Major Events
- 1571 Battle of Lepanto: Holy League of Catholic states formed by Pope Pius V destroys an Ottoman fleet in a significant defeat off Western Greece
- 1737 A cyclone causes 40-foot waves that are believed to kill 300,000 in Calcutta, India
- 1763 George III of Great Britain issues the Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlement
- 1919 KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij), Royal Dutch Airlines, is founded in Amsterdam, making it one of the world’s oldest airlines
- 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert ground operations
- 2023 Hamas launches a major air and ground attack on Israel from Gaza, killing over a thousand people and taking hundreds of hostages, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare, “We are at war” [1]
Oct 7 in Film & TV
- 1971 “The French Connection,” directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, and Fernando Rey, premieres in the US (Academy Awards Best Picture 1972)
Oct 7 in Music
- 1982 Musical “Cats” opens at Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, New York City, and runs for nearly 18 years, winning seven Tony Awards and a Grammy
Oct 7 in Sport
- 2000 The last competitive soccer match at Wembley Stadium sees England defeated 1-0 by Germany, with the only goal scored by Liverpool’s Dietmar Hamann. The match is Tony Adams’ 60th at Wembley, setting the record for most appearances at the stadium
Did You Know?
Far side of the Moon is seen for the first time courtesy of the USSR’s Luna 3 space probe
Fun Fact About October 7
Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland 222-0, achieving the most lopsided score in the history of US college football
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