November 7 in history
Events on November 7
Notable events that happened on November 7 in past years.
- 2023
António Costa resigns as Prime Minister of Portugal following news of an investigation in a corruption scandal implicating members of his cabinet.
Wikipedia article: António Costa - 2004
Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day state of emergency as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
Wikipedia article: Iraq War - 1994
WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first internet radio broadcast.
Wikipedia article: WXYC - 1989
East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
Wikipedia article: East Germany - 1975
In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Major General Ziaur Rahman.
Wikipedia article: Bangladesh - 1957
Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
Wikipedia article: Cold War - 1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
Wikipedia article: Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1931
The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
Wikipedia article: Chinese Soviet Republic - 1918
Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
Wikipedia article: Kurt Eisner - 1916
Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
Wikipedia article: Boston Elevated Railway - 1907
Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometres (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
Wikipedia article: Jesús García - 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.
Wikipedia article: Cartoon - 1786
The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
Wikipedia article: Stoughton Musical Society - 1504
Christopher Columbus returns from his fourth and last voyage.
- 335
Athanasius, 20th pope of Alexandria, is banished to Trier on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.
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