November 7

is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining.

Events

1665 - The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
1786 - The oldest musical organization in the United States was founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
1811 - Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.
1837 - In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
1848 - U.S. presidential election, 1848: Zachary Taylor is elected president in the first US presidential election held in every state on the same day.
1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
1874 - A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party
1885 - In Craigellachie, British Columbia, construction ends on the Canadian Pacific Railway railway extending across Canada.
1893 - Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote.
1910 - The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
1912 - The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
1914 - The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.
1916 - U.S. presidential election, 1916: Democrat Woodrow Wilson is re-elected President of the United States by defeating Republican Charles Evans Hughes. Meanwhile, Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.
1917 - Russian Revolution: In Petrograd, Russia, Bolshevik leaders Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky lead revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Russia is still using the Julian Calendar, subsequent period references show a October 25 date).
1917 - World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
1918 - The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
1929 - In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
1932 - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century airs on radio for the first time.
1934 - Premiere of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
1940 - In the U.S. state of Washington, the middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
1944 - U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt wins re-election over challenger Thomas E. Dewey, to become the only U.S. president to be elected to a fourth term.
1956 - Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
1957 - Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
1962 - Richard M. Nixon loses the gubernatorial election in the U.S. state of California. In his concession speech, he states that this is his "last press conference" and that "you won't have Dick Nixon to kick around any more".
1963 - Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, eleven miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.
1967 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1972 - U.S. presidential election, 1972: Republican incumbent Richard Nixon defeats Democratic Senator George McGovern.
1973 - The U.S. Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
1983 - A bomb explodes inside the US Capitol building.
1987 - In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
1989 - Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
1989 - David Dinkins becomes the first African American mayor of New York City.
1989 - East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
1991 - Basketball player Magic Johnson announces he has tested positive for the HIV virus that causes AIDS, and that he is retiring.
1992 - The Party for Socialist Turkey is founded.
1996 - NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
1996 - A Nigerian Boeing 727 crashes into a lagoon 40 miles southeast of Lagos, killing 143.
2000 - U.S. presidential election, 2000: Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush defeats Democrat Vice President Al Gore, but the final outcome is not known for over a month because of disputed votes in Florida.
2000 - Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first First Lady of the United States to win public office.
2001 - Bankruptcy of Belgium's SABENA Airlines.
2001 - The supersonic commercial aircraft Concorde resumes flying after a 15-month break.
2002 - Iran bans advertising of United States products.
2004 - War in Iraq: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

Births

994 - Ibn Hazm, Arab philosopher (d. 1069)
1598 - Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664)
1619 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692)
1650 - John Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723)
1687 - William Stukeley, English archaologist (d. 1765)
1750 - Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (d. 1819)
1818 - Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician (d. 1896)
1832 - Andrew Dickson White, American co-founder and first president of Cornell University (d. 1918)
1838 - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (d. 1889)
1846 - Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist (d. 1907)
1851 - Chris von der Ahe, German born entrepreneur (d. 1913)
1860 - Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (d. 1936)
1867 - Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Polish-born chemist and physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics and in chemistry (d. 1934)
1875 - Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet politician (d. 1946)
1876 - Charlie Townsend, English cricketer (d. 1958)
1878 - Lise Meitner, Austrian/American chemist and physicist Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of nuclear fission (d. 1968)
1879 - King Baggot, American actor (d. 1948)
1879 - Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (d. 1940)
1886 - Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-born chess player (d. 1935)
1888 - Sir C. V. Raman, Indian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1893 - Leatrice Joy, American actress (d. 1985)
1897 - Herman J. Mankiewicz, American writer, director, and producer (d. 1953)
1901 - Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1980)
1903 - Dean Jagger, American actor (d. 1991)
1903 - Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1989)
1905 - William Alwyn, English composer (d. 1985)
1913 - Albert Camus, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
1914 - Archie Campbell, American comedian, writer (d. 1987)
1915 - Philip Morrison, American scientist (d. 2005)
1918 - Billy Graham, American evangelist
1918 - Paul Aussaresses, French general
1922 - Al Hirt, American trumpeter (d. 1999)
1926 - Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano
1927 - Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese computer game executive
1929 - Eric R. Kandel, Austrian-born neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1937 - Mary Travers, American singer (Peter, Paul and Mary)
1942 - Johnny Rivers, American singer and composer
1942 - Jean Shrimpton, British supermodel and actress
1943 - Joni Mitchell, Canadian musician
1943 - Michael Spence, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943 - Boris Gromov, Russian general
1954 - Kamal Haasan, Indian actor
1955 - Detlef Ultsch, German judoka
1957 - Christopher Knight, American actor
1962 - Tracie Savage, American actress and journalist
1963 - John Barnes, English footballer
1964 - Dana Plato, American actress (d. 1999)
1964 - Gill Holland, American producer
1965 - Sigrun Wodars, German athlete
1967 - Sharleen Spiteri Scottish singer and songwriter (Texas)
1968 - Greg Tribbett, American musician (Mudvayne)
1969 - Hélène Grimaud, French pianist
1970 - Neil Hannon, Northern Irish musician (The Divine Comedy)
1970 - Andy Houston, American NASCAR driver
1970 - Morgan Spurlock, American director and producer
1972 - Danny Grewcock, English rugby player
1973 - Yunjin Kim, South Korean actress
1976 - Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player
1976 - Melyssa Ford, Canadian model and actress
1978 - Rio Ferdinand, English footballer
1979 - Jon Peter Lewis, American singer
1979 - Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican footballer
1980 - Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast
1981 - Muhammad Hassan, former professional wrestler
1990 - Marisa Siketa, Australian actress

Deaths

1225 - Engelbert II of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne
1451 - Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy (b. 1383)
1581 - Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar
1599 - Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546)
1633 - Cornelius Jacobszoon Drebbel, Dutch inventor (b. 1572)
1639 - Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, English politician
1642 - Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, English politician
1713 - Elizabeth Barry, English actress (b. 1658)
1837 - Elijah P. Lovejoy, American abolitionist (b. 1809)
1910 (O.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (b. 1828)
1913 - Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist (b. 1823)
1922 - Sam Thompson, baseball player (b. 1860)
1943 - Dwight Frye, American actor (b. 1899)
1944 - Richard Sorge, Soviet spy (b. 1895)
1959 - Victor McLaglen, British-born actor (b. 1883)
1962 - Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States (b. 1884)
1967 - John Nance Garner, U.S. Congressman and Vice President (b. 1868)
1974 - Eric Linklater, British author (b. 1899)
1980 - Steve McQueen, American actor (b. 1930)
1983 - Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (b. 1892)
1992 - Alexander Dubček, Slovakian politician (b. 1921)
1996 - Jaja Wachuku, Nigerian Lawyer and First Foreign Affairs Minister (b. 1918)
2000 - C Subramaniam, Indian politician (b. 1910)
2002 - Rudolf Augstein, German publisher (b. 1923)
2005 - Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian-born Nazi war criminal (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances

R.C. Saints - Saint Willibrord
Also see November 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Northern Catalonia - National Day, after Treaty of Pyrenees.
Russia - day of the October Revolution (1917) in the Gregorian Calendar, unofficially commemorated

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