October 7th, 1875

Born on October 7th, 1875

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 7th?

October 7th, 1840

William II became King of the Netherlands after his father William I abdicated the throne.

October 7th, 2023

The military wing of the Palestinian nationalist Islamist political organization Hamas massacred people attending an open-air music festival in southern Israel.

October 7th, 2008

2008 TC3 exploded above the Nubian Desert in Sudan, in the first time that an asteroid impact had been predicted prior to atmospheric entry.

October 7th, 2006

Anna Politkovskaya (pictured), a Russian journalist and human-rights activist, was assassinated in the elevator of her apartment block in Moscow.

October 7th, 1991

Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army conducted an air strike on Banski Dvori, the official residence of the president of Croatia in Zagreb.

October 7th, 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.

October 7th, 1985

During severe floods in Puerto Rico, about 130 people died as a result of the deadliest single landslide on record in North America.

October 7th, 1944

The Holocaust: Sonderkommando work-unit members in Auschwitz concentration camp revolted upon learning that they were due to be killed; although a few managed to escape, most were massacred on the same day.

October 7th, 1916

Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

October 7th, 1914

In a death that Rudolf Steiner terms a voluntary sacrifice and that inspires Edith Maryon's relief In Memory of Theo Faiss (pictured), seven-year-old Theo Faiss was crushed by an overturned horse wagon.

October 7th, 1878

The state funeral of Mindon Min (pictured), who ruled Myanmar for 25 years, took place; his death was reportedly preceded by strange omens, and his senior princes were unable to attend as they had all been arrested.

October 7th, 1868

Ōdate, the last castle of the Satake clan in Japan's Tōhoku region, was captured during the Boshin War.

October 7th, 1800

The French privateer Robert Surcouf led a 150-man crew to capture the 40-gun, 437-man East Indiaman Kent.

October 7th, 1780

American Revolutionary War: Patriots and Loyalist militias engaged each other at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina.

October 7th, 1763

King 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 7th

Same year
Born in 1875

101

Ole Mørk Sandvik

Norwegian musicologist and educator

*May 9th, 1875, Ringsaker Municipality †August 5th, 1976, Oslo

63

Friedrich Opel

German entrepreneur

*April 30th, 1875, Rüsselsheim am Main †August 30th, 1938, Vienna

80

Thomas Mann

German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)

*June 6th, 1875, Lübeck †August 12th, 1955, Zurich

71

Carlo Bazzi

Italian painter (1875-1947)

*July 6th, 1875, Turin †May 6th, 1947, Milan

85

Maurice de Broglie

French physicist (1875-1960)

*April 27th, 1875, Paris †July 14th, 1960, Neuilly-sur-Seine

90

Albert Schweitzer

French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher

*January 14th, 1875, Gunsbach †September 4th, 1965, Lambaréné

65

Walter Percy Chrysler Sr.

(1875-1940) American automotive industry executive

*April 2nd, 1875, Wamego †August 18th, 1940, Kings Point

68

Giovanni Gentile

Italian philosopher, educator, fascist theoretician and politician (1875-1944)

*May 29th, 1875, Castelvetrano †April 15th, 1944

60

Alice Dunbar Nelson

American writer, activist (1875-1935)

*July 19th, 1875, New Orleans †September 18th, 1935, Philadelphia

69

Malin Craig

American politician (1875-1945)

*August 5th, 1875, St. Joseph †July 25th, 1945, Washington, D.C.

81

Percy MacKaye

American writer

*January 1st, 1875, New York City †August 31st, 1956, Cornish

61

Henri Duvernois

French screenwriter (1875-1937)

*March 4th, 1875, Paris †January 30th, 1937, Paris

60

Pattie Ruffner Jacobs

Political scientist, promoter of women's suffrage

*October 2nd, 1875, West Virginia †December 22nd, 1935, Birmingham

85

Charles Bernard

Belgian journalist (1875-1961)

*December 28th, 1875, Antwerp †October 24th, 1961, Brussels metropolitan area

46

José López Pinillos

Spanish writer (1875-1922)

*June 2nd, 1875, Seville †May 12th, 1922, Madrid

87

Christie MacDonald

Canadian opera singer and stage actor

*February 28th, 1875, Pictou †July 25th, 1962, Fairfield

64

Maurice Renard

French writer (1875-1939)

*February 28th, 1875, Châlons-en-Champagne †November 18th, 1939, Rochefort

75

Ferdinand Porsche

Austrian-German automotive engineer, inventor and Nazi who founded the Porsche car company

*September 3rd, 1875, Vratislavice nad Nisou †January 30th, 1951, Stuttgart

76

Ian Maclaren

English actor (1875-1952)

*May 1st, 1875, Lynmouth †April 10th, 1952, Woodland Hills

77

Vincenzo Lanfranchi

Cyclist and motocyclist

*May 25th, 1875, Florence †October 25th, 1952, Bologna

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1875 is a normal year and no leap year.

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