Tukuk-OS📅 November 7
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 7? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2000 — Hillary Clinton was elected as a US senator from New York, the first time a first lady had been elected to public office.
Hillary Clinton2000 United States Senate election in New YorkUnited States Senate
- 1996 — NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- 1991 — Magic Johnson announced his retirement from professional basketball due to HIV infection.
- 1987 — Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line opened, with train services running between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh.
- 1987 — Tunisian prime minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed and replaced President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him medically unfit for the duties of the office.
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali1987 Tunisian coup d'étatHabib Bourguiba
- 1972 — A ship collision with the Sidney Lanier Bridge in the U.S. state of Georgia resulted in a bridge collapse (pictured), which killed ten people.
- 1949 — Oil was discovered in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, leading to the construction of Neft Daşları, the world's first offshore oil platform.
- 1934 — The first specimens of the tufted jay (pictured) to be scientifically described were collected in Mexico.
- 1917 — World War I: British forces captured Gaza following the retreat of the Ottoman garrison.
- 1916 — In the congressional elections, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.
1916 United States House of Representatives electionsJeannette RankinUnited States House of Representatives
- 1893 — Between 20 and 30 people were killed in the Liceu bombing, a terrorist attack by the Spanish anarchist Santiago Salvador.
- 1861 — American Civil War: Future U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant engaged in his first combat leadership role in the Battle of Belmont in Mississippi County, Missouri.
- 1837 — American abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, during an attack to destroy his printing press and abolitionist materials.
Abolitionism in the United StatesElijah Parish LovejoyAlton, Illinois
- 1825 — Jereboam O. Beauchamp murdered Kentucky legislator Solomon P. Sharp; Beauchamp later became the first person legally executed in the state.
Jereboam O. BeauchampBeauchamp–Sharp TragedySolomon P. Sharp
- 1811 — Tecumseh's War: American forces led by William Henry Harrison defeated the forces of Shawnee leader Tecumseh's growing confederation at the Battle of Tippecanoe near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana.
- 1723 — O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, a dialogue cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for Leipzig, was first performed.
- 680 — The Third Council of Constantinople convened to settle the Christological controversies of monoenergism and monothelitism.
Births
- 2001 — Amybeth McNulty, Irish actress
- 2000 — Callum Hudson-Odoi, English footballer
- 1999 — Mink Nutcharut, Thai snooker player
- 1998 — Hongjoong, South Korean rapper, singer, producer, and songwriter
- 1998 — Trevor Rainbolt, American social media personality
- 1997 — Erika Hendsel, Estonian tennis player
- 1997 — Nana Okada, Japanese singer
- 1996 — Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter
- 1995 — Cody Ware, American racer car driver
- 1994 — Gervonta Davis, American boxer
- 1994 — Haruna Iikubo, Japanese singer and actress
- 1994 — Algee Smith, American actor and singer
Deaths
- 2024 — Bruce Degen, American writer (born 1945)
- 2023 — Frank Borman, American astronaut (born 1928)
- 2021 — Dean Stockwell, American actor (born 1936)
- 2020 — Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth and member of the House of Lords (born 1948)
Jonathan Sacks, Baron SacksChief RabbiCommonwealth of Nations
- 2019 — Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (born 1930)
- 2017 — Roy Halladay, American baseball player (born 1977)
- 2017 — Carl Sargeant, Welsh Assembly minister (born 1968)
- 2017 — James R. Thompson Jr., American naval officer and engineer, 5th Director of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (born 1936)
- 2016 — Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (born 1934)
- 2016 — Janet Reno, American lawyer and government official; Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001) (born 1938)
- 2016 — Jimmy Young, British singer and radio personality (born 1921)
- 2015 — Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Indian director and poet (born 1970)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: All Dominican Saints and Blesseds
- Christian feast day: Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (Lutheran)
- Christian feast day: Engelbert II of Berg
- Christian feast day: Herculanus of Perugia
- Christian feast day: John Christian Frederick Heyer (Lutheran)
- Christian feast day: Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen (Lutheran)
- Christian feast day: Prosdocimus
- Christian feast day: Vicente Liem de la Paz (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
- Christian feast day: Willibrord
- Christian feast day: November 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Students' Day, the anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar's school entry day. (Maharashtra, India)
- Commemoration Day, the anniversary of Ben Ali's succession. (Tunisia)
- Hungarian Opera Day (Hungary)
- International Inuit Day
- National Day, after Treaty of the Pyrenees. (Northern Catalonia, France)
- National Revolution and Solidarity Day (Bangladesh)
- October Revolution Day (the Soviet Union (former, official), modern Belarus, Kyrgyzstan)
October Revolution DayPublic holidays in the Soviet UnionPublic holidays in Belarus
- Tokhu Emong (Lotha Naga people of India)
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