Historical Events on November 7
- 1837: Abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is killed by a mob in Alton, Illinois as he was trying to protect his printing shop from being destroyed again. It had previously been destroyed on two previous occasions.
- 1861: General Ulysses S. Grant overtakes a Confederate camp in Belmont, Missouri but have to retreat when Confederate reinforcements show up.
- 1893: The state of Colorado becomes the second state in the United States to give women the right to vote.
- 1900: In Cuba, the People’s Party is founded.
- 1941: While evacuating the wounded and refugees, the Soviet hospital ship Armenia is attacked and sunk by German planes. It’s been estimated that 5,000 people died in the attack.
- 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a fourth term as President of the U.S.A
- 1957: The conclusion of the Gaither Report is that America needs more nuclear missiles and more fallout shelters.
- 1967: The first elected African-American may of a major American city is Carl B. Stokes after he’s elected Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1967: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is established when United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.
- 1973: The veto of the War Powers Resolution by President Nixon is overturned when the U.S Congress overrides it.
- 1996: The Mars Global Surveyor is launched by NASA.
Famous Birthdays on November 7
- Polish chemist and Nobel Prize laureate, Marie Curie is born in 1867.
- American actress Lucille La Verne is born in 1872.
- American actress Leatrice Joy is born in 1893.
- American historian and author Margaret Leech is born in 1893.
- French novelist, philosopher and Nobel Prize laureate, Albert Camus is born in 1913.
- American actor and screenwriter Archie Campbell is born in 1914.
- Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is born in 1943.
- American general and Director of the CIA, David Petraeus is born in 1952.