1912 –
The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
1919 –
KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
1933 –
Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines.
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.
1963 –
John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty.
1977 –
The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
Who were born on October 7?
1744 –
Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (d. 1819)
1898 –
Joe Giard, American baseball player (d. 1956)
1917 –
June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
1919 –
Sir Zelman Cowen, Australian academic and Governor-General
1936 –
Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor
1946 –
Bernard Lavilliers, French singer
1951 –
David J. Halberstam, American radio executive
1952 –
Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister and former President of the Russian Federation
1976 –
Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
1986 –
Chase Daniel, American football player
Who died on October 7?
1708 –
Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666)
1903 –
Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832)
1919 –
Alfred Deakin, second Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
1959 –
Mario Lanza, American tenor (b. 1921)
1966 –
Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer and songwriter. (b. 1890)
1970 –
Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest, educator and academic executive (b. 1906)
2001 –
Roger Gaudry, French Canadian chemist, businessman and corporate director (b. 1913)
2005 –
Charles Rocket, American actor (b. 1949)
2009 –
Irving Penn, American photographer (b. 1917)
2010 –
Milka Planinc, former PM of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)
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