October 7

October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 3761 BC – The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
• 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 of the California coast.
• 1571 – The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) annihilates the Turkish fleet.
• 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1691 – The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
• 1763 – King 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.
• 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 major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• 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.
• 1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
• 1828 – Morea Expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison.
• 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
• 1864 – American Civil War – Bahia Incident: USS Wachusett illegally captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality.
• 1868 – Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
• 1870 – Franco-Prussian War – Siege of Paris: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a hot-air balloon.
• 1879 – Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
• 1912 – The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
• 1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
• 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.
• 1933 – Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines.
• 1940 – World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
• 1942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
• 1944 – World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down the crematoria.
• 1949 – The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• 1955 – American poet Allen Ginsberg performs his poem Howl for the first time at the Six Gallery in San Francisco.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1963 – John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty.
• 1971 – Oman joins the United Nations.
• 1976 – Hua Guofeng becomes Mao Zedong's successor as chairman of Communist Party of China, following the latter's death barely a month earlier.
• 1977 – The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
• 1985 – The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.
• 1985 – The Mameyes landslide kills close to 300 in the worst landslide in North American history.
• 1987 – Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
• 1991 – Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb kills 1 civilian.
• 1993 – The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
• 1996 – The Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
• 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.
• 2003 – A historic recall election takes place in the U.S. State of California in which the sitting Governor Gray Davis, a Democrat, is overwhelmingly voted out of office. Actor, bodybuilder and Republican candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected to be the 38th Governor of California over fellow Republican Tom McClintock and Democrat Cruz Bustamante who at the time was the sitting Lt. Governor of California. This is the first recall election in the history of the State of California in which a sitting Governor has been successfully recalled from office.

