7 October

2001  /  The United States invades Afghanistan with an air assault and covert ground assault. America’s 20-year war begins.

1996  /  Fox News broadcasts for the first time.

1952  /  Vladimir Putin is born.

1940  /  The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into WWII in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.

1926  /  Italian Great Fascist Council forms.

1900  /  Heinrich Himmler is born.