Born on October 7
October 7 birthdays & history
If you were born on October 7, you share a birthday with Vladimir Putin, Niels Bohr and Desmond Tutu. October 7 babies are Libra, with opal as their birthstone and the marigold as their birth flower. October 7 is the 281st day of the year in leap years (280th in other years).
Famous people born on October 7
- 1952Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia
- 1885Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1931Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1967María Corina Machado, Venezuelan Nobel Prize Laureate
- 1988Diego da Silva Costa, Brazilian footballer
- 1968Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1939Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1934Ulrike Meinhof, German left-wing militant, co-founder of the Red Army Faction, journalist
- 1955Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist and educator
- 1974Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer
What happened on October 7
- 1763King George III issued a royal proclamation that forbade British settlement of much of newly acquired French territory in North America, reserving the land for indigenous peoples.
- 1826Imperial Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Akkerman Convention, under which the Ottomans accept Russian territorial demands in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Danubian river basin.
- 1826The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
- 1868Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
- 1879Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
- 1912The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
- 1913Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving vehicle assembly line.
- 1919KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
- 1924Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
- 1929Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1949The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
- 1988Near Point Barrow in Alaska, an Iñupiat hunter discovered three gray whales trapped in pack ice, which resulted in an international effort to free them.
Also observed on October 7
- Teachers' Day (Laos)
Questions, answered
What star sign is October 7?
People born on October 7 are Libra. Their birthstone is opal and their birth flower is the marigold.
Which famous people were born on October 7?
Vladimir Putin (1952), Niels Bohr (1885), Desmond Tutu (1931), María Corina Machado (1967), Diego da Silva Costa (1988), Thom Yorke (1968) were all born on October 7.
What happened on October 7 in history?
Among other things: in 1929, Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople; in 1949, The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed; in 1988, Near Point Barrow in Alaska, an Iñupiat hunter discovered three gray whales trapped in pack ice, which resulted in an international effort to free them.
Can I get a newspaper front page from October 7?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any October 7 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “October 7”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.