On This Day October 7th

 OTD

October 7th is the two hundred-eightieth day of the year, and there are 85 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

 3761 BC – The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar.

1691 – The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.

1780 – American Revolutionary War: American militia defeated royalist irregulars led by British Major Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina, often regarded as the turning point in the war's Southern theater.

1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.

1913 – Ford Motor Company introduced the first moving vehicle assembly line.

1950 – Mother Teresa established the Missionaries of Charity.

1958 – The U.S. crewed space-flight project is renamed to Project Mercury.

1988 – A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.

2001 – The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan began with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the longest war in American history.

 

Birthdays

 1576 – John Marston, English poet and playwright (d. 1634)

1746 – William Billings, American composer and educator (d. 1800)

1819 – Ann Eliza Smith, American author and patriot (d. 1905)

1849 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (d. 1916)

1870 – Uncle Dave Macon, American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian (d. 1952)

1885 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)

1931 – Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2004)

1943 – Oliver North, American colonel, journalist, and author

1955 – Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist and educator

1976 – Charles Woodson, American football player.

1985 – Evan Longoria, American baseball player.

Holidays and Observances

 

Holiday Spotlight

 World Cotton Day

World Cotton Day was launched on October 7, 2019, by the Cotton Four countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mali. The event was organized by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat with the assistance of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), and the International Trade Centre (ITC).

Cotton is vital for many rural laborers and smallholders, meeting 27% of the world's textile needs. It benefits over 100 million families across 75 countries and is used in various products. World Cotton Day aims to enhance cotton development assistance, recognize those involved in cotton production and trading, advance technology and research, and find new investors within the private sector.

 

Holidays And Observance.

Bathtub Day

Blue Shirt Day, World Day of Bullying Prevention  

Child Health Day  

Day of Unity  

LED Light Day

National Consignment Day  

National Flower Day

National Forgiveness Day

National Frappe Day

National Inner Beauty Day

National Personal Safety Day

Supreme Court Opening Day  

Team Margot Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Registration Day

You Matter to Me Day

World Day of Architecture  

World Day of Bullying Prevention / Blue Shirt Day  

World Habitat Day   

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