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Today in History: October 7
1571
In the last great clash of galleys, the Ottoman navy is defeated at Lepanto, Greece, by a Christian naval coalition under the overall command of Spain's Don Juan de Austria.

1765
Delegates from nine of the American colonies meet in New York to discuss the Stamp Act Crisis and colonial response to it.

1849
Edgar Allan Poe, aged 40, dies a tragic death in Baltimore. Never able to overcome his drinking habits, he was found in a delirious condition outside a saloon that was used as a voting place.

1913
In attempting to find ways to lower the cost of the automobile and make it more affordable to ordinary Americans, Henry Ford took note of the work of efficiency experts like Frederick Taylor, the "father of scientific management." The result was the assembly line that reduced the time it took to manufacture a car, from 12 hours to 93 minutes.

1944
Prisoner uprising at Birkenau concentration camp.

1993
The Great Flood of 1993 on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers ends, the worst US flood since 1927.

1996
Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.

2001
US invasion of Afghanistan in reaction to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 begins; it will become the longest war in US history.

2003
California voters remove Democratic governor Gray Davis from office in the state's first successful recall of a sitting governor (only the second successful recall of a governor in US history); a Republican candidate, bodybuilder/actor Arnold Schwarzenegger wins the election to replace Davis 17 days later.

Today in History: Born on October 7

1935
Thomas Keneally, novelist, author of Schindler's Ark, the basis for the film Schindler's List.

1952
Vladimir Putin, former prime minister and current (2013) president of Russia.

1955
Yo Yo Ma, cellist.

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