What happened on October 7 ?

1471 - King Frederick I of Denmark and Norway (d. 1533)

1573 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1645)

1576 - John Marston, English writer (d. 1634)

1697 - Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768)

1713 - Granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)

1728 - Caesar Rodney, American lawyer (d. 1784)

1744 - Sergey Vyazmitinov], Russian general and statesman (d. 1819)

1748 - King Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)

1769 - Solomon Sibley, American politician (d. 1846)

1835 - Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913)

1841 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)

1853 - James Whitcomb Riley, American poet (d. 1916)

1881 - Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (d. 1918)

1885 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1962)

1888 - Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)

1892 - Dwain Esper, Director (d. 1982)

1894 - Del Lord, American director (d. 1970)

1897 - Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (d. 1975)

1900 - Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official and leader of the SS (d. 1945)

1905 - Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977)

1910 - Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986)

1911 - Vaughn Monroe, American singer (d. 1973)

1912 - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (d. 2002)

1913 - Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer (d. 1987)

1914 - Alfred Drake, American actor (d. 1992)

1917 - June Allyson, American actress

1919 - Sir Zelman Cowen, 19th Governor-General of Australia

1921 - Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (d. 2004)

1923 - June Allyson, American actress

1927 - R. D. Laing, Scottish psychologist

1927 - Al Martino, American singer and actor

1927 - Diana Lynn, American actress (d. 1971)

1929 - Robert Westall, British author (d. 1993)

1931 - Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball coach (d. 2004)

1931 - Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate

1934 - Amiri Baraka, American playwright and poet

1935 - Thomas Keneally, Australian author

1936 - Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor

1937 - Maria Szyszkowska, Polish politician

1939 - John Hopcroft, American computer scientist

1939 - Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1939 - Bill Snyder, American football coach

1943 - Oliver North, U.S. Marine and politician

1944 - Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (d. 1979)

1944 - Donald Tsang, the current Chief executive of Hong Kong

1950 - Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian politician

1951 - John Cougar Mellencamp, American singer

1952 - Vladimir Putin, 2nd President of Russia

1952 - Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer

1954 - Kenneth Atchley, American composer

1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, French-born cellist

1956 - Tico Torres, American percussionist

1957 - Jayne Torvill, British figure skater

1957 - Michael W. Smith, American singer

1959 - Lourdes Flores, peruvian politician.

1959 - Simon Cowell, English recording executive

1959 - Dylan Baker, American character actor

1960 - Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer

1960 - Viktor Lazlo, French singer

1962 - Dave Bronconnier, Mayor of Calgary

1968 - Toni Braxton, American singer

1968 - Thom Yorke, English singer (Radiohead)

1970 - Serena Altschul, American reporter

1973 - Sami Hyypia, Finnish football player

1973 - Dida, Brazilian football player

1974 - Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish singer

1975 - Terry Gerin, American professional wrestler

1976 - Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress

1976 - Taylor Hicks, American singer

1976 - Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer

1977 - Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress

1978 - Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer

1979 - Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast

1979 - Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor

1979 - Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor

1982 - Robby Ginepri, American tennis player