📅 October 7 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on October 7? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1477Uppsala University in Sweden opened
- 1913Ford started its first moving assembly line for building cars
- 1959The Soviet probe Luna 3 sent the first pictures of the far side of the Moon
- 1988Three gray whales got trapped under ice in Alaska, and many countries worked together to free them
- 2008For the first time, scientists spotted an asteroid before it entered Earth’s atmosphere
🎂 Born on October 7
- 🎻 Yo-Yo Ma (1955) — cellist
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October 7 quiz
In what year? 🎓 Uppsala University in Sweden opened
In what year? 🏭 Ford started its first moving assembly line for building cars
In what year? 🌑 The Soviet probe Luna 3 sent the first pictures of the far side of the Moon
Which famous person was born on October 7?