This is our day guide for Friday October 7th 2016 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
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| General Information for October 7th 2016 | |
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| There are 4 public holidays today. | |
| Day 281 of 2016 | |
| 85 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 40 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 2003 - A historic recall election takes place in the U.S. State of California in which the sitting Governor Gray Davis, a Democrat, is overwhelmingly voted out of office. Actor, bodybuilder and Republican candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected to be the 38th Governor of California over fellow Republican Tom McClintock and Democrat Cruz Bustamante who at the time was the sitting Lt. Governor of California. This is the first recall election in the history of the State of California in which a sitting Governor has been successfully recalled from office. | |
| 1996 - The Fox News Channel begins broadcasting. | |
| 1840 - Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands. | |
| 3761 BC - The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar). |