7 October
Notable Births
Joaquín Panichelli
b. 2002
Argentine footballer
Princess Senate Seeiso
b. 2001
Princess of Lesotho
Ferdi Kadıoğlu
b. 1999
Turkish footballer
Trent Alexander-Arnold
b. 1998
English footballer (born 1998)
Ryan Trahan
b. 1998
American YouTuber and businessman (born 1998)
Kira Kosarin
b. 1997
American actress and singer (born 1997)
Nicole Maines
b. 1997
American actress, writer and transgender rights activist (born 1997)
Lewis Capaldi
b. 1996
Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1996)
Guglielmo Vicario
b. 1996
Italian footballer (born 1996)
Mathias Dyngeland
b. 1995
Norwegian footballer (born 1995)
Lloyd Jones (English footballer)
b. 1995
English footballer (born 1995)
Bram van Vlerken
b. 1995
Dutch footballer (born 1995)
Nik Stauskas
b. 1993
Canadian basketball player (born 1993)
Mookie Betts
b. 1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Oscar Fantenberg
b. 1991
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1991)
Mike Foltynewicz
b. 1991
American baseball player (born 1991)
Nicole Jung
b. 1991
American singer (born 1991)
Lay Zhang
b. 1991
Chinese rapper (born 1991)
Sebastián Coates
b. 1990
Uruguayan footballer (born 1990)
Trent Merrin
b. 1989
Australian rugby league footballer (born 1989)
Notable Deaths
Cissy Houston
d. 2024
American singer and mother of Whitney Houston (1933–2024)
Arie L. Kopelman
d. 2024
American businessman (1938–2024)
Zaw Myint Maung
d. 2024
Burmese politician (1951–2024)
Lore Segal
d. 2024
American writer (1928–2024)
Jayar Davidov
d. 2023
Israeli police officer (died 2023)
Asaf Hamami
d. 2023
Israeli military officer (1982–2023)
Ofir Libstein
d. 2023
Israeli politician (1973–2023)
Roi Levy
d. 2023
Israeli Defense Force colonel (1979–2023)
Killing of Shani Louk
d. 2023
2023 killing of Nova music festival attendee in Israel
Killing of Omer Neutra
d. 2023
American-Israeli killed during October 7 attacks (2001–2023)
Izhar Peled
d. 2023
Israeli police officer (1961–2023)
Killing of Aner Shapira
d. 2023
2023 killing during the October 7 attacks
Yonatan Steinberg
d. 2023
Israeli Defense Force colonel
Terence Davies
d. 2023
English filmmaker (1945–2023)
Arun Bali
d. 2022
Indian television actor (1942–2022)
Mario Molina
d. 2020
Mexican chemist (1943–2020)
Ross Higgins
d. 2016
Australian actor
Harry Gallatin
d. 2015
American basketball player and coach (1927–2015)
Hossein Hamadani
d. 2015
Islamic revolutionary guard corps commander
Jurelang Zedkaia
d. 2015
President of the Marshall Islands from 2009 to 2012
On This Day in History
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2023
Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launch an attack into Israel, which results in the deaths of around 1,200, mostly civilians, and the taking of 251 hostages, including civilians and soldiers. The attack initiated the Gaza war and the larger Middle Eastern crisis.
Hamas
2022
Ten people are killed and eight are injured in an explosion at petrol station in Creeslough, Ireland.
Creeslough explosion
2022
Ales Bialiatski, along with two organisations, Memorial & Center for Civil Liberties, are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Ales Bialiatski
2016
In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to over 800.
Hurricane Matthew
2008
Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into Earth's atmosphere.
2008 TC3
2008
Qantas Flight 72 experiences an in-flight upset near Learmonth, Victoria, Australia, injuring 112.
Qantas Flight 72
2004
Three bombs explode at Taba and Nuweiba in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 34.
2004 Sinai bombings
2002
The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
2001
The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the longest war in American history.
United States invasion of Afghanistan
2000
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
1996
Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
Fox News
1993
The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
Great Flood of 1993
1991
Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of the Banski Dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.
Bombing of the Banski Dvori
1988
A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
Operation Breakthrough
1987
Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
Khalistan movement
1985
The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.
1985 Puerto Rico floods
1985
Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
Achille Lauro hijacking
1979
Swissair Flight 316 crashes at Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, killing 14.
Swissair Flight 316
1978
Aeroflot Flight 1080 crashes after takeoff from Koltsovo International Airport, killing 38.
Aeroflot Flight 1080
1977
The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union