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October 7, 2026 · Starting event: Stadio delle Alpi officially opens (1990)

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1. 2457 BC
   History

   Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day

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2. 527
   Politics

   Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne

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3. 1564
   Birth

   Galileo Galilei, Italian polymath, is born

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4. 1660
   Art

   Johannes Vermeer paints The Milkmaid

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5. 1753
   Museums

   British Museum is founded

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6. 1848
   Birth

   Octave Mirbeau, French writer, art critic and journalist, is born

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7. 1875
   History

   Bizet's Carmen premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, with mezzo-soprano Célestine Galli-Marié in the title role

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8. 1876
   Politics

   William "Boss" Tweed, a New York City politician who had been arrested for embezzlement, was handed over to US authorities after having escaped from prison and fled to Spain

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9. 1891
   Sport

   Club Brugge K.V. is founded

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10. 1908
    Landmarks

    The University of the Philippines is established

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11. 1934
    History

    Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens

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12. 1945
    Books

    Ivo Andrić publishes The Bridge on the Drina

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13. 1952
    Disaster

    A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes into Mount Gannet, Alaska, killing all 52 aboard

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14. 1967
    Film

    You Only Live Twice, directed by Lewis Gilbert, is released

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15. 1980
    War

    A terrorist bombing at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, kills 13 people and injures 213 others

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16. 1984
    War

    The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish Armed Forces with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh

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17. 1990
    LandmarksStarting event

    Stadio delle Alpi officially opens

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18. 1995
    Tech

    Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States

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19. 2000
    Music

    Robbie Williams releases the song "Kids"

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20. 2004
    Film

    The Motorcycle Diaries, directed by Walter Salles, is released

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21. 2013
    Music

    Ariana Grande releases the album Yours Truly

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