Historical Events on October 7.

1. 3761 BC, 7th October: First day of the world according to the Hebrew calendar.

2. 1905, 7th October: Burning of foreign clothes celebrated in Pune. This was the first such attempt to boycott foreign goods by Indians.

3. 1912, 7th October: Helsinki Stock Exchange opened.

4. 1919, 7th October: Mahatma Gandhi launched Navjivan’s new paper.

5. 1919, 7th October: K. L. M. was established in Holland.

6. 1933, 7th October: Five small companies were merged to form Air France.

7. 1949, 7th October: Establishment of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).

8. 1950, 7th October: Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata.

9. 1971, 7th October: Oman joined the United Nations.

10. 1996, 7th October: Fox News Channel began broadcasting.

11. 2000, 7th October: Human cloning declared a punishable offense in Japan.

12. 2001, 7th October: The US invaded Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 attacks.

13. 2002, 7th October: Salman Khan was arrested by Bandra police, Mumbai.

14. 2003, 7th October: Hollywood film star Arnold Schwarzenegger was first elected as a Governor of California. 

15. 2008, 7th October: Asteroid 2008 TC 3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected before it enters into the earth’s atmosphere.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on October 7.

1. 1866: Krishnaji Keshav Damle (Keshavsut), Indian poet, the promoters of Marathi poetry.

2. 1885: Niels Henrik David Bohr, a Danish physicist. He made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, received the Nobel Prize in Physics.

3. 1900: Heinrich Himmler, German head of the Gestapo, and Hitler’s second in command.

4. 1907: Pragji Dosa, Indian-Gujarati playwright, and writer.

5. 1914: Begum Akhtar, India singer. She is best known for her Gazals, Thumri, and Dadra.

6. 1923: Reverend Desmond Tutu, South African Archbishop of Cape Town and general secretary of the South African Council of Churches. He was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1984.

7. 1929: Graeme Ferguson, a Canadian filmmaker, and co-inventor of IMAX.

8. 1952: Vladimir Putin, a Russian politician, former president of Russia, and prime minister of Russia.

9. 1959: Simon Cowell, an English television personality, entrepreneur, entertainment manager, and record executive.

10. 1977: Yukta Mookhey, an Indian actress, model, and Miss World 1999.

11. 1978: Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on October 7.

1. 1708: Guru Govind Singh, the 10th Guru of the Sikhs.

2. 1849: Edgar Allan Poe, author of the American Mystery and Horror Story.

3. 1986: Paul Tournier was, a Swiss physician.

4. 1894: Oliver Wendell Holmes, American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston.

5. 1951: Anton Philips, co-founder of the Philips Company.

6. 1975: Devanhalli Venkataramanya Gundappa, DVG, Indian-Kannada poet and thinker.

7. 1992: Allan David Bloom, American philosopher, classicist, and academician.

8. 2011: Ramiz Alia, Albania’s first president.

7-October-1586

The Mughal army entered Srinagar where 'Khutbah' was being recited in the name of the emperor.

7-October-1708

Guru Govind Singh, tenth and the last Sikh Guru, was assassinated.

7-October-1737

40 feet waves sink 20,000 small craft & kill 300,000 (Bengal, India).

7-October-1914

Begam Akhtar, famous gazal singer, was born.

7-October-1919

Mahatma Gandhij started publication of 'Navjeevan' newspaper.

7-October-1950

Mother Teresa, started Missionaries of Charity, in Calcutta.

7-October-1952

Chandigarh became the capital of Punjab.

7-October-1953

Chandigarh was inaugurated as capital of Punjab.

7-October-1955

Heavy floods in India and Pakistan caused 1,700 lives in India alone.

7-October-1971

K. Kelappan, freedom fighter, social reformer, revolutionary, educationist and journalist, died.

7-October-1980

Vijay Agrawal, Soccer(Football) player, was born in College Station, Texas, United States.

7-October-1987

Indian peace-keeping troops in Sri Lanka ordered to shoot at sight after the massacre of 179 people by Tamil rebels.

7-October-1991

Telugu Desam decides not to oppose PM Narasimha Rao in Nandyal.

7-October-1992

Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Union Law Minister, selected to become the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

7-October-1993

The Supreme Court rejected private management's plea for 50\% quota in private professional colleges.

7-October-1995

Keshubhai Patel ministry in Gujarat won the vote of confidence in the state assembly following a compromise reached between the party leadership and dissidents.

7-October-1996

Final phase of UP election.

7-October-1997

Central government women employees to get 135 days' maternity leave and men to get 15 days' paternity leave.

7-October-1997

Indo-Russian programme of military-technical cooperation (1994-2000) to be extended till 2010, said Yeltsin.

7-October-1997

British High Commissioner in India Sir David Gore-Booth makes it clear that Queen Elizabeth II, during her Amritsar visit, would not 'apologise' for the 1919 Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, but as a gesture would lay the wreath.

7-October-1997

Lalram Sanga and Purnima Mohato emerge men's and women's individual champions in National Archery.

7-October-1999

Comfortable majority for NDA. Prime Minister Vajpayee starts work on Government formation.

7-October-1999

Long jumper Sanjay Kumar Rai became the first Indian man to go over the eight-metre twice when he leapt to a personal best of 8.02m at the National Athletic Circuit meet in Mumbai and sound a fresh threat to T. C. Yohannan's two-decade old national record of 8.07m.

7-October-1999

Sonia Gandhi won in Amethi by a margin of over three lakh votes.

7-October-1999

Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD president, loses in Madhepura.

7-October-2000

WWF-India bags the first Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Conservation Award.