October 7

October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).

Events

• 3761 BC – The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
• 1406 – French troops comprising 1,000 men at arms landed on Jersey and fought a battle against 3,000 defenders.
• 1477 – Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.
• 1513 – Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
• 1542 – Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off of the California coast.
• 1571 – The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) annihilates the Turkish fleet.
• 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1691 – The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
• 1763 – King George III of the United Kingdom issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
• 1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain: American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• 1800 – French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août.
• 1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
• 1828 – Morea expedition: 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.
• 1862 – Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Canadian province of British Columbia
• 1864 – American Civil War: Bahia incident: USS Wachusett illegally captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality.
• 1868 – Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
• 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Siege of Paris: Léon Gambetta flees Paris in a hot-air balloon.
• 1879 – Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
• 1912 – The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
• 1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
• 1918 – The Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland declares independence from the German Empire and forms the Republic of Poland.
• 1919 – KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
• 1924 – Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• 1929 – Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• 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.
• 1942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
• 1944 – World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
• 1949 – The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• 1950 – Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
• 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.
• 1958 – The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
• 1959 – U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
• 1963 – John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
• 1977 – The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
• 1985 – The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.
• 1987 – Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
• 1988 – An Iñupiat hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice in Barrow, Alaska, US; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
• 1993 – The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
• 1996 – Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
• 1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
• 2001 – The Global War on Terrorism begins as a result of the September 11 attacks. The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan initiates with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
• 2003 – The governor of California, Gray Davis, is recalled in favor of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• 2008 – Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an astroid impact is detected prior to its entry into earth's atmosphere.
• 2016 – In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to 800.

