On this day in This day in History - Nov. 7

• 0630 - Constans II was born (d. 0668). Byzantine emperor.
• 0644 - Umar ibn al-Khattāb dies. Second caliph of Islam.
• 0994 - Ibn Hazm was born (d. 1069). Arab philosopher.
• 1225 - Engelbert II of Berg dies. Archbishop of Cologne.
• 1451 - Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy dies (b. 1383).
• 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, struck the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace.
• 1550 - Jon Arason (b. 1484), the last Roman Catholic bishop of Iceland prior to the reformation, is beheaded in Skalholt with his two sons Are and Bjorn.
• 1574 - Solomon Luria dies (b. 1510). Maharshal.
• 1581 - Richard Davies dies. Welsh bishop and scholar.
• 1598 - Francisco Zurbarán was born (d. 1664). Spanish painter.
• 1599 - Gasparo Tagliacozzi dies (b. 1546). Italian surgeon.
• 1619 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux was born (d. 1692). French writer.
• 1620 - Hetman Stanisław Żólkiewski dies (b. 1547). Polish commander in the Battle of Ţuţora (1620)
• 1633 - Cornelius Jacobszoon Drebbel dies (b. 1572). Dutch inventor.
• 1639 - Thomas Arundell dies. 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, English politician.
• 1642 - Henry Montagu dies. 1st Earl of Manchester, English politician.
• 1650 - John Robinson was born (d. 1723). English diplomat.
• 1659 - Assinatura do Tratado dos Pirinéus, terminando a guerra entre a França e a Espanha que se prolongava oficialmente desde 1648, mas que continuava a Guerra dos Trinta Anos (1618-1648). Com a assinatura desde tratado Portugal deixava de contar com a França como aliada, na Guerra da Restauração.
• 1665 - The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
• 1687 - William Stukeley was born (d. 1765). English archaologist.
• 1713 - Elizabeth Barry dies (b. 1658). English actress.
• 1750 - Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg was born (d. 1819).German poet.
• 1786 - America's oldest musical organization was founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
• 1805 - Thomas Brassey was born (d. 1870). English civil engineering contractor.
• 1811 - Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana.
• 1818 - Emil du Bois-Reymond was born (d. 1896).German physician.
• 1832 - Andrew Dickson White was born (d. 1918). American co-founder and first president of Cornell University.
• 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.
• 1837 - Elijah P. Lovejoy dies (b. 1809). American abolitionist.
• 1838 - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam was born (d. 1889). French writer.
• 1841 - Fernando Afonso Geraldes Caldeira was born in Águeda (d. 2 Apr 1894). Portuguese politician, dramatist, painter and poet.
• 1846 - Ignaz Brüll was born (d. 1907). Austrian pianist.
• 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.
• 1849 - Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro was born in Ponta Delgada, Azores (d. 1907). Portuguese politician.
• 1851 - Chris von der Ahe was born (d. 1913). German born entrepreneur.
• 1858 - Bipin Chandra Pal was born (d. 1932). Indian freedom fighter.
• 1860 - Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne was born (d. 1936). French general.
• 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.
• 1861 - Jeff Milton was born (d. 1947). American lawman.
• 1867 - Maria Sklodowska-Curie was born (d. 1934). Polish-born French chemist and physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics and in chemistry.
• 1868 - Delfim Moreira was born (d. 1920). President of Brazil.
• 1872 - Alfred Clebsch dies (b. 1833). German mathematician.
• 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
• 1875 - Mikhail Kalinin was born (d. 1946). Soviet politician.
• 1876 - Charlie Townsend was born (d. 1958). English cricketer.
• 1876 - António Joaquim Pereira da Silva was born in Araruna (PB) (d. 11 Jan 1944). Brazilian lawyer, journalist and poet ( Senhora da Melancolia - 1928).
• 1878 - Lise Meitner was born (d. 1968). Austrian physicist.
