November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining.
Major Events:
- 1665 - The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published
- 1916 - Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives
- 1917 - October Revolution: Bolsheviks overthrow provisional government of Russia
- 1917 - United Kingdom captures Gaza from the Ottoman Empire
- 1929 - Museum of Modern Art opens to the public
- 1940 - Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses
- 1956 - During the Suez Crisis, the UN General Assembly adopts a resolution calling upon Britain, France and Israel to withdraw their troops from Egypt immediately
- 1973 - US Congress overrode President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Act[?], which limits a chief executive's power to wage war without congressional approval
- 1996 - Mars Global Surveyor launched
- 2001 - The Concorde resumes flying after a 15-month break
- 2002 - Iran bans advertising of US products.
Births:
- 1867 - Marie Curie, chemist, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1903 and in chemistry 1911 (+ 1934)
- 1875 - Mikhail Kalinin[?], Soviet military (+ 1946)
- 1878 - Lise Meitner, physicist
- 1879 - Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (+ 1940)
- 1897 - Herman J. Mankiewicz[?], writer, director, producer (+ 1953)
- 1903 - Konrad Lorenz, zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1973 (+ 1989)
- 1903 - Dean Jagger[?], actor (+ 1991)
- 1913 - Albert Camus, writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1957 (+ 1960)
- 1914 - Archie Campbell[?], comedian (+ 1987)
- 1918 - Billy Graham, evangelist
- 1922 - Al Hirt, musician (+ 1999)
- 1926 - Dame Joan Sutherland[?], opera singer
- 1937 - Mary Travers, singer (Peter, Paul, and Mary[?])
- 1942 - Johnny Rivers[?], singer, composer
- 1943 - Joni Mitchell, musician
- 1964 - Dana Plato, actress (+ 1999)
Deaths:
- 1893 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer
- 1913 - Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist
- 1959 - Victor McLaglen, actor
- 1962 - Eleanor Roosevelt, human rights activist, First Lady
- 1967 - John Nance Garner, US Representative and Vice President
- 1974 - Eric Linklater[?], author
- 1980 - Steve McQueen, actor
- 1983 - Germaine Tailleferre, French composer
- 1992 - Alexander Dubcek, Czech politician
Holidays and Observances:
Interesting but Unimportant Events
See Also:
November 6 - November 8 - October 7 - December 7 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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