On this day in History - October 7

1763 – King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.

1913 – Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving vehicle assembly line.

1991 – Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of the Banski Dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.

2001 – The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the longest war in American history.

2023 – Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launch an attack into Israel