• 1879 - King Baggot was born (d. 1948). American actor.
• 1879 - Leon Trotsky was born (d. 1940). Russian revolutionary.
• 1881 - John MacHale dies (b. 1791). Irish Archbishop (Tuam) and writer.
• 1885 - In Craigellachie, British Columbia, construction ends on the Canadian Pacific Railway railway extending across Canada.
• 1886 - Aron Nimzowitsch was born (d. 1935). Latvian-born chess player.
• 1888 - Sir C. V. Raman was born (d. 1970). Indian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
• 1893 - Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote.
• 1893 - Leatrice Joy was born (d. 1985). American actress.
• 1896 - Esdras Minville was born (d. 1975). Quebec writer, economist and sociologist.
• 1897 - Herman J. Mankiewicz was born (d. 1953). American writer, director, and producer.
• 1898 - Raphaël Salem was born (d. 1963). Greek mathematician.
• 1900 - Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses
• 1901 - Cecília Meireles was born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 9 Nov 1964). Brazilian poet.
• 1901 - Norah McGuinness was born (d. 1980). Northern Irish painter and illustrator.
• 1903 - Dean Jagger was born (d. 1991). American actor.
• 1903 - Grace Stafford was born (d. 1992). American actress.
• 1903 - Konrad Lorenz was born (d. 1989). Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973
• 1903 - Ary Barroso was born (d. 1964). Brazilian composer.
• 1904 - Ernesto Navarro Betancourt was born. Cuban sculptor.
• 1905 - Aurélio Lyra Tavares was born (d. 1998). President of Brazil.
• 1905 - William Alwyn was born (d. 1985). English composer.
• 1906 - Heinrich Seidel dies (b. 1842). German engineer, poet and writer.
• 1907 - Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University.
• 1907 - Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de Garcia, Sonora by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers away before it can explode.
• 1910 - The first air freight shipment from Dayton, Ohio to Columbus, Ohio undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
• 1910 - Florencio Sánchez dies in Milan (Italy) (b. 17 Jan 1875). Uruguayan dramatist.
• 1910 (O.S.) - Leo Tolstoy dies (b. 1828). Russian novelist.
• 1912 - The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• 1913 - Albert Camus was born (d. 1960). French writer, Nobel Prize laureate.
• 1913 - Alfred Russel Wallace dies (b. 1823). British naturalist and biologist.
• 1914 - The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.
• 1914 - The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
• 1914 - Archie Campbell was born (d. 1987). American comedian and writer.
• 1915 - Philip Morrison was born (d. 2005). American scientist.
• 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.
• 1918 - Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
• 1918 - Billy Graham was born. American evangelist.
• 1918 - Maria Teresa de Noronha was born. Portuguese Fado singer.
• 1918 - Paul Aussaresses was born. French general.
• 1919 - Hugo Haase dies (b. 1863). German politician and jurist.
• 1921 - the Partito Nazionale Fascista (PNF), National Fascist Party, came into existence.
• 1922 - Al Hirt was born (d. 1999). American trumpeter.
• 1922 - Sam Thompson dies (b. 1860). American baseball player.
• 1926 - Joan Sutherland was born. Australian operatic soprano.
• 1927 - Hiroshi Yamauchi was born. Japanese computer game executive.
• 1927 - Ivor Emmanuel was born (d. 2007). Welsh singer and actor.
• 1928 - Richard G. Scott was born. American religious leader.
• 1929 - In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
• 1929 - Eric R. Kandel was born. Austrian-born neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• 1929 - Jesús de Polanco was born (d. 2007). Spanish businessman and media tycoon.
• 1931 - The Chinese Soviet Republic proclaimed on the anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.
• 1932 - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century airs on radio for the first time.
• 1933 - Fiorello H. LaGuardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
• 1934 - Premiere of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini at Baltimore, Maryland
• 1936 - Dame Gwyneth Jones was born. Welsh soprano.
• 1937 - Mary Travers was born. American singer (Peter, Paul and Mary).
