Silvia Stoleru
10/7/1931 -
Other events of significance 10/7:
- 3761 BC - The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
- 336 - Pope Mark dies, leaving the papacy vacant.
- 1776 - Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
- 1780 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led
- 1868 - Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the most at any American university to that date.
- 1912 - The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
- 1919 - KLM of the Netherlands was founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
- 1949 - German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed.
- 1952 - "American Bandstand" debuts on a local Philadelphia station.
- 1955 - Beat poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" for the first time at a poetry reading in San Francisco.
- 1959 - U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits first ever photographs of the Far side of the Moon.
- 1982 - Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
- 2000 - The last ever competitive match at Wembley Stadium is a 1-0 defeat of England to Germany and the last goal was scored by Liverpool's Dietmar Hammann. The match was Tony Adams' 60th at Wembley setting the record for most appearances at the stadium.
- 2001 - The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
- 2003 - Gray Davis is recalled as Governor of California, three years before the official end of his office term. Film star Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected Governor.
Other important births of 10/7 :
- 1471 - King Frederick I of Denmark and Norway (d. 1533)
- 1589 - Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)
- 1748 - King Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
- 1835 - Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913)
- 1841 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
- 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 Nazi official (d. 1945)
- 1911 - Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist (d. 1995)
- 1912 - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (d. 2002)
- 1927 - Al Martino, American singer and actor
- 1931 - Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball coach (d. 2004)
- 1931 - Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate
- 1943 - Oliver North, American former military officer
- 1951 - John Mellencamp, American singer
- 1952 - Vladimir Putin, Russian politician
- 1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, French-born American cellist
- 1957 - Jayne Torvill, British figure skater
- 1959 - Simon Cowell, English recording executive
- 1966 - Toni Braxton, American singer
- 1968 - Thom Yorke, English singer (Radiohead)
- 1973 - Dida, Brazilian footballer
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