Births

• 13 BC – Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (d. AD 23)
• 1471 – Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)
• 1573 – William Laud, English archbishop (d. 1645)
• 1576 – John Marston, English poet and playwright (d. 1634)
• 1589 – Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (d. 1631)
• 1713 – Granville Elliott, English general (d. 1759)
• 1728 – Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (d. 1784)
• 1744 – Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (d. 1819)
• 1746 – William Billings, American composer (d. 1800)
• 1748 – Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
• 1769 – Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (d. 1846)
• 1786 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)
• 1798 – Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman (d. 1875)
• 1832 – Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer (d. 1918)
• 1835 – Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913)
• 1836 – Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1911)
• 1841 – Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
• 1849 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (d. 1916)
• 1866 – Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
• 1870 – Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1873)
• 1870 – Uncle Dave Macon, American singer-songwriter, banjo player, and comedian (d. 1952)
• 1879 – Joe Hill, American poet and activist (d. 1915)
• 1881 – Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general (d. 1918)
• 1884 – Harold Geiger, American pilot (d. 1927)
• 1885 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
• 1885 – Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1948)
• 1888 – Henry A. Wallace, American politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
• 1892 – Dwain Esper, American director and producer (d. 1982)
• 1893 – Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (d. 1979)
• 1894 – Del Lord, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1970)
• 1895 – Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (d. 1975)
• 1898 – Joe Giard, American baseball player (d. 1956)
• 1900 – Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician (d. 1945)
• 1904 – Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer (d. 1968)
• 1905 – Andy Devine, American actor and singer (d. 1977)
• 1907 – Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American author (d. 1985)
• 1909 – Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (d. 1990)
• 1909 – Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (d. 1995)
• 1909 – Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (d. 1983)
• 1910 – Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986)
• 1911 – Jo Jones, American drummer (d. 1985)
• 1911 – Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1973)
• 1912 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian politician, 85th President of Peru (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1987)
• 1913 – Raimond Valgre, Estonian composer (d. 1949)
• 1914 – Begum Akhtar, Indian singer (d. 1974)
• 1914 – Sarah Churchill, English actress and dancer (d. 1982)
• 1914 – Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
• 1917 – June Allyson, American actress and singer (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Zelman Cowen, Australian academic and politician, 19th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2011)
• 1919 – Georges Duby, French historian and author (d. 1996)
• 1920 – Georg Leber, German politician, German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Kalju Lepik, Estonian-Swedish poet (d. 1999)
• 1920 – Jack Rowley, English footballer and manager (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and coach (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
• 1922 – William Zinsser, American journalist and critic
• 1923 – Irma Grese, German SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1923 – Michel Joseph Kuehn, French bishop (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator and director (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Diana Lynn, American actress and singer (d. 1971)
• 1927 – R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (d. 1989)
• 1927 – Al Martino, American singer and actor (d. 2009)
• 1928 – Sanne Ledermann, German holocaust victim (d. 1943)
• 1928 – Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (d. 1980)
• 1929 – Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation
• 1929 – Robert Westall, English journalist and author (d. 1993)
• 1930 – Curtis Crider, American race car driver (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2004)
• 1931 – R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (d. 2003)
• 1931 – Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1932 – Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop
• 1933 – Harold Dunaway, American race car driver (d. 2012)
• 1934 – Amiri Baraka, American poet, actor, and activist (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Ulrike Meinhof, German journalist and activist (d. 1976)
• 1935 – Thomas Keneally, Australian author and playwright
• 1936 – Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor
• 1936 – Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Maria Szyszkowska, Polish academic and politician
• 1938 – Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer, actor, and poet (d. 1992)
• 1939 – John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author
• 1939 – Clive James, Australian television host and author
• 1939 – Harry Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 – Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal
• 1939 – Bill Snyder, American football player and coach
• 1940 – Bruce Vento, American politician (d. 2000)
• 1942 – Joy Behar, American talk show host and actress
• 1943 – José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player and coach
• 1943 – Oliver North, American colonel, journalist, and author
• 1944 – Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1979)
• 1944 – Donald Tsang, Chinese politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
• 1945 – Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director (10cc, Hotlegs, Godley & Creme, Doctor Father, and The Magic Lanterns)
• 1946 – Bernard Lavilliers, French singer-songwriter and actor
• 1946 – Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, activist, and author
