What happened this day in history

Wikipedia defines history as the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. It came from the Greek word ‘historia’ – which means ‘inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation’.

Did you know? There are many who claim Herodotus, a fifth century BC Greek historian, as the “father of history”.

This website utilizes pages from Wikipedia to extract historical events from 3761 BC up to the present. There are 105,060 records in the database that include events, births and deaths of popular individuals. The present day Gregorian calendar was adopted to show dates of interest.

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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, 480,072 hours 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.

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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

  • 1933
    Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines.
  • 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.
  • 1963
    John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty.
  • 1977
    The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
  • 1985
    The Mameyes landslide kills close to 300 in the worst landslide in North American history.

Who were born on October 7?

  • 1573
    William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1645)
  • 1870
    Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1873)
  • 1964
    Dan Savage, American sex-columnist and author
  • 1976
    Charles Woodson, American football player
  • 1995
    Slade Pearce, American actor

Who died on October 7?

  • 929
    King Charles III of France (b. 879)
  • 1943
    Radclyffe Hall, British author (b. 1880)
  • 1969
    Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
  • 2006
    Abraham Afewerki, Eritrean singer (b.1966)
  • 2010
    T Lavitz, American musician (b. 1956)

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