What Happened On November 7 - On This Day

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  • 1492 Ensisheim Meteorite strikes a wheat field near the village of Ensisheim in Alsace, France. Oldest meteorite with a known date of impact.
  • 1872 Cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from Staten Island for Genoa and is mysteriously found abandoned four weeks later
  • Protesters scatter in Petrograd shortly after Russian government troops opened fire

    Red October

    1917 October Revolution in Russia; Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power, capture the Winter Palace and overthrow the Provisional Government [OS Oct 25]
  • 1931 Chinese Soviet Republic, covering parts of 18 provinces and 4 counties under Communist Party control, is proclaimed by leaders Mao Zedong and Zhu De
  • 2000 Controversial US presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore is inconclusive; the result in Bush's favor is eventually decided by the Supreme Court
  • 2020 Former Vice President Joe Biden is declared the winner of the US presidential race four days after the US election, defeating sitting President Donald Trump. Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman and first woman of color elected vice president.
More November 7 Events
  • 1932 First broadcast of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" on CBS Radio
  • 1786 The oldest performing musical organization in the United States is founded in Stoughton, Massachusetts, as the Stoughton Musical Society
  • 1991 Magic Johnson announces he has HIV and retires from the LA Lakers

First cartoon depicting an elephant as the Republican Party symbol is published by Thomas Nast

November 7, 1874

  • James Cook

    1728 - 1779
  • Marie Curie

    1867 - 1934
  • Leon Trotsky

    1879 - 1940
  • Billy Graham

    1918 - 2018
  • Michael Spence

    82 Years Old
  • Marcus Luttrell

    50 Years Old
More Birthdays on November 7
  • Hiroshi Yamauchi

    1927 - 2013
  • Jean Shrimpton

    83 Years Old
  • John Michael McDonagh

    58 Years Old
  • Dan Houser

    52 Years Old
  • Joni Mitchell

    82 Years Old
  • David Guetta

    58 Years Old
  • Lorde

    29 Years Old
  • Calvin Borel

    59 Years Old

US Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas

November 7, 2000

  • 1597 Emilia of Nassau weds Dom Emanuel of Portugal
  • 1951 American entertainer Frank Sinatra (35) marries 2nd wife American film star Ava Gardner (26); divorce in 1957
  • 1957 Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (23) weds Valentina Ivanovna Goryacheva
  • 1934 Actress Gloria Swanson (35) divorces Michael Farmer after 3 years of marriage
  • 1957 Actress Ingrid Bergman (42) divorces Roberto Rossellini after 7 years of marriage
  • 1982 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 7th divorce from American politician John Warner, after almost 6 years of marriage
More November 7 Weddings
  • Butch Cassidy

    1866 - 1908
  • Alfred Russel Wallace

    1823 - 1913
  • Eleanor Roosevelt

    1884 - 1962
  • Will Durant

    1885 - 1981
  • Leonard Cohen

    1934 - 2016
  • Frank Borman

    1928 - 2023
More November 7 Deaths
  • Three of the four founders of Delta Sigma Pi at New York University

    Foundation of Delta Sigma Pi

    Three of the four founders of Delta Sigma Pi at New York University November 7, 1932
  • Lord and Lady Lucan outside their home where she was later attacked

    The Great Lord Lucan Mystery

    Lord Lucan vanished on this day after his wife was attacked and their nanny murdered. But where did he go? November 7, 1974
  • Archaeologist who Discovered Tutankhamun Howard Carter

    Weekly Quiz for November 4 -10

    Who discovered the tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922? Which world leader declared the United States The Great Satan in 1979?
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  • Guy Fawkes by Charles Gogin, painted 1870. York Museums Trust.

    400 Years of Celebration After Plotters Fail to Kill a King

    November 5, 1605
  • Catherine the Great as painted by the Danish artist Vigilius Eriksen

    Catherine the Great Builds a New Russia

    November 6, 1796
  • Oh, Kay! advertised on the side of a London bus by an unknown photographer.

    Talking Revolution that Silenced Hollywood Stars

    November 8, 1926
  • 'I can't look at him without a shudder' – Victoria and Edward

    Wayward Prince Blamed for Royal Death

    November 9, 1841
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