About October 7

October 7, 2021 is the 280th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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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 117 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On October 7

  • 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 the California coast.
  • 1571 –
    The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) destroys the Turkish fleet.
  • 1777 –
    American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 1912 –
    The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
  • 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 –
    Photios II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
  • 1949 –
    The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
  • 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.
  • 1960 –
    Nigeria joins the United Nations.
  • 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.
  • 1985 –
    The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.
  • 2004 –
    King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates, replaced by his son Norodom Sihamoni a week later.

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