This is a list of selected October 7 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.
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Blurb | Reason |
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Feast day of St. Osyth | needs more footnotes |
1571 – A Western Christian coalition inflicted a significant defeat upon the Ottoman Navy near the Gulf of Corinth in the Battle of Lepanto, the first major Ottoman loss to European powers. | lots of CN tags (7) |
1691 – The North American crown colony Province of Massachusetts Bay received its royal charter from King William and Queen Mary. | unreferenced section |
1912 – The Helsinki Stock Exchange, located in Helsinki, Finland, saw its first transaction. | refimprove |
1919 – KLM, the Dutch flag-carrier airline, was founded by Albert Plesman and seven others. | inappropriate tone |
1933 – Five French airline companies merged to form Air France. | refimprove section, date not cited |
1949 – East Berlin and the Soviet zone of Occupied Germany became the German Democratic Republic. | refimprove section |
1958 – Attempting to control the political instability in Pakistan, President Iskander Mirza suspended the 1956 constitution, imposed martial law, and dissolved the National Assembly. | unreferenced section |
1959 – Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 captured the first photographs of the far side of the Moon. | refimprove |
1976 – Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao Zedong as Chairman of the Communist Party of China. | refimprove sections |
1985 – The Mediterranean ocean liner MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by Palestine Liberation Front terrorists while sailing from Alexandria to Port Said within Egypt. | refimprove |
1993 – The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood came to an end after 103 days, as the Mississippi River at St. Louis finally dropped below flood stage. | refimprove section |
2001 – War on Terrorism: The War in Afghanistan began with an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. | War: section needs rewrite; Invasion: refimprove section |
2003 – Californians voted to recall governor Gray Davis from office and elected Arnold Schwarzenegger from a list of 135 candidates. | refimprove section |
Charles the Simple |d|929 | lots of CN tags (8) |
Niels Bohr |b|1885 | POTD for 2021 |
This is a list of selected October 7 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.
Use only ONE image at a time
Blurb | Reason |
---|---|
Feast day of St. Osyth | needs more footnotes |
1571 – A Western Christian coalition inflicted a significant defeat upon the Ottoman Navy near the Gulf of Corinth in the Battle of Lepanto, the first major Ottoman loss to European powers. | lots of CN tags (7) |
1691 – The North American crown colony Province of Massachusetts Bay received its royal charter from King William and Queen Mary. | unreferenced section |
1912 – The Helsinki Stock Exchange, located in Helsinki, Finland, saw its first transaction. | refimprove |
1919 – KLM, the Dutch flag-carrier airline, was founded by Albert Plesman and seven others. | inappropriate tone |
1933 – Five French airline companies merged to form Air France. | refimprove section, date not cited |
1949 – East Berlin and the Soviet zone of Occupied Germany became the German Democratic Republic. | refimprove section |
1958 – Attempting to control the political instability in Pakistan, President Iskander Mirza suspended the 1956 constitution, imposed martial law, and dissolved the National Assembly. | unreferenced section |
1959 – Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 captured the first photographs of the far side of the Moon. | refimprove |
1976 – Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao Zedong as Chairman of the Communist Party of China. | refimprove sections |
1985 – The Mediterranean ocean liner MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by Palestine Liberation Front terrorists while sailing from Alexandria to Port Said within Egypt. | refimprove |
1993 – The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood came to an end after 103 days, as the Mississippi River at St. Louis finally dropped below flood stage. | refimprove section |
2001 – War on Terrorism: The War in Afghanistan began with an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. | War: section needs rewrite; Invasion: refimprove section |
2003 – Californians voted to recall governor Gray Davis from office and elected Arnold Schwarzenegger from a list of 135 candidates. | refimprove section |
Charles the Simple |d|929 | lots of CN tags (8) |
Niels Bohr |b|1885 | POTD for 2021 |