Historical Events In October - 07

2013  Mulatu Teshome becomes president of Ethiopia on October - 07.  

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 October - 07.  

2018  Romanian referendum to ban same sex marriage fails with only 20.4% voting on October - 07.  

2018  On October - 07 china confirms it has detained Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who resigns from his position after being reported missing  

2018  On this day in history 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.  

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1573  On October - 07 birth of william Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45)  

1576  On October - 07 birth of john Marston, English writer (d. 1634)  

1577  Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop was born on this day in history.  

1589  Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631) was born on October - 07.  

1698  On October - 07 birth of henri Madin, composer  

1713  On this day in history birth of granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)  

1728  On this day in history birth of caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1734  Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana) was born on October - 07.  

0290  On October - 07 death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated  

0336  Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies on this day in history.  

0929  Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies on October - 07.  

1368  On this day in history death of lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338)  

1488  On this day in history andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52  

1553  On this day in history death of cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500)  

1555  On this day in history death of louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488)  

1571  On this day in history ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle