Daily Calendar for Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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Henry Rutgers (patriot) – 1745
William Billings (composer) – 1746
James Whitcomb Riley (poet) – 1849
Niels Bohr (physicist) – 1885
Andy Devine (actor) – 1905
Vaughn Monroe (singer & bandleader) – 1911
Walt Whitman Rostow (government official) – 1916
June Allyson (actress) – 1917
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (South African archbishop, Nobel Peace Prize winner) – 1931
Leroi Jones (poet) – 1934
John Mellencamp (singer) – 1951
Yo-Yo Ma (cellist) – 1955
Jayne Torvill (figure skater, Olympic gold medalist; partner was Christopher Dean) – 1957
Simon Cowell (American Idol judge) – 1959
Rachel McAdams (actress) – 1976
Aaron & Shawn Ashmore (actors) – 1979

Cornell University welcomed its first students – 1868
Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University in football 222-0 – 1916
German troops invaded Romania – 1940
Frank Sinatra’s first TV show debuted – 1950
First photos taken of the dark side of the Moon, by Luna 3 – 1959
President John F. Kennedy signed nuclear test ban treaty between United States, Britain, and Soviet Union – 1963
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats opened on Broadway – 1982
Lynette Woodard selected as the first woman to play with the Harlem Globetrotters – 1985
The rose was chosen to be national floral emblem of the U.S. Resolution signed on this day by President Reagan. U.S. Code Title 36, Chapter 3, Section 303 – 1986
Adrienne Clarkson became the 26th governor-general of Canada – 1999
California elected Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor – 2003
A 12-year-old caught a 618-pound bluefin tuna in the Northumberland Strait of Canada – 2014

A hurricane caused shore damage and snow inland in New England – 1849
Hurricane Daisy produced heavy rains while moving to Canadian waters near Newfoundland. Tide damage occurred in eastern New England and Nova Scotia. – 1962
San Antonio, Texas, received 3.1 inches of rain in 6 hours – 1989