Births

• 13 BC – Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman politician (d. 23 AD)
• 1409 – Elizabeth of Luxembourg (d. 1442)
• 1471 – Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)
• 1573 – William Laud, English archbishop and academic (d. 1645)
• 1576 – John Marston, English poet and playwright (d. 1634)
• 1589 – Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (d. 1631)
• 1713 – Granville Elliott, English general (d. 1759)
• 1728 – Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (d. 1784)
• 1744 – Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (d. 1819)
• 1746 – William Billings, American composer and educator (d. 1800)
• 1748 – Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
• 1769 – Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (d. 1846)
• 1786 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)
• 1798 – Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman (d. 1875)
• 1821 – Richard H. Anderson, American general (d. 1879)
• 1832 – Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer (d. 1918)
• 1835 – Felix Draeseke, German composer and educator (d. 1913)
• 1836 – Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1911)
• 1841 – Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
• 1849 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (d. 1916)
• 1860 – Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (d. 1936)
• 1866 – Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
• 1876 – Louis Tancred, South African cricketer (d. 1934)
• 1879 – Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet (d. 1915)
• 1881 – Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general (d. 1918)
• 1884 – Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1927)
• 1885 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
• 1885 – Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1948)
• 1887 – Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach (d. 1961)
• 1888 – Henry A. Wallace, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
• 1889 – Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)
• 1892 – Dwain Esper, American director and producer (d. 1982)
• 1893 – Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (d. 1979)
• 1894 – Del Lord, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1970)
• 1895 – Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (d. 1975)
• 1897 – Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician (d. 1947)
• 1900 – Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician (d. 1945)
• 1904 – Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach (d. 1968)
• 1905 – Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1907 – Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author (d. 1985)
• 1909 – Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (d. 1990)
• 1909 – Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator (d. 1995)
• 1909 – Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (d. 1983)
• 1910 – Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1986)
• 1911 – Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1973)
• 1912 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru (d. 2002)
• 1912 – Peter Walker, English race car driver (d. 1984)
• 1913 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1987)
• 1913 – Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer (d. 1949)
• 1914 – Sarah Churchill, English actress (d. 1982)
• 1914 – Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
• 1914 – Herman Keiser, American golfer (d. 2003)
• 1917 – June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Harry V. Jaffa, American historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 2015)
• 1919 – Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Zelman Cowen, Australian academic and politician, 19th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2011)
• 1919 – Georges Duby, French historian and author (d. 1996)
• 1920 – Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Jack Rowley, English footballer and manager (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and coach (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
• 1922 – William Zinsser, American journalist and critic (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Irma Grese, German SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1923 – Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator and director (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
• 1927 – R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (d. 1989)
• 1929 – Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation
• 1929 – Robert Westall, English journalist and author (d. 1993)
• 1930 – Curtis Crider, American race car driver (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2004)
• 1931 – Tommy Lewis, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1931 – R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (d. 2003)
• 1931 – Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1932 – Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (d. 2012)
• 1934 – Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Ulrike Meinhof, German journalist and activist (d. 1976)
• 1934 – Julian Thompson, English general and historian
• 1935 – Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist
• 1936 – Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Christopher Booker, English journalist and author
• 1937 – Maria Szyszkowska, Polish academic and politician
• 1938 – Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1939 – John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author
• 1939 – Clive James, Australian television host, author, and critic
• 1939 – Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
• 1939 – Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal
• 1939 – Bill Snyder, American football player and coach
• 1940 – Bruce Vento, American educator and politician (d. 2000)
• 1942 – Joy Behar, American talk show host, comedian and television personality
• 1943 – José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player and coach
• 1943 – Oliver North, American colonel, journalist, and author
• 1944 – Donald Tsang, Chinese civil servant and politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
• 1945 – Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director
• 1945 – David Wallace, Scottish physicist and academic
• 1946 – John Brass, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1946 – Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, activist, and author
• 1947 – Chris Bambridge, Australian footballer and referee
• 1948 – Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
• 1948 – John F. B. Mitchell, English climatologist and author
• 1948 – Stephen Rucker, American composer
• 1949 – Dave Hope, American bass player and priest
• 1950 – Dick Jauron, American football player and coach
• 1950 – Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania
• 1951 – John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1952 – Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia
• 1952 – Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
• 1952 – Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer
• 1953 – Linda Griffiths, Canadian actress and playwright (d. 2014)
• 1953 – Margus Lepa, Estonian journalist and actor
• 1953 – Tico Torres, American drummer
• 1955 – Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist and author
• 1955 – Bill Henson, Australian photographer
• 1955 – Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist and educator
• 1956 – Steve Bainbridge, English rugby player
• 1956 – Mike Shipley, Australian-English sound engineer and producer (d. 2013)
• 1956 – Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1957 – Joey Marquez, Filipino basketball player, actor, and politician
• 1957 – Michael W. Smith, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1957 – Jayne Torvill, English figure skater
• 1959 – Dylan Baker, American actor
• 1959 – Simon Cowell, English businessman and producer, created The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent
• 1959 – Lourdes Flores, Peruvian lawyer and politician
• 1959 – Jean-Marc Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1960 – Kevin Boyle, American historian and author
• 1961 – Tony Sparano, American football player and coach
• 1962 – Dave Bronconnier, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Calgary
• 1962 – William Johnson, German-English cricketer
• 1964 – Dan Savage, American LGBT rights activist, journalist and television producer
• 1964 – Paul Stewart, English footballer
• 1965 – Genji Hashimoto, Japanese race car driver
• 1965 – Kumiko Watanabe, Japanese voice actress
• 1966 – Sherman Alexie, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker
• 1966 – Marco Beltrami, Italian-American composer and conductor
• 1966 – Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (d. 2012)
• 1967 – Peter Baker, English golfer
• 1967 – Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1967 – Luke Haines, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1968 – Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 – Malia Hosaka, American wrestler
• 1969 – Per Mathisen, Norwegian bass player and composer
• 1969 – Maria Whittaker, English model, actress, and singer
• 1971 – Daniel Boucher, Canadian singer and actor
• 1972 – Marlou Aquino, Filipino basketball player
• 1972 – Ben Younger, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Dida, Brazilian footballer
• 1973 – Priest Holmes, American football player
• 1973 – Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer and manager
• 1973 – Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Georgian politician and diplomat, 7th Prime Minister of Georgia
• 1974 – Rune Glifberg, Danish skateboarder
• 1974 – Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer
• 1975 – Giorgos Karadimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 – Damian Kulash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 – Tim Minchin, English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer
• 1976 – Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1976 – Taylor Hicks, American singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1976 – Charles Woodson, American football player
• 1978 – Alison Balsom, English trumpet player and educator
• 1978 – Alesha Dixon, English singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1978 – Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer
• 1979 – Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
• 1979 – Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor
• 1979 – Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor
• 1982 – Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
• 1982 – Jermain Defoe, English footballer
• 1982 – Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
• 1982 – Li Yundi, Chinese pianist
• 1982 – Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1983 – Archie Bland, English journalist and author
• 1983 – Dwayne Bravo, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1983 – Flying Lotus, American rapper, DJ, and producer
• 1983 – Scottie Upshall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
• 1984 – Toma Ikuta, Japanese actor and singer
• 1984 – Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer
• 1984 – Zachary Wyatt, American soldier and politician
• 1985 – Evan Longoria, American baseball player
• 1986 – Chase Daniel, American football player
• 1986 – Lee Nguyen, American soccer player
• 1986 – Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
• 1986 – Bree Olson, American porn actress and producer
• 1987 – Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer
• 1987 – Aiden English, American wrestler
• 1987 – Sam Querrey, American tennis player
• 1988 – Diego da Silva Costa, Brazilian footballer
• 1988 – Lauren Mayberry, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1989 – Trent Merrin, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 – Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer
• 1992 – Mookie Betts, American baseball player
• 1995 – Lyndon Dykes, Australian professional soccer player
• 1995 – Lloyd Jones, English professional footballer

