Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: October 7
October 7, 2025 is the 280th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 7
- 1542 –Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off the California coast.
- 1582 –Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1780 –American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
- 1800 –French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août.
- 1868 –Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
- 1870 –Franco-Prussian War – Siege of Paris: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a balloon.
- 1919 –KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
- 1940 –World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
- 1977 –The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
- 1998 –Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
Who were born on October 7?
- 1769 –Solomon Sibley, American politician and former Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan Territory (d. 1846)
- 1911 –Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist (d. 1995)
- 1927 –Al Martino, American singer and actor (d. 2009)
- 1939 –Clive James, Australian television presenter and writer
- 1939 –Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1945 –Kevin Godley, British musician (10cc)
- 1966 –Marco Beltrami, Italian-American film composer
- 1967 –Toni Braxton, American singer
- 1975 –Jamie Hector, American actor
- 1981 –Doni Schroader, American avant garde composer,pop musician
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