October 7

Events

 * 1970 - Intel introduces computer memory chip.

Births

 * 1835 –, German composer (d. 1913)
 * 1911 –, American singer (d. 1973)
 * 1936 –, Swiss conductor
 * 1944 –, American musician (d. 1979)
 * 1949 –, American musician (Kansas)
 * 1951 –, American singer
 * 1951 –, American radio executive
 * 1953 –, musician (Bon Jovi)
 * 1954 –, American composer
 * 1955 –, French-born American cellist
 * 1957 –, American singer
 * 1959 –, English recording executive
 * 1960 –, Japanese singer
 * 1960 –, Belgian singer
 * 1964 –, English singer-songwriter
 * 1967 –, American singer
 * 1967 –, English musician (The Auteurs, Black Box Recorder)
 * 1967 –, Japanese Composer
 * 1968 –, English singer (Radiohead)
 * 1969 –, Spanish singer-songwriter
 * 1971 –, Québécois musician
 * 1974 –, Swedish singer
 * 1975 –, American musician (OK Go)
 * 1975 –, Australian comedian and musician
 * 1976 –, American musician
 * 1978 –, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq)
 * 1981 –, American avant garde composer,pop musician
 * 1988 –, American musician (Eisley)

Deaths

 * 1553 –, Spanish composer (b. c.1500)
 * 1959 –, American tenor (b. 1921)
 * 1966 –, Greek singer and songwriter. (b. 1890)
 * 1966 –, American musician (b. 1913)
 * 1998 –, American tuba player a.k.a. Song and Wind (b. 1915)
 * 2003 –, American composer (b. 1912)