• 1946 – Pengiran Anak Saleha, Bruneian wife of Hassanal Bolkiah
• 1947 – Chris Bambridge, Australian footballer and referee
• 1948 – Diane Ackerman, American poet and author
• 1948 – Stephen Rucker, American composer
• 1949 – Dave Hope, American bass player and priest (Kansas and AD)
• 1949 – Kieran Kane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The O'Kanes)
• 1950 – Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania
• 1951 – David J. Halberstam, American sportscaster
• 1951 – John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1952 – Mary Badham, American actress
• 1952 – Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia
• 1952 – Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
• 1952 – Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer
• 1953 – Margus Lepa, Estonian journalist and actor
• 1953 – Tico Torres, American drummer (Bon Jovi)
• 1954 – Kenneth Atchley, American composer
• 1955 – Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist and author
• 1955 – Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist (Silk Road Project)
• 1956 – Mike Shipley, Australian-English sound engineer and producer (d. 2013)
• 1956 – Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1957 – Michael W. Smith, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1957 – Jayne Torvill, English figure skater
• 1959 – Dylan Baker, American actor
• 1959 – Simon Cowell, English businessman and producer, created The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent
• 1959 – Lourdes Flores, Peruvian lawyer and politician
• 1959 – Jean-Marc Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1960 – Kevin Boyle, American historian and author
• 1960 – Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (Boøwy)
• 1960 – Viktor Lazlo, French-Belgian singer
• 1961 – Brian Mannix, Australian singer and actor (Uncanny X-Men)
• 1961 – Matthew Roloff, American farmer and author
• 1961 – Tony Sparano, American football player and coach
• 1962 – Dave Bronconnier, Canadian politician, 35th Mayor of Calgary
• 1962 – William Johnson, German-English cricketer
• 1964 – Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Dan Savage, American journalist and author
• 1964 – Paul Stewart, English footballer
• 1965 – Genji Hashimoto, Japanese race car driver
• 1966 – Sherman Alexie, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1966 – Marco Beltrami, Italian-American composer
• 1966 – Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (d. 2012)
• 1967 – Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (The Braxtons)
• 1967 – Luke Haines, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Auteurs, The Servants, and Black Box Recorder)
• 1967 – Ellen ten Damme, Dutch actress and singer
• 1968 – Ülo Voitka, Estonian activist
• 1968 – Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Radiohead and Atoms for Peace)
• 1969 – Bobbie Brown, American model and actress
• 1969 – Benny Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
• 1969 – Malia Hosaka, American wrestler
• 1969 – Maria Whittaker, English model and actress
• 1970 – Nicole Ari Parker, American model and actress
• 1971 – Daniel Boucher, Canadian singer and actor
• 1972 – Loek van Wely, Dutch chess player
• 1972 – Ben Younger, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Dida, Brazilian footballer
• 1973 – Hanno Grossschmidt, Estonian architect
• 1973 – Priest Holmes, American football player
• 1973 – Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer and manager
• 1973 – Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Georgian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Georgia
• 1974 – Allison Munn, American actress
• 1974 – Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer (Wizex and Anders Engbergs)
• 1974 – Alexander Polinsky, American actor and singer
• 1975 – Rhino, American wrestler and actor
• 1975 – Jamie Hector, American actor
• 1975 – Damian Kulash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (OK Go and 8in8)
• 1975 – Tim Minchin, English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer
• 1975 – Kaspars Znotiņš, Latvian actor
• 1976 – Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1976 – Taylor Hicks, American singer-songwriter and actor (Little Memphis Blues Orchestra)
• 1976 – Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1976 – Charles Woodson, American football player
• 1977 – Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress
• 1977 – Brandon Quinn, American actor
• 1978 – Alesha Dixon, English singer-songwriter and dancer (Mis-Teeq)
• 1978 – Jake Humphrey, English journalist
• 1978 – Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer
• 1978 – Lauri Leis, Estonian triple jumper
• 1979 – Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
• 1979 – Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor
• 1979 – Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor
• 1979 – Tang Wei, Chinese actress
• 1980 – Edison Chen, Canadian-Hong Kong actor and singer
• 1980 – Tim Cresswell, Hong Kong footballer
• 1981 – Jelena Jensen, American porn actress and model
• 1982 – Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
• 1982 – Jermain Defoe, English footballer
• 1982 – Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
• 1982 – Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deerhunter)
• 1982 – Li Yundi, Chinese pianist
• 1983 – Archie Bland, English journalist and author
• 1983 – Dwayne Bravo, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1983 – Flying Lotus, American rapper and producer, founded Brainfeeder
• 1983 – Scottie Upshall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
• 1984 – Toma Ikuta, Japanese actor and singer
• 1984 – Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer
• 1985 – Evan Longoria, American baseball player
• 1986 – Kaitlyn, American wrestler and model
• 1986 – Chase Daniel, American football player
• 1986 – Lee Nguyen, American soccer player
• 1986 – Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
• 1986 – Bree Olson, American porn actress
• 1987 – Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer
• 1987 – Sam Querrey, American tennis player
• 1988 – Diego da Silva Costa, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 – Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer
• 1990 – Ayla Kell, American actress
• 1991 – Nicole Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Kara)
• 1995 – Slade Pearce, American actor
• 2001 – Princess Senate Seeiso of Lesotho

