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 312th 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, 1,730,937,600 seconds 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.
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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.
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November 7 Historical Events
- 1786 –The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
- 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.
- 1916 –Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
- 1917 –World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1918 –Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
- 1957 –Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
- 1963 –Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, eleven miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.
- 1967 –US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- 1989 –East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
- 1990 –Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
Who were born on November 7?
- 1914 –Archie Campbell, American comedian, writer (d. 1987)
- 1928 –Richard G. Scott, LDS Apostle
- 1936 –Dame Gwyneth Jones, Welsh soprano
- 1970 –Andy Houston, American NASCAR driver
- 1970 –Marc Rosset, Swiss tennis player
- 1974 –Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaican track athlete
- 1976 –Rob Caggiano, American musician (Anthrax)
- 1979 –Will Demps, American football player
- 1982 –Pascal Leclaire, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- 1990 –Matt Corby, Australian singer
Who died on November 7?
- 1574 –Solomon Luria, Maharshal (b. 1510)
- 1642 –Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, English politician
- 1906 –Heinrich Seidel, German engineer, poet and writer (b. 1842)
- 1944 –Hannah Szenes, Jewish woman who parachuted into Yugoslavia during World War II to help save the Jews of Hungary (b. 1921)
- 1968 –Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1968 –Gordon Coventry, Australian rules footballer (b. 1901)
- 1986 –Tracy Pew, Australian musician (The Birthday Party) (b. 1957)
- 2000 –Queen Ingrid of Denmark (b. 1910)
- 2006 –Johnny Sain, American baseball pitcher (b. 1917)
- 2011 –Joe Frazier, Olympic Heavyweight Boxer (b. 1944)
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