• 1938 - Dee Clark was born (d. 1990). American singer.
• 1938 - Jim Kaat was born. American baseball player.
• 1940 - In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge ("Galloping Gertie") collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
• 1941 - World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimea’s hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
• 1941 - Holocaust: Jewish tragedy in Nemyriv, Ukraine: German fascists murder 2580 Jews. Earlier in September, 1941 2,400 Jews were shot by German Nazis at the brickworks near Nemyriv.
• 1942 - Jean Shrimpton was born. British supermodel and actress.
• 1942 - Johnny Rivers was born. American singer and composer.
• 1943 - Boris Gromov was born. Russian general.
• 1943 - Joni Mitchell was born. Canadian musician.
• 1943 - Michael Byrne was born. English actor.
• 1943 - Michael Spence was born. American economist, Nobel Prize laureate.
• 1943 - Stephen Greenblatt was born. American literary critic.
• 1943 - Dwight Frye dies (b. 1899). American actor.
• 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.
• 1944 - A passenger train derails in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico from excessive speed in a declining hill. 16 killed; 50 injured.
• 1944 - Joe Niekro was born (d. 2006). Baseball player.
• 1944 - Ken Patera was born. American professional wrestler.
• 1944 - Luigi Riva was born. Italian football player.
• 1944 - Richard Sorge dies (b. 1895). Soviet spy.
• 1944 - Hannah Szenes dies (b. 1921). Jewish woman who parachuted into Yugoslavia during World War II to help save the Jews of Hungary.
• 1945 - South Africa and Mexico joins to United Nations.
• 1947 - Ana Maria Moretzsohn was born. Brazilian journalist and novelist.
• 1947 - Bob Anderson was born. English darts player.
• 1947 - Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist, writer and founder of Manager Daily, also leader of PAD
• 1947 - Yutaka Fukumoto was born. Japanese professional baseball player.
• 1948 - Alex Ribeiro was born. Brazilian racing driver.
• 1949 - Émerson Leão was born. Brazilian football player and coach.
• 1949 - Judy Tenuta was born. American comedian.
• 1949 - Steven Stucky was born. American composer.
• 1952 - David Petraeus was born. American general.
• 1952 - Geraldo Alckmin was born. Brazilian politician.
• 1953 - Lucinda Green was born. British equestrian.
• 1954 - Kamal Haasan was born. Indian actor.
• 1955 - Detlef Ultsch was born. German judoka.
• 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.
• 1956 - Judy Tenuta was born. American comedian.
• 1957 - Cold War: In the United States, the Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
• 1957 - Christopher Knight was born. American actor.
• 1958 - Lori Saldaña was born. American politician.
• 1959 - Alexandre Guimarães was born. Costa Rican football manager.
• 1959 - Billy Gillispie was born. American basketball coach.
• 1959 - Victor McLaglen dies (b. 1883). British-born actor.
• 1960 - Tommy Thayer was born. American guitarist (Kiss).
• 1961 - José María Velasco Ibarra, Ecuatorian President, is foreced to resign.
• 1962 - Eleanor Roosevelt dies (b. 1884). First Lady of the United States.
• 1962 - Tracie Savage was born. American actress and journalist.
• 1962 - Richard M. Nixon loses the California governor's race. 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 - The comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World premieres.
• 1963 - Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, 11 miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.
• 1963 - John Barnes was born. English football player.
• 1964 - Dana Plato was born (d. 1999). American actress.
• 1964 - Gill Holland was born. American producer.
• 1965 - The Velvet Underground make their public debut at a high-school dance in Summit, New Jersey.
• 1965 - The Pillsbury Doughboy makes its first public appearance.
• 1965 - Sigrun Wodars was born. German athlete.
• 1966 - Rube Bressler dies (b. 1894). American baseball player.
• 1967 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
• 1967 - Carl B. Stokes was elected as Mayor of the City of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first Black Mayor of a major American city.