Deaths

• 336 – Pope Mark
• 929 – Charles the Simple, French king (b. 879)
• 1368 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician (b. 1338)
• 1553 – Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (b. 1500)
• 1555 – Louis of Praet (b. 1488)
• 1577 – George Gascoigne, English soldier, courtier, and poet (b. 1535)
• 1612 – Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1538)
• 1620 – Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish-Lithuanian commander (b. 1547)
• 1637 – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587)
• 1651 – Jacques Sirmond, French scholar (b. 1559)
• 1653 – Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (b. 1581)
• 1708 – Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh Guru (b. 1666)
• 1772 – John Woolman, American preacher and activist (b. 1720)
• 1780 – Patrick Ferguson, Scottish soldier (b. 1744)
• 1787 – Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711)
• 1792 – George Mason, American politician (b. 1725)
• 1793 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718)
• 1796 – Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (b. 1710)
• 1849 – Edgar Allan Poe, American author and poet (b. 1809)
• 1894 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1896 – Emma Darwin, English wife of Charles Darwin, (b. 1808)
• 1903 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 – Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 – Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 – John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (b. 1835)
• 1919 – Alfred Deakin, Australian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 – Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 – Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist (b. 1856)
• 1931 – Eugen Schmidt, Danish tug of war competitor (b. 1862)
• 1939 – Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon (b. 1869)
• 1943 – Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1943 – Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1943 – Archibald Warden, English tennis player (b. 1869)
• 1944 – Helmut Lent, German pilot (b. 1918)
• 1951 – Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
• 1956 – Clarence Birdseye, American businessman (b. 1886)
• 1959 – Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (b. 1921)
• 1966 – Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
• 1966 – Smiley Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 1967 – Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1969 – Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
• 1970 – Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and academic (b. 1906)
• 1991 – Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (b. 1921)
• 1991 – Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)
• 1991 – Darren Millane, Australian footballer (b. 1965)
• 1992 – Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (b. 1930)
• 1992 – Tevfik Esenç, Turkish last speaker of Ubykh language (b. 1904)
• 1993 – Cyril Cusack, South African-English actor (b. 1910)
• 1994 – Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish-English immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1995 – Ernest Ingenito, American murderer (b. 1924)
• 1996 – Lou Lichtveld, Surinamese-Dutch politician, playwright, and poet (b. 1903)
• 1998 – Cees de Vreugd, Dutch strongman and weightlifter (b. 1952)
• 1998 – Arnold Jacobs, American tuba player and educator (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Herblock, American cartoonist and author (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Christopher Adams, English-American wrestler (b. 1955)
• 2001 – Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman (b. 1913)
• 2002 – Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 2003 – Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 2003 – Arthur Berger, American composer (b. 1912)
• 2003 – Wally George, American talk show host (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Kenneth Bigley, English engineer (b. 1942)
• 2004 – Tony Lanfranchi, English race car driver (b. 1935)
• 2005 – Charles Rocket, American actor (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish cyclist (b. 1985)
• 2006 – Anna Politkovskaya, American-Russian journalist and activist (b. 1958)
• 2007 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1975)
• 2007 – George E. Sangmeister, American politician (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Leslie Hardman, Welsh rabbi (b. 1913)
• 2009 – Irving Penn, American photographer (b. 1917)
• 2010 – T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (Dixie Dregs, Jazz Is Dead, and Widespread Panic) (b. 1956)
• 2010 – Milka Planinc, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)
• 2011 – Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (b. 1925)
• 2011 – Andrew Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Mersad Berber, Bosnian-Croatian painter (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Larry Block, American actor (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Andrew Brimmer, American economist and academic (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Roman Danylak, Canadian-Ukrainian bishop (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Mervyn M. Dymally, Trinidadian-American politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, Mexican drug lord (b. 1974)
• 2012 – Ivo Michiels, Belgian author (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Wiley Reed, American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Mick Buckley, English footballer (b. 1953)
• 2013 – Giancarlo Cadè, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
• 2013 – David E. Jeremiah, American admiral (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Leandro Mendoza, Filipino politician, 36th Executive Secretary of the Philippines (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Joe Rogers, American politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (b. 1964)
• 2013 – Ovadia Yosef, Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1920)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Justina of Padua (former)
  • Osgyth
  • Our Lady of the Rosary
  • Pope Mark
  • Sergius and Bacchus
  • Henry Muhlenberg (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • October 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• The first day of Nagasaki Kunchi (Nagasaki)

External links

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