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What happened in history on this day: November 7?
On November 7 in ...
- 1805 - William Clark (Lewis and Clark exposition) sights the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
- 1837 - Abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy is murdered by a mob at Alton, Illinois.
- 1848 - Zachary Taylor (Whig party) of Louisiana defeats Democrat Lewis Cass of Michigan in the first US presidential election held in every state on the same day.
- 1874 - First cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast.
- 1876 - Meharry Medical College established at Central Tennessee College.
- 1876 - President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden each claim presidential victory.
- 1882 - Near Denver, Colorado, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs.
- 1885 - The US mint at Carson City, Nevada closes.
- 1910 - The first air freight shipment (from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
- 1916 - Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) re-elected President of the USA.
- 1933 - Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports.
- 1940 - Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Washington State, USA.
- 1942 - First US President to broadcast in a foreign language-Franklin Roosevelt in French.
- 1944 - US President Franklin Roosevelt wins fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (Republican).
- 1946 - A coin-operated television receiver is displayed in New York City. For the cost of a quarter, one could see various test patterns and a model of "Felix the Cat".
- 1950 - Louis E. Eliasberg purchases an 1873-CC Seated Liberty No Arrows dime for US$4000, completing the first complete set of all known regular-issue United States coins, by date and mint mark.
- 1955 - Supreme Court of Baltimore bans segregation in public recreational areas.
- 1962 - Richard Nixon quits US politics - "You won't have Nixon to kick around".
- 1966 - Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US.
- 1967 - US President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- 1970 - Race riots in Daytona Beach, Florida.
- 1972 - US President Richard Nixon (Republican) re-elected defeating George McGovern (Democrat).
- 1972 - Delaware votes Joe Biden into US Senate.
- 1973 - New Jersey becomes first state to allow girls into US baseball little league.
- 1978 - California voters defeat the Briggs Initiative that would have prohibited gay school teachers.
- 1979 - U.S. Senator Edward Moore Kennedy announces that he will challenge President Jimmy Carter for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination.
- 1983 - Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries.
- 1989 - In California, convicted murderer Richard Ramirez (the "Night Stalker") is sentenced to death.
- 1994 - WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first Internet radio broadcast.
- 1994 - Apple Computer, Motorola, and IBM announce that they will create a computer platform to run all major operating systems, except the Intel x86-based Microsoft Windows 3.1 and successors. To be included are the Mac OS, OS/2, AIX, Solaris, Windows NT, and Netware.
- 1996 - NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
- 2000 - United States presidential election: Republican candidate Texas Governor George W. Bush defeats Democratic Vice President Al Gore in the closest election in US history, but the final outcome is not known for over a month because of disputed votes in Florida.
- 2000 - Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first First Lady of the United States to win public office.
- 2002 - Iran bans the advertising of United States products.
- 2006 - U.S. Midterm elections: Democrats win control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1994.
- 2006 - In the U.S. congressional elections, Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison becomes the first Muslim elected to the House of Representatives.
- 2006 - Microsoft releases the Gears of War video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA. Total worldwide sales in the first three weeks: 1 million units.
Births on November 7
- 1876 - Birth of Culbert Olson in Fillmore, Utah, USA; American politician (Governor-Democrat-California).
- 1896 - Birth of Herbert R O'Connor in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; (Senator-Maryland)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicated).
- 1903 - Birth of Dean Jagger in Lima, Ohio, USA; actor (Twelve O'Clock High (Oscar award), Elmer Gantry, Albert Vane - Mr. Novak, Hunter, The Waltons, St. Elsewhere).
- 1916 - Birth of Joe Bushkin in New York City, New York, USA; jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes).
- 1918 - Birth of Billy Graham in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; evangelist (Crusades).
- 1922 - Birth of Al Hirt in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; jazz trumpeter ("Java", "Sugar Lips").
- 1936 - Birth of Barry Newman in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Amy, Deadline, Petrocelli).
- 1938 - Birth of Dee Clark in Arkansas, USA; singer ("Hambone", "Nobody But You").
- 1944 - Birth of Jim Watkins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Jerry - Magician).
- 1946 - Birth of John Aylward in Seattle, Washington, USA; actor (ER, West Wing, The Practice, Family Law).
- 1964 - Birth of Dana Plato in Maywood, California, USA; actress (Kimberly - Diff'rent Strokes).
- 1972 - Birth of Christopher Daniel Barnes; actor (Ross - Day by Day, As the World Turns, Malcolm and Eddie, Spiderman, Starman).
- 1972 - Birth of Clive B. Barnes in Portland, Maine, USA; actor (Scott Hayden - Starman).
Deaths on November 7
- 1837 - Abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy is murdered by a mob at Alton, Illinois.
- 1962 - Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady, dies at age 78 in New York City.
- 1978 - Death of Gene Tunney at age 80, American boxer, former heavyweight boxing champ (born 1897).
- 1980 - Death of Steve McQueen at age 50 of lung cancer; American actor (Josh Randall - Trackdown, Wanted: Dead or Alive).
- 2022 - Death of Jeff Cook at age 73 at home in Destin, Florida, USA of Parkinson's disease complications; co-founder of Alabama music group.
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