October 7 in History- October 7, 1919 (107 years ago)
- •KLM of the Netherlands was founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
- October 7, 1952 (74 years ago)
- •"American Bandstand" debuts on a local Philadelphia station.
- October 7, 1961 (65 years ago)
- •NASA launches the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
- October 7, 1982 (44 years ago)
- •Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.