What Happened on October 7th - Historical Events

1571

Battle of Lepanto: Holy League of southern European nations destroys Ottoman fleet in significant loss off Western Greece

1737
40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft & kill 300,000 near Bengal, India

1763
George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north & west of Alleghenies to white settlement 

1913
Ford Motor Company institutes world's first moving assembly line for the Model T Ford

2001 
The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground