About October 7
October 7, 2025 is the 280th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Libra is the sun 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 133 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On October 7
- 1513 –Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
- 1542 –Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off the California coast.
- 1691 –The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
- 1776 –Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
- 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.
- 1879 –Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the “Twofold Covenant” and create the Dual Alliance.
- 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.
- 1949 –The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
- 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.
- 1959 –U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
- 1960 –Nigeria joins the United Nations.
- 1963 –John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty.
- 1985 –The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1991 –Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb.
- 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 begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
- 2004 –King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates, replaced by his son Norodom Sihamoni a week later.
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