October 7

Today in History
• 1492 - Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes course
• 1520 - 1st public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain
• 1542 - Explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovers Catalina Island off the coast of California
• 1714 - People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar, Netherlands
• 1765 - Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York City
• 1806 - Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgwood
• 1816 - 1st double decked steamboat, Washington, arrives in New Orleans
• 1826 - Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in US) begins operations


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
• Bookshop Day
• International Day of Peaceful Communication
• National Inner Beauty Day
• National LED Light Day
• Shemini Atzeret
• World Cotton Day
• You Matter To Me Day

Birthdays
• 1471 - Frederik I, King of Denmark and Norway (1523-33)
• 1573 - William Laud, English Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45)
• 1589 - Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
• 1728 - Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)
• 1748 - Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18)
• 1821 - William Still, African-American abolitionist, conductor of the Underground Railroad
• 1897 - Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader, and Black separatist (Nation of Islam)
• 1912 - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru