October 7
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[edit] Events
- 1868 - Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies
- 1940 - World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the U.S. into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
- 1949 - German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed.
- 1959 - U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits first ever photographs of the Far side of the Moon.
- 1962 - U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, U.S.S.R.
- 1985 - The "Achille Lauro" is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.
- 2001 - The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
[edit] Births
- 1885 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1962)
- 1888 - Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
- 1897 - Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (d. 1975)
- 1900 - Heinrich Himmler, German National Socialist leader (d. 1945)
- 1931 - Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate
- 1934 - Ulrike Meinhof, German terrorist (d. 1976)
- 1943 - Oliver North, American former military officer
- 1952 - Vladimir Putin, Russian politician
[edit] Deaths
- 929 - Charles the Simple, King of France (b. 879)
- 1792 - George Mason, American statesman (b. 1725)
- 1849 - Edgar Allan Poe, American writer (b. 1809)
- 1919 - Alfred Deakin, second Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
- 1944 - Helmut Lent, German night fighter pilot (b. 1918)
- 1999 - Dimitri Tsafendas, assassin and South African Communist (b. 1918)
- 2006 - Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist (b. 1958)
