FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS FOR OCTOBER 7
George Mason (1725-1792) - American lawyer and politician.
John Woolman (1720-1772) - American preacher and abolitionist.
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Caesar Rodney (1728-1784) - Fourth Governor of Delaware.
William Billings (1746-1800) - American composer and educator.
Solomon Sibley (1769-1846) - First Mayor of Detroit.
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) - American short story writer, poet, and critic.
Ann Eliza Smith (1819-1905) - American author and patriot.
Richard H. Anderson (1821-1879) - American general.
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Charles Crozat Converse (1832-1918) - American lawyer and composer.
Clarence Birdseye (1886-1956) - Founder of Birds Eye Seafood, which later changed its name to Birds Eye.
Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939) - American neurosurgeon and academic.
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Uncle Dave Macon (1870-1952) - American old-time country banjo player, singer and comedian.
Christy Mathewson (1880-1925) - American baseball player.
Claud Ashton Jones (1885-1948) - American admiral and recipient of the Medal of Honor for his bravery during an explosion on ship in 1916.
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Martha McChesney Berry (1866-1942) - Founder of the Berry School for Children.
Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965) - Politician who became the 33rd US Vice-President of the US and founder of the Progressive Party.
Edna Meade Colson (1888-1985) - American educator and activist.
Robert Z. Leonard (1889-1968) - American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.
Grim Natwick (1890-1990) - American animator who worked with Walt Disney creating characters.
Dwain Esper (1892-1982) - American director and producer.
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) - American religious leader.
Chuck Klein (1904 -1958) - American baseball player.
Herblock (1909-2001 ) - American cartoonist and author.
Henry Plumer McIlhenny (1910-1986) - American art collector and philanthropist.
Vaughn Monroe (1911-1973) - American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader.
Arthur Berger (1912-2003) - American composer and educator.
Alfred Drake (1914-1992) - American actor and singer.
Herman Keiser 91914-2003) - American golfer.
June Allyson (1917-2006) - American actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Irving Penn (1917-2009) - American fashion photographer.
Harry V. Jaffa (1918-2015) - American historian, philosopher, and academic.
Henriette Avram 91919-2006) - American computer scientist and academic.
Harry W. Brown (1921-1991) - American colonel and pilot who helped defend Pearl Harbor.
Grady Hatton (1922-2013) - American baseball player, coach, and manager.
William Zinsser 91922-2015) - American journalist and critic.
George O. Abell (1927-1983) - American astronomer who created a list of galaxy clusters.
Al Martino (1927-2009) - American singer and actor.
Allan Bloom (1930-1992) - American philosopher and educator.
Curtis Crider (1930-2012) - American race car driver.
Cotton Fitzsimmons (1931 -2004) - American basketball player and coach.
Amiri Baraka (1934-2014) - American poet, playwright, and academic.
Chet Powers (1937-1994) - American singer-songwriter and guitarist with The Band.
John Hopcroft (1939-Still Living) - American computer scientist and author.
Bill Snyder (1939-Still Living) - American football player and coach.
Joy Behar (1942-Still Living) - American talk show host and television personality.
Oliver North (1943 -Still Living) - Iran-Contra Figure and Political Commentator.
Catharine MacKinnon (1946-Still Living) - American lawyer, activist, and author.
Diane Ackerman (1948-Still Living) - American poet, essayist, and natural historian.
Stephen Rucker (1948-Still Living) - American composer.
Dave Hope (1949-Still Living) - American bass player and priest.
Terry Burnham (1949-2013) - American actress.
Dick Jauron (1950-Still Living) - American football player and coach.
John Mellencamp (1951-Still Living) - American musician.
Tico Torres (1953-Still Living) - American drummer for Bon Jovi.
Ralph Johnson (1955 -Still Living) - American computer scientist and author.
T Lavitz (1956-2010) - American keyboard player, composer, and producer.
Anna Politkovskaya (1958-2006) - American-Russian journalist and activist.
Kevin Boyle (1960-Still Living) - American historian and author.
Tony Sparano (1961 -2018) - American football player and coach.
Sherman Alexie (1966-Still Living) - Native American author and filmmaker.
Toni Braxton (1967-Still Living) - American R&B musician.
Bobbie Brown (1969-Still Living) - American model and actress.
Omar Benson Miller (1978-Still Living) - American actor.
Jake McLaughlin (1982-Still Living) - American actor.
Evan Longoria (1985-Still Living) - Baseball player.
Chase Daniel (1986-Still Living) - American football player and quarterback.
Lee Nguyen (1986-Still Living) - American soccer player.
A. J. Price (1986-Still Living) - American basketball player.
Aiden English (1987-Still Living) - American WWE wrestler.
Sam Querrey (1987-Still Living) - American tennis player.
HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 7
1691 – The Province of Massachusetts Bay charter is issued.
1777 - Americans defeat British soldiers forces in the Second Battle of Saratoga near Saratoga, NY, marking a turning point in the American Revolution.
1780 – American militia defeat royalist irregulars led under the British at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina, giving the Americans the upperhand in the revolution.
1816 - The first double decked steamboat arrives in New Orleans.
1826 – The Granite Railway begins operating and is the first chartered railway in the U.S.
1864 – A US Navy captures Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
1868 – Cornell University opens with 412 students enrolled.
1871 - A Chicago fire lasting 16 hours injures 30 firefighters.
1913 – Ford Motor Company opens its first assembly line to build vehicles.
1940 - Japanese begin an attack on the US after the US considers entering WWII.
1942 - The US, alongside the UK, announce creation of the United Nations.
1950 - The US invades North Korea.
1952 - Bandstand broadcasts for the first time.
1960 - The TV series Route 66 airs for the first time on CBS.
1963 - President John F. Kennedy signs ratification for nuclear test ban treaty.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act intended to protect voting rights for Blacks.
1967 - The Summer of Love begins in San Francisco as thousands of young people gathered in Haight-Ashbury.
1969 - The Apollo 11 Astronauts return to earth after landing on the moon.
1972 - The Watergate scandal is published in the NY Times.
1974 - President Richard Nixon resigns.
1982 - Cats opens on Broadway in New York.
1985 - Lynette Woodward become the first female to join the Harlem Globetrotters.
1988 – Three gray whales are trapped under the ice near Alaska thanks to a hunter, prompting a worldwide effort to free the whales.
1993 – After 103 days, the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri, finally falls before flood level.
1996 – Fox News Channel begins broadcasting for the first time.
1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence. He dies five days later.
2001 – The U.S. enters the war in Afghanistan.
2008 - Spotify is launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.