• 1967 - David Guetta was born. French DJ.
• 1967 - Sharleen Spiteri was born. Scottish singer and songwriter (Texas).
• 1967 - Steve Digiorgio was born. American musician. Bass from Sadus, Testament and Death
• 1967 - John Nance Garner dies (b. 1868). U.S. Congressman and Vice President.
• 1968 - Greg Tribbett was born. American musician (Mudvayne).
• 1968 - Mark Preston was born. Australian engineer.
• 1968 - Alexander Gelfond dies (b. 1906). Russian mathematician.
• 1968 - Gordon Coventry dies (b. 1901). Australian rules footballer.
• 1969 - Hélène Grimaud was born. French pianist.
• 1969 - Michelle Clunie was born. American actress.
• 1970 - Andy Houston was born. American NASCAR driver.
• 1970 - Marc Rosset was born. Swiss tennis player.
• 1970 - Morgan Spurlock was born. American director and producer.
• 1970 - Neil Hannon was born. Northern Irish musician (The Divine Comedy).
• 1970 - Syang was born. Brazilian singer.
• 1971 - Jamie Drummond was born. Scottish/Canadian Sommelier.
• 1971 - Robin Finck was born. American musician.
• 1972 - U.S. presidential election, 1972: Republican incumbent Richard Nixon defeats Democratic Senator George McGovern.
• 1972 - Christopher Daniel Barnes was born. American actor.
• 1972 - Danny Grewcock was born. English rugby union player.
• 1972 - Jason London & Jeremy London were born. American actors.
• 1972 - Marcus Stewart was born. English football player.
• 1972 - Mike Goldman was born. Australian media personality.
• 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.
• 1973 - Martín Palermo was born. Argentinian football player.
• 1973 - Yunjin Kim was born. South Korean actress.
• 1974 - Chris Summers was born. Norwegian drummer (Turbonegro).
• 1974 - Kris Benson was born. American baseball player.
• 1974 - Eric Linklater dies (b. 1899). British author.
• 1975 - Juan Carlos I, Bourbon, subiu ao trono em Espanha, após a morte de Franco.
• 1975 - Stephen Alexander was born. American football tight end.
• 1976 - Mark Philippoussis was born. Australian tennis player.
• 1976 - Melyssa Ford was born. Canadian model and actress.
• 1976 - One Be Lo was born. Hip-hop artist.
• 1976 - Dr. Alexander Solomon Wiener dies (b. 16 Mar 1907). American serologist who was co-discoverer of the Rh factor of blood.
• 1978 - Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink was born. Dutch footballer.
• 1978 - Mohamed Aboutrika was born. Egyptian football player.
• 1978 - Rio Ferdinand was born. English footballer.
• 1978 - Tomoya Nagase was born. Japanese actor and singer (TOKIO).
• 1978 - Gene Tunney dies (b. 1897). Heavyweight boxing champion.
• 1979 - Barney Harwood was born. CBBC presenter.
• 1979 - Danny Fonseca was born. Costa Rican footballer.
• 1979 - Joey Ryan was born. American professional wrestler.
• 1979 - Jon Peter Lewis, American singer.
• 1979 - Mike Commodore, American professional hockey player.
• 1980 - Gervasio Deferr was born. Spanish gymnast.
• 1980 - James Franklin was born. New Zealand Cricket player.
• 1980 - Luciana Salazar was born. Argentine model and actress.
• 1980 - Steve McQueen dies (b. 1930). American actor.
• 1980 - Vicente Forte dies (b. 1912). Argentine painter.
• 1981 - Anthony Moffat was born. Scottish musician, writer and film-maker.
• 1981 - Anushka Shetty was born. Tollywood film actress.
• 1981 - Lily Thai was born. Asian porn star.
• 1983 - A bomb explodes inside the US Capitol building.
• 1983 - 1983 United States Senate bombing: a bomb explodes inside the U.S. Capitol Building.
