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10-07-2010, 04:00 AM
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This Date in History - October 7th
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* 3761 BC The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
* 336 Pope Mark dies, leaving the papacy vacant.
* 1513 Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramσn de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
* 1542 Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off the California coast.
* 1571 The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) destroys the Turkish fleet.
* 1582 Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
* 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.
* 1776 Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Wόrttemberg.
* 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 colonel 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'aoϋt.
* 1826 The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
* 1828 The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in Peloponnese under General Maison.
* 1840 Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
* 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Darbytown Road: the Confederate forces' attempt to regain ground that had been lost around Richmond is thwarted.
* 1864 American Civil War: U.S.S. Wachusett captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider ship while in port in Bahia, Brazil.
* 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: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a 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.
* 1919 KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
* 1920 The Suwalki Agreement between Poland and Lithuania is signed.
* 1933 Air France is inaugurated, after being formed from 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: Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jews burn down the crematoria.
* 1949 German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed.
* 1955 Beat poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" for the first time at a poetry reading in San Francisco.
* 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 first ever photographs of the far side of the moon.
* 1960 Nigeria joins the United Nations.
* 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, U.S.S.R.
* 1963 John F. Kennedy signs ratification for Partial Test Ban Treaty.
* 1977 The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
* 1971 Oman joins the United Nations.
* 1982 Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
* 1985 The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.
* 1993 The Great Flood of 1993 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
* 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 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
* 2004 King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates.
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This Date in History - October 7th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 3761 BC The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
* 336 Pope Mark dies, leaving the papacy vacant.
* 1513 Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramσn de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
* 1542 Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off the California coast.
* 1571 The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) destroys the Turkish fleet.
* 1582 Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
* 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.
* 1776 Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Wόrttemberg.
* 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 colonel 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'aoϋt.
* 1826 The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
* 1828 The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in Peloponnese under General Maison.
* 1840 Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
* 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Darbytown Road: the Confederate forces' attempt to regain ground that had been lost around Richmond is thwarted.
* 1864 American Civil War: U.S.S. Wachusett captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider ship while in port in Bahia, Brazil.
* 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: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a 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.
* 1919 KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
* 1920 The Suwalki Agreement between Poland and Lithuania is signed.
* 1933 Air France is inaugurated, after being formed from 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: Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jews burn down the crematoria.
* 1949 German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed.
* 1955 Beat poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" for the first time at a poetry reading in San Francisco.
* 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 first ever photographs of the far side of the moon.
* 1960 Nigeria joins the United Nations.
* 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, U.S.S.R.
* 1963 John F. Kennedy signs ratification for Partial Test Ban Treaty.
* 1977 The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
* 1971 Oman joins the United Nations.
* 1982 Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
* 1985 The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.
* 1993 The Great Flood of 1993 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
* 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 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
* 2004 King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates.
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