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What are the important events that happened on November 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 7: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 7 is the 312^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 54 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 25, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,848,960 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectadecadigon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 83 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,339 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 7 Historical Events

• 1907 –
  Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University.
• 1914 –
  The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.
• 1918 –
  The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
• 1920 –
  Patriarch Tikhon issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
• 1940 –
  In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge’s completion.

Who were born on November 7?

• 1938 –
  Jake Gibbs, American baseball player
• 1947 –
  Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese professional baseball player
• 1964 –
  Dana Plato, American actress and child actor (d. 1999)
• 1974 –
  Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaican track athlete
• 1983 –
  Forrest Kline, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hellogoodbye)

Who died on November 7?

• 1599 –
  Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546)
• 1944 –
  Richard Sorge, Soviet spy (b. 1895)
• 1968 –
  Gordon Coventry, Australian rules footballer (b. 1901)
• 1980 –
  Steve McQueen, American actor (b. 1930)
• 2010 –
  Smaro Stefanidou, Greek actress (b. 1913)