November 7

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

2002 - An Iranian, believing a sorcerer had made him invisible, attempts to rob a Tehran bank

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

		November 7
		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 2002 - An Iranian, believing a sorcerer had made him invisible, attempts to rob a Tehran bank 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
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