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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7" title="October 7">October 7</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1571" title="1571">1571</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Habsburg_wars" title="Ottoman–Habsburg wars">Ottoman–Habsburg wars</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto" title="Battle of Lepanto">Battle of Lepanto</a></b> was fought near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Corinth" title="Gulf of Corinth">Gulf of Corinth</a>, a significant setback for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> and the last major naval battle fought entirely with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galley" title="Galley">galleys</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1878" title="1878">1878</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Mindon_Min" title="Death and state funeral of Mindon Min">The state funeral</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindon_Min" title="Mindon Min">Mindon Min</a>, who ruled Myanmar for 25 years, took place; his death was reportedly preceded by strange omens, and his senior princes were unable to attend as they had all been arrested.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916" title="1916">1916</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football" title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football">Georgia Tech</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_Phoenix_football" title="Cumberland Phoenix football">Cumberland University</a> <span class="nowrap">222–0</span> in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Cumberland_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_game" title="1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game">the most lopsided college football game</a></b> in American history.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_War_of_Independence" title="Croatian War of Independence">Croatian War of Independence</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_People%27s_Army" title="Yugoslav People's Army">Yugoslav People's Army</a> conducted <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_the_Banski_Dvori" title="Bombing of the Banski Dvori">an air strike</a></b> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banski_Dvori" title="Banski Dvori">Banski Dvori</a>, the official residence of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Croatia" title="President of Croatia">president of Croatia</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb" title="Zagreb">Zagreb</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_TC3" title="2008 TC3"><span class="nowrap">2008 TC<sub>3</sub></span></a></b> exploded above the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_Desert" title="Nubian Desert">Nubian Desert</a> in Sudan, in the first time that an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_impact_prediction" title="Asteroid impact prediction">asteroid impact had been predicted</a> prior to atmospheric entry.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Le_Muet" title="Pierre Le Muet">Pierre Le Muet</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1591); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XIII" title="Charles XIII">Charles XIII</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1748); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Gagnon" title="Mariano Gagnon">Mariano Gagnon</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1929); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Hutton" title="Beatrice Hutton">Beatrice Hutton</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1990)</p>
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