What Happened on Oct 7

Battle of Lepanto (1571)

The Battle of Lepanto (Greek: Ναύπακτος, Naupaktos, pron. Náfpaktos; colloquial Greek: Έπαχτος, Épahtos; Turkish: İnebahtı) took place on 7 October... Read more

Battle of King's Mountain

The battle opened on October 7, 1780, around 3 pm when 900 Patriots (including John Crockett, the father of Davy Crockett), approached the steep... Read more

Loss of the SS Home

While making its third voyage from New York to Charleston, the Home struck a sandbar off the Jersey coast. Unaware of the extent of the damage,... Read more

Edgar Allan Poe dies

On October 3, 1849, Poe was found on the streets of Baltimore delirious, "in great distress, and... in need of immediate assistance", according to... Read more

Douglas Seeks to Prove that Lincoln was an Abolitionist at the Fifth Lincoln-Douglas Debate

At Galesburg Douglas sought again to prove that Lincoln was an abolitionist with the following quotes from Lincoln: “I should like to know, if... Read more

Confederate States Army Spy Antonia Ford Earns Title Aide-de-Camp

Antonia Ford (July 23, 1838 – February 14, 1871) was a volunteer civilian spy for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil... Read more

Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads

Description:Responding to the loss of Fort Harrison and the increasing Federal threat against Richmond, Gen. Robert E. Lee directed an offensive... Read more

Cornell University Opens For The First Term

Cornell University welcomed its first 412 students to the rural campus overlooking Lake Cayuga in Ithaca, New York, on October 7, 1868. Cornell is... Read more

1913 World Series

In the 1913 World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics beat the New York Giants four games to one. The A's pitching gave the edge to a... Read more

1916 World Series

In the 1916 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Brooklyn Robins (a.k.a. Dodgers) four games to one. Casey Stengel shined on offense for the... Read more

1919 World Series, Game 6

Game 6 was held back in Cincinnati. Dickie Kerr, starting for the White Sox, was not as dominant as in Game 3. Aided by three errors, the Reds... Read more

1925 World Series

In the 1925 World Series, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the defending champion Washington Senators in seven games. In a reversal of fortune on all... Read more

'The Sound and The Fury' Is Published

The Sound and the Fury is a novel written by the American author William Faulkner. It employs a number of narrative styles, including the technique... Read more

United Airlines Trip 4 Crashes, Killing 12

United Airlines Trip 4, a Boeing 247D, was a scheduled flight departing from Salt Lake City, Utah to Cheyenne, Wyoming on October 7, 1935. The... Read more

Establishment of the German Democratic Republic (Commonly Known as East Germany)

At the end of the war, Soviet authorities forcibly unified members of the Communist Party of Germany and Social Democratic Party in the Socialist... Read more

Vladimir Putin is Born

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was born on 7 October 1952, in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (modern day Saint Petersburg, Russia), to parents... Read more

"Pillow Talk" Is Released

The fabulously successful Pillow Talk was essentially Shop Around the Corner for the 1950s. Playboy composer Rock Hudson and interior-decorator... Read more

"Spartacus" Is Released

Spartacus is a (1960) historical drama movie directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast about the... Read more

President Kennedy Ratifies the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

The Treaty banning Nuclear Weapon Tests In The Atmosphere, In Outer Space And Under Water, often abbreviated as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT),... Read more

1964 World Series

The 1964 World Series pitted the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals against the American League champion New York Yankees, with the... Read more

The Final Day Of The Fall Roundup And Trail Drive For The Ninety-Six Ranch

October 7, 1979, was the final day of the fall roundup and trail drive for the Ninety-Six Ranch. The ranch lies along Martin Creek, a tributary of... Read more

Achille Lauro cruise ship is hijacked

The cruise ship, Achille Lauro, was hijacked by four gunmen who demanded the release of Palestinian prisoners in Egypt and other countries. They... Read more

Slayer Releases "Reign in Blood"

Reign in Blood is the third studio album and major label debut by the American thrash metal band Slayer. Released on October 7, 1986, the album was... Read more

Exodus release Pleasures of the Flesh

Pleasures of the Flesh is the second album by American thrash metal band Exodus, released in 1987. This is the first Exodus album to feature Steve... Read more

"The Bubble Boy" - Season 4 Episode 7 of Seinfeld First Airs

"The Bubble Boy" is the 47th episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld, as well as the nickname of Donald Sanger, one of the characters in the... Read more