• 1983 - Germaine Tailleferre dies (b. 1892). French composer.
• 1986 - Sol Aranza was born. Mexican voice actress.
• 1986 - Tracy Pew dies (b. 1957). Australian musician (The Birthday Party).
• 1987 - In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
• 1988 - Geraldo Rivera receives injuries sustained in a fight with white supremacists on live television.
• 1988 - Boxing: In Las Vegas, Nevada, boxer Sugar Ray Leonard knocks out Donnie LaLonde.
• 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 - In California, convicted murder Richard Ramirez (aka "The Night Stalker") is sentenced to death.
• 1989 - East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
• 1990 - Mary Robinson is first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
• 1990 - Marisa Siketa was born. Australian actress.
• 1990 - Matt Corby was born. Australian singer.
• 1991 - Basketball player Magic Johnson announces he has tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, and that he is retiring.
• 1991 - Carter Cornelius dies (b. 1948). American R&B musician (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose)
• 1991 - Tom of Finland dies (b. 1920). Finnish fetish artist.
• 1992 - The Party for Socialist Turkey is founded.
• 1992 - Alexander Dubček dies (b. 1921). Slovakian politician.
• 1992 - Jack Kelly dies (b. 1927). American actor.
• 1993 - Ayrton Senna (McLaren Team) wins Adelaide F1 Grand Prix
• 1994 - WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provided the world's first internet radio broadcast.
• 1994 - Shorty Rogers dies (b. 1924). American jazz musician.
• 1995 - José Saramago é agraciado com o Prémio Camões.
• 1995 - Portugal: António Guterres apresenta, na Assembleia da República, o programa do Governo e anuncia a suspensão das obras da barragem de Foz Côa.
• 1996 - NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
• 1996 - A Nigerian Boeing 727 crashes into a lagoon 40 miles southeast of Lagos, Nigeria, killing 143.
• 1996 - Claude Ake dies. Nigerian political scientist.
• 1996 - Jaja Wachuku dies (b. 1918). Nigerian Lawyer and First Foreign Affairs Minister.
• 1999 - Primo Nebiolo dies (b. 14 Jul 1923). Italian president of International Amateur Athletic Federation
• 2000 - Controversial US presidential election that was later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.
• 2000 - Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady to win a public office in the United States.
• 2000 - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovered one of the country's largest LSD lab inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
• 2000 - Chidambaram Subramaniam dies (b. 1910). Indian politician.
• 2000 - Queen Ingrid dies (b. 1910). Queen Dowager of Denmark.
• 2001 - Bankruptcy of Belgium's SABENA Airlines.
• 2001 - The supersonic commercial aircraft Concorde resumes flying after a 15-month break.
• 2001 - Nida Blanca dies (b. 1936). Filipino actress.
• 2002 - Iran bans advertising of United States products.
• 2002 - Rudolf Augstein dies (b. 1923). German publisher.
• 2004 - Tennis: Marat Safin beats Radek Stepanek and wins Paris Masters Series
• 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.
• 2004 - Howard Keel dies (b. 1919). American actor.
• 2005 - Anthony Sawoniuk dies (b. 1921). Belarusian-born Nazi war criminal.
• 2005 - Harry Thompson dies (b. 1960). English-born comedian and novelist.
• 2006 - Bryan Pata dies murdered (b. 1981). American football defensive tackle (University of Miami)
• 2006 - Johnny Sain dies (b. 1917). American baseball pitcher.
• 2006 - Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber dies (b. 1924). French journalist.
• 2007 - Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people.
• 2007 - Earl Dodge dies (b. 1932). American politician (Prohibition Party).
• Christianity - Saint Willibrord, Prosdocimus, Herculanus of Perugia, Vicente Liem de la Paz
• Northern Catalonia - National Day, after Treaty of Pyrenees.
• Russia - day of the October Revolution (1917) in the Gregorian Calendar, unofficially commemorated.