Deaths

• 336 – Pope Mark
• 858 – Montoku, Japanese emperor (b. 826)
• 929 – Charles the Simple, French king (b. 879)
• 1242 – Juntoku, Japanese emperor (b. 1197)
• 1368 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician (b. 1338)
• 1553 – Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (b. 1500)
• 1571 – Sufi Ali Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, Ottoman Governor of Egypt
• 1577 – George Gascoigne, English soldier, courtier, and poet (b. 1535)
• 1612 – Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1538)
• 1620 – Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish-Lithuanian commander (b. 1547)
• 1637 – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587)
• 1651 – Jacques Sirmond, French scholar (b. 1559)
• 1653 – Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (b. 1581)
• 1708 – Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (b. 1666)
• 1787 – Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711)
• 1792 – George Mason, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
• 1793 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718)
• 1796 – Thomas Reid, Scottish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1710)
• 1849 – Edgar Allan Poe, American author, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
• 1894 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 – Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 – Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 – John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 – Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 – Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 – Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1939 – Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
• 1943 – Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1944 – Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1950 – Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (b. 1876)
• 1951 – Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
• 1956 – Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)
• 1959 – Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (b. 1921)
• 1966 – Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
• 1967 – Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1969 – Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
• 1970 – Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and academic (b. 1906)
• 1985 – Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1904)
• 1990 – Beatrice Hutton, Australian architect (b. 1893)
• 1991 – Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (b. 1921)
• 1991 – Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)
• 1991 – Darren Millane, Australian footballer (b. 1965)
• 1992 – Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (b. 1930)
• 1992 – Babu Karam Singh Bal, Indian businessman and politician (b.1927)
• 1993 – Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor (b. 1910)
• 1994 – Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish-English physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1995 – Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian-Czech-American mathematician, attendant of the Vienna Circle (b. 1906)
• 1996 – Lou Lichtveld, Surinamese-Dutch author, playwright, and politician (b. 1903)
• 1998 – Cees de Vreugd, Dutch strongman and weightlifter (b. 1952)
• 2001 – Herblock, American cartoonist and author (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Christopher Adams, English-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1955)
• 2001 – Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman (b. 1913)
• 2002 – Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 2003 – Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 2003 – Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Tony Lanfranchi, English race car driver (b. 1935)
• 2006 – Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish cyclist (b. 1985)
• 2006 – Anna Politkovskaya, American-Russian journalist and activist (b. 1958)
• 2007 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1975)
• 2007 – George E. Sangmeister, American lawyer and politician (b. 1931)
• 2009 – Irving Penn, American photographer (b. 1917)
• 2010 – T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (b. 1956)
• 2010 – Milka Planinc, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)
• 2011 – Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (b. 1925)
• 2011 – Andrew Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Mervyn M. Dymally, Trinidadian-American politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Ivo Michiels, Belgian-French author and poet (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Wiley Reed, American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Mick Buckley, English footballer (b. 1953)
• 2013 – Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
• 2013 – David E. Jeremiah, American admiral (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Leandro Mendoza, Filipino police officer and politician, 36th Executive Secretary of the Philippines (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Joe Rogers, American lawyer and politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (b. 1964)
• 2014 – Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (b. 1988)
• 2014 – Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1917)
• 2015 – Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Hossein Hamadani, Iranian general (b. 1951)
• 2015 – W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Jurelang Zedkaia, Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1950)
• 2016 – Ross Higgins, Australian actor, comedian (b. 1930)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Justina of Padua
  • Henry Muhlenberg (some Lutheran Churches, Episcopal Church of the USA)
  • Osgyth
  • Our Lady of the Rosary
  • Pope Mark
  • Sergius and Bacchus
  • October 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day
• Italian Evacuation Day (Libya)
• Teachers' Day (Laos)
• The first day of Nagasaki Kunchi, celebrated until October 9 (Nagasaki)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to October 7.

• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada