What are the important events that happened on October 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 7: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 7 is the 280^th 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.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 24, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 488,832 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac 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.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,673 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 7 Historical Events

• 1763 –
  George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.
• 1777 –
  American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
• 1924 –
  Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down the crematoria.
• 1949 –
  The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• 1960 –
  Nigeria joins the United Nations.
• 1982 –
  Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
• 1991 –
  Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb.
• 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.

Who were born on October 7?

• 1895 –
  Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (d. 1980)
• 1927 –
  R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist (d. 1989)
• 1953 –
  Tico Torres, musician (Bon Jovi)
• 1955 –
  Yo-Yo Ma, French-born American cellist
• 1957 –
  Michael W. Smith, American singer
• 1964 –
  Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter
• 1971 –
  Daniel Boucher, Québécois musician
• 1974 –
  Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish singer
• 1975 –
  Damian Kulash, American musician (OK Go)
• 1977 –
  Brandon Quinn, American actor

Who died on October 7?

• 1577 –
  George Gascoigne, English poet
• 1708 –
  Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666)
• 1772 –
  John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
• 1787 –
  Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. 1711)
• 1896 –
  Emma Wedgwood, English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin, (b. 1808)
• 1939 –
  Harvey Cushing, Father of Modern Neurosurgery (b. 1869)
• 1992 –
  Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (b. 1930)
• 2003 –
  Israel Harold “Izzy” Asper, Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate (b. 1932)
• 2003 –
  Wally George, American conservative TV commentator (b. 1931)
• 2011 –
  Ramiz Alia, the former communist leader and first president of the Albanian pluralist (b. 1925)