November 7
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November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 54 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events [change]
- 1332 – Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation.
- 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite strikes Earth in a wheatfield in the Alsace.
- 1801 – Alessandro Volta demonstrates the first battery.
- 1848 – Zachary Taylor is elected President of the United States.
- 1861 – Denver, Colorado is incorporated as a city.
- 1872 – The ship Mary Celeste sails from New York City.
- 1876 – Rutherford B. Hayes is controversially elected President of the United States over Samuel J. Tilden, as Tilden had won the popular vote.
- 1885 – Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway is completed.
- 1893 - Colorado becomes the first US State to allow women to vote.
- 1911 - Marie Curie wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, becoming the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.
- 1916 – Woodrow Wilson is elected to a second term as President of the United States.
- 1916 – Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
- 1917 – The October Revolution begins in Russia.
- 1918 – Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in Bavaria.
- 1933 - Fiorello La Guardia is elected the 99th Mayor of New York City.
- 1936 - Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco's troops begin their assault on Madrid.
- 1940 – The original bridge in Tacoma, Washington collapses in a wind storm, only 4 months after its completion.
- 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Thomas E. Dewey, as he is elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States, though he only serves this term for a short time, as he dies on April 12, 1945, when he is succeeded by Harry S. Truman.
- 1956 – Suez Crisis: The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to withdraw from Egypt.
- 1963 – Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, 11 miners are rescued from a collapsed mine, after surviving for 14 days.
- 1972 – Richard Nixon is elected to a second term as President of the United States, defeating George McGovern, who only manages to win in Massachusetts and Washington, DC.
- 1982 - In Burkina Faso, Saye Zerbo is removed from power by Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo.
- 1987 – Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali becomes the 2nd President of Tunisia.
- 1989 - Chandra Shekhar becomes Prime Minister of India.
- 1989 – In Virginia, Douglas Wilder is elected the first African-American Governor in the United States.
- 1989 – David Dinkins is elected the first African-American Mayor of New York City.
- 1989 – Willi Stoph and the entire East German cabinet resigns.
- 1990 – Mary Robinson is elected the first female President of Ireland.
- 1991 - Magic Johnson announces he has AIDS, and declares his retirement from professional basketball.
- 1996 - A Boeing 727 crashes in Lagos, Nigeria, killing all 143 people on board.
- 2000 – Hillary Clinton becomes the first First Lady of the United States to be elected to the United States Senate.
- 2000 – The Presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore in the United States ends in controversy. Gore wins the popular votes, but after narrowly winning Florida, Bush wins the electoral college vote. The result is not known for a month, when Bush is declared as the next President of the United States.
- 2002 - Iran bans advertising of US products.
- 2007 – Jokela School Shooting: A shooting in Tuusula, Finland, kills 9 people.
- 2011 – Dr. Conrad Murray is found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson.
- 2012 - A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off Guatemala.
Births [change]
- 630 – Constans II, Byzantine Emperor (d. 668)
- 994 - Ibn Hazm, Arab philosopher (d. 1069)
- 1598 - Francisco Zurbaran, Spanish painter (d. 1664)
- 1612 – Pierre Mignard, French painter (d. 1695)
- 1706 - Carlo Cecere, Italian composer (d. 1761)
- 1720 - Erekle II, Georgian King (d. 1798)
- 1728 – James Cook, English explorer (d. 1879) (born on Oct. 27 in the Julian calendar)
- 1790 - Luigi Legnani, Italian singer, guitarist and composer (d. 1877)
- 1805 - Thomas Brassey, English civil engineering contractor (d. 1870)
- 1838 - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (d. 1889)
- 1846 – Ignaz Bruell, Austrian pianist (d. 1907)
- 1855 - Edwin Hall, American physicist (d. 1938)
- 1858 - Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian political activist (d. 1932)
- 1867 – Marie Curie, Polish-French chemist and physicist (d. 1934)
- 1876 - Charlie Townsend, English cricketer (d. 1958)
- 1879 – Leon Trotsky, Ukrainian revolutionary and Marxist (d. 1940)
- 1879 - King Baggot, American actor (d. 1958)
- 1885 – Frank Knight, American economist (d. 1972)
- 1886 – Aaron Nimzovich, Latvian chess player (d. 1935)
- 1888 – C. V. Raman, Indian physicist (d. 1970)
- 1893 - Leatrice Joy, American actress (d. 1985)
