October 7

A quick look at Today in History, check out some Celebrity Birthdays, and find out what Days of the Year to celebrate.

TODAY IN HISTORY:

1913 – Henry Ford’s entire Highland Park, MI, automobile factory was run on a continuously moving assembly line for the first time when the chassis was added to the process.

1916 – Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

1935 – The Detroit Tigers won the World Series when they beat Chicago in six games. It was the first World Series win for the Tigers.

1951 – The Western Hills Hotel in Fort Worth, TX, became the first hotel to feature all foam-rubber mattresses and pillows.

1952 – The music-performance and dance television program “Bandstand” debuted in Philadelphia, PA. Dick Clark would take over the hosting duties in 1956. The show was picked up nationally, becoming “American Bandstand”, on August 5, 1957. It aired until October 7, 1989.

1956 – A Congressional committee began an investigation into rigged TV quiz shows.

1958 – The U.S. manned space flight project was renamed “Project Mercury”.

1960 – The television show “Route 66” debuted on CBS.

1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America adopted the film-rating system, labeling movies from “G” to “X”.

1982 – A record 147,000,000 shares were exchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

1988 – An Inupiag hunter discovered three gray whales trapped under the ice in Barrow, AK. The situation turned into a multinational effort to free the whales.

1993 – The flood of ’93 ended in St. Louis, MO, as the Mississippi River fell below flood stage for the first time in 103 days.

1996 – The Fox News Channel debuted.

1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was found tied to a fence after being beaten by two young adults in Laramie, WY.

1999 – American Home Products Corp. agreed to pay up to $4.83 billion to settle claims that the diet drug fen-phen caused dangerous problems with heart valves.

1999 – The 24 foot bronze horse statue model of DiVinci’s “Il Cavallo” was unveiled at Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, MI.

2001 – The Global War on Terrorism started as a result of the September 11th attacks. The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan began with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.

2001 – Barry Bonds became baseball’s single-season homer champ by hitting his 73rd.

2002 – The Washington, DC, sniper’s reign of terror continued as a 13 year-old was shot and wounded outside his school in Bowie, MD.

2003 – California governor Gray Davis was ousted in a recall vote that put Austrian-born actor Arnold Schwarzenneger in office.

2003 – Randy Quaid received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2004 – Billy Bob Thornton got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2023 – Humas invaded Israel by launching a major surprise attack in the form of rocket barrage and incursion.

BIRTHDAYS:

John Hopcroft – 86 years old (1939) – Computer scientist and author

Bill Snyder – 86 years old (1939) – Football player and coach

Joy Behar – 83 years old (1942) – Talk show host, comedian and television personality

Oliver North – 82 years old (1943) – Colonel, journalist, and author

Catharine MacKinnon – 79 years old (1946) – Lawyer, activist, and author

Jill Larson – 78 years old (1947) – Actress

Diane Ackerman – 77 years old (1948) – Poet and essayist

Stephen Rucker – 77 years old (1948) – Composer

Dave Hope – 76 years old (1949) – Bass player and priest

John Mellencamp – 74 years old (1951) – Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Mary Badham – 73 years old (1952) – Actress

Tico Torres – 72 years old (1953) – Drummer

Ralph Johnson – 70 years old (1955) – Computer scientist and author

Yo-Yo Ma – 70 years old (1955) – French-American cellist and educator

Michael W. Smith – 68 years old (1957) – Singer-songwriter and actor

Dylan Baker – 66 years old (1959) – Actor

Kevin Boyle – 65 years old (1960) – Historian and author

Dan Savage – 61 years old (1964) – LGBT rights activist, journalist and television producer

Sherman Alexie – 59 years old (1966) – Novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker

Marco Beltrami – 59 years old (1966) – Italian-American composer and conductor

Michelle Alexander – 58 years old (1967) – Law professor, author and activist

Toni Braxton – 58 years old (1967) – Singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Bobbie Brown – 56 years old (1969) – Model and actress

Malia Hosaka – 56 years old (1969) – Wrestler

Nicole Ari Parker – 55 years old (1970) – Actress

Ben Younger – 53 years old (1972) – Director, producer, and screenwriter

Priest Holmes – 52 years old (1973) – Football player

Allison Munn – 51 years old (1974) – Actress

Damian Kulash – 50 years old (1975) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist

Rhyno – 50 years old (1975) – Wrestler

Taylor Hicks – 49 years old (1976) – Singer-songwriter

Charles Woodson – 49 years old (1976) – Football player

Omar Benson Miller – 47 years old (1978) – Actor

Robby Ginepri – 43 years old (1982) – Tennis player

Jake McLaughlin – 43 years old (1982) – Actor

Lockett Pundt – 43 years old (1982) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist

Flying Lotus – 42 years old (1983) – Rapper, DJ, and producer

Zachary Wyatt – 41 years old (1984) – Soldier and politician

Evan Longoria – 40 years old (1985) – Baseball player

Chase Daniel – 39 years old (1986) – Football player

Lee Nguyen – 39 years old (1986) – Soccer player

Bree Olson – 39 years old (1986) – Actress, model, and former pornographic actress

A. J. Price – 39 years old (1986) – Basketball player

Holland Roden – 39 years old (1986) – Actress

Amber Stevens West – 39 years old (1986) – Actress

Alex Cobb – 38 years old (1987) – Baseball player

Aiden English – 38 years old (1987) – Wrestler

Damion James – 38 years old (1987) – Basketball player

Sam Querrey – 38 years old (1987) – Tennis player

Mike Foltynewicz – 34 years old (1991) – Baseball player

Nicole Jung – 34 years old (1991) – Singer

Mookie Betts – 33 years old (1992) – Baseball player

Kira Kosarin – 28 years old (1997) – Actress and singer

Nicole Maines – 28 years old (1997) – Actress, writer, and activist

Ryan Trahan – 27 years old (1998) – YouTuber

TODAY IS:

For additional information check out websites like: www.on-this-day.com, www.born-today.com, www.famousbirthdays.com, www.daysoftheyear.com, and www.nationaldaycalendar.com.