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.
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
- 1513 –Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
- 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.
- 1840 –Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
- 1924 –Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for a short period of time.
- 1944 –World War II: Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down the crematoria.
- 1958 –The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
- 1963 –John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty.
- 1977 –The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
- 1982 –Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
- 1991 –Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb.
Who were born on October 7?
- 1573 –William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1645)
- 1870 –Uncle Dave Macon, American banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian (d. 1952)
- 1900 –Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi official (d. 1945)
- 1953 –Tico Torres, musician (Bon Jovi)
- 1959 –Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician
- 1970 –Nicole Ari Parker, American actress
- 1975 –Terry Gerin, American professional wrestler
- 1984 –Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
- 1986 –Lee Nguyen, American soccer player
- 1987 –Sam Querrey, American tennis player
Who died on October 7?
- 1368 –Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338)
- 1553 –Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (b. c.1500)
- 1787 –Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. 1711)
- 1906 –Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
- 1925 –Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (b. 1880)
- 1943 –Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor (b. 1899)
- 1992 –Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (b. 1930)
- 2001 –Roger Gaudry, French Canadian chemist, businessman and corporate director (b. 1913)
- 2007 –Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1975)
- 2011 –Ramiz Alia, the former communist leader and first president of the Albanian pluralist (b. 1925)
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