Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In October - 07
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
2013 On October - 07 mulatu Teshome becomes president of Ethiopia 
2014 Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura win the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing blue light emitting diodes on this day in history.
2017 Rapper Nelly arrested for rape in Auburn, Washington on this day in history.
2018 On this day in history romanian referendum to ban same sex marriage fails with only 20.4% voting
2018 On this day in history china confirms it has detained Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who resigns from his position after being reported missing
2018 On October - 07 limousine crash kills 20 people, including two pedestrians in Schoharie, New York
2018 Jodie Whittaker debuts in her first full episode as the 13th and first female Doctor Who on BBC television on October - 07.
2023 On this day in history hamas launches a major air and ground attack on Israel from Gaza, killing over a thousand people and taking hundreds of hostages, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare "We are at war." [1]
2023 On this day in history israel–Hamas war: Hamas launches an incursion into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, prompting a military response from the Israel Defense Forces. Israel launches numerous air strikes on Lebanon after rockets are fired by Hezbollah and further attempts are made to penetrate Israel.
2023 On October - 07 a series of earthquakes occur in Herat Province in Afghanistan, killing over 1,000 people and injuring nearly 2,000, with tremors felt in Iran and Turkmenistan. The earthquakes are the deadliest in the country since 1998.
2024 On this day in history hurricane Milton becomes the fifth most intense hurricane in the Atlantic Basin, and the second most intense storm in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Rita in 2005. Milton is also the first hurricane to reach a pressure below 900 millibars in nearly 20 years.