- 1903 – Dean Jagger, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1903 – Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist (d. 1989)
- 1903 - Grace Stafford, American actress (d. 1992)
- 1905 - Aurelio de Lira Tavares, President of Brazil (d. 1998)
- 1913 – Albert Camus, French writer (d. 1960)
- 1913 - Alekos Sakellarios, Greek writer and film director (d. 1991)
- 1914 - Archie Campbell, American comedian and writer (d. 1987)
- 1915 - Philip Morrison, American physicist (d. 2005)
- 1917 – Helen Suzman, South African political activist (d. 2009)
- 1918 – Billy Graham, American religious leader
- 1918 - Maria Teresa de Noronha, Portuguese Fado singer (d. 1993)
- 1926 – Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman, 3rd president of Nintendo
- 1929 – Eric Kandel, Austrian neuroscientist
- 1936 – Dame Gwyneth Jones, Welsh soprano
- 1938 – Barry Newman, American actor
- 1940 - Antonio Skarmeta, Chilean writer
- 1942 - Jean Shrimpton, British supermodel and actress
- 1942 – Johnny Rivers, American musician
- 1943 – Silvia Cartwright, former Governor-General of New Zealand
- 1943 – Joni Mitchell, Canadian musician
- 1943 – Michael Spence, American economist
- 1944 – Luigi Riva, Italian footballer
- 1949 – Queen Aiswarya of Nepal (d. 2001)
- 1950 - Lindsay Duncan, British actress
- 1952 – David Petraeus, American general and CIA director
- 1952 – Modibo Sidibe, former Prime Minister of Mali
- 1955 - Detlef Ultsch, German judoka
- 1957 - Christopher Knight, American actor
- 1959 - Billy Gillispie, American basketball coach
- 1959 - Alexandre Guimaraes, Costa Rican football manager
- 1960 - Tommy Thayer, American guitarist (Kiss)
- 1962 – Bettina Hoy, German showjumper
- 1963 – John Barnes, English footballer
- 1964 - Dana Plato, American actress (d. 1999)
- 1967 – David Guetta, French DJ
- 1967 – Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish singer
- 1970 – Morgan Spurlock, American director and producer
- 1973 – Yunjin Kim, South Korean actress
- 1973 – Martin Palermo, Argentine footballer
- 1974 - Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaican track athlete
- 1975 - Venkat Prabhu, Indian film director
- 1976 – Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player
- 1976 - Rob Caggiano, American musician (Anthrax)
- 1977 - Andres Oper, Estonian footballer
- 1978 - Tomoya Nagase, Japanese actor and singer
- 1978 – Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer
- 1978 – Rio Ferdinand, English footballer
- 1978 – Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer
- 1978 – Barry Robson, Scottish footballer
- 1979 – Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican footballer
- 1979 - Mike Commodore, American ice hockey player
- 1981 – Anushka Shetty, Indian actress
- 1982 - Pascal Leclaire, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 - Amelia Vega, Dominican model
- 1984 – Jonathan Bornstein, American footballer
- 1988 – Tinie Tempah, English rapper and musician
- 1988 - Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player
- 1989 - Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Russian singer and actress (Pussy Riot)
- 1990 – Matt Corby, Australian singer
- 1990 – David de Gea, Spanish footballer
- 1994 - Haruna Iikubo, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
Deaths [change]
- 641 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, 2nd Caliph od Islam
- 739 - Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint
- 1225 - Engelbert II of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne
- 1550 – Jon Arason, last Roman Catholic bishop in Iceland (b. 1484)
- 1581 - Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar
- 1837 - Elijah P. Lovejoy, American abolitionist (b. 1809)
- 1872 - Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (b. 1833)
- 1906 – Heinrich Seidel, German engineer, poet and writer (b. 1842)
- 1913 – Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and explorer (b. 1823)
- 1919 – Hugo Haase, German politician and jurist (b. 1863)
- 1922 - Sam Thompson, American baseball player (b. 1860)
- 1944 – Richard Sorge, Soviet spy (b. 1895)
- 1962 – Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt (b. 1884)
- 1967 - John Nance Garner, Vice President of the United States (b. 1868)
- 1978 – Gene Tunney, heavyweight boxer (b. 1897)
- 1980 – Steve McQueen, American actor (b. 1930)
- 1981 – Will Durant, American philosopher and writer (b. 1885)
- 1991 - Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist (b. 1920)
- 1992 – Alexander Dubcek, Czechoslovakian politician (b. 1921)
- 1995 – Ann Dunham, mother of Barack Obama (b. 1942)
- 2000 – Ingrid of Sweden, mother of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (b. 1910)
- 2002 – Rudolf Augstein, German publisher (Der Spiegel magazine) (b. 1923)
- 2004 – Howard Keel, American actor (b. 1919)
- 2007 - Earl Dodge, American politician (b. 1932)
- 2011 – Joe Frazier, American heavyweight boxer and world champion (b. 1944)
- 2012 - Clive Dunn, British actor, comedian and writer (b. 1920)
- 2012 - Carmen Basilio, American boxer (b. 1927)
