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November 7th


- Christian Feast Day:
- Commemoration Day, the anniversary of Ben Ali's succession. (Tunisia)
- National Day, after Treaty of Pyrenees. (Northern Catalonia)
- National Revolution and Solidarity Day (Bangladesh)
- October Revolution Day, day of the October Revolution (1917) in the Gregorian Calendar. (Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, the Soviet Union (former, official), modern Russia (unofficial))

November 7th


- 2007 - Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people.
- 2004 - War in Iraq: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
- 2002 - Iran bans advertising of United States products.
- 2000 - Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady to win public office in the United States, although actually she still was the First Lady.
- 2000 - Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.
- 2000 - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
- 1996 - NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
- 1994 - WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast.
- 1991 - Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA.
- 1990 - Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
- 1989 - Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
- 1989 - David Dinkins becomes the first African American mayor of New York City.
- 1989 - East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
- 1987 - In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
- 1983 - 1983 United States Senate bombing: a bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No people are harmed, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.
- 1975 - In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Col. Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brig. Khaled Mosharraf.
- 1973 - The U.S. Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
- 1967 - Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
- 1967 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- 1963 - Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, eleven miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.
- 1957 - Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
- 1956 - Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
- 1944 - A passenger train derails in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico from excessive speed when descending a hill. 16 people are killed and 50 are injured.
- 1944 - Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
- 1944 - Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America.
- 1941 - World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
- 1940 - In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
- 1933 - Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
- 1931 - The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.
- 1929 - In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
- 1921 - The Partito Nazionale Fascista (PNF), National Fascist Party, comes into existence.
- 1920 - Patriarch Tikhon issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
- 1919 - The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in twenty-three different U.S. cities.
- 1918 - The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
- 1918 - Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
- 1917 - The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
- 1917 - World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1916 - Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
- 1914 - The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.
- 1914 - The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
- 1912 - The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
- 1910 - The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
- 1908 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia.
- 1907 - Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University.
- 1907 - Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de Garcia, Sonora by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers away before it can explode.
- 1900 - Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
- 1893 - Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote.
- 1885 - In Craigellachie, British Columbia, construction ends on the Canadian Pacific Railway extending across Canada.
- 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.
- 1872 - The ship Mary Celeste sails from New York, eventually to be found deserted
- 1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
- 1837 - In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
- 1811 - Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.
- 1786 - The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
- 1775 - John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters in order to fight with Murray and the British.
- 1665 - The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
- 1619 - Elizabeth of Scotland and England is crowned Queen of Bohemia.
- 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.
- 680 - The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.

November 7th


- 1990 - Matt Corby, Australian singer
- 1988 - Simone Favaro, Italian rugby player
- 1988 - Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player
- 1987 - Marek Semjan, Slovakian tennis player
- 1986 - Doukissa Nomikou, Greek model
- 1985 - Sebastian Aldén, Swedish motorcycle racer
- 1984 - Jonathan Bornstein, American soccer player
- 1984 - Amelia Vega, Dominican model and 2003 Miss Universe pageant winner
- 1983 - Forrest Kline, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hellogoodbye)
- 1982 - Pascal Leclaire, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- 1981 - Mark Copani, Jordanian/American professional wrestler
- 1981 - Anthony Moffat, Scottish musician and film-maker
- 1981 - Anushka Shetty, Indian actress
- 1980 - Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast
- 1980 - James Franklin, New Zealand cricketer
- 1980 - Luciana Salazar, Argentine model and actress
- 1979 - Barney Harwood, English television presenter
- 1979 - Jon Peter Lewis, American singer
- 1979 - Joey Ryan, American professional wrestler
- 1979 - Mike Commodore, American hockey player
- 1979 - Will Demps, American football player
- 1979 - Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican footballer
- 1978 - Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer
- 1978 - Rio Ferdinand, English footballer
- 1978 - Tomoya Nagase, Japanese actor and singer (Tokio)
- 1978 - Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer
- 1978 - Elisabeth Bachman, American volleyball player
- 1977 - María Sánchez Lorenzo, Spanish tennis player
- 1977 - Anthony Thomas, American football player
- 1976 - Melyssa Ford, Canadian model and actress
- 1976 - Rob Caggiano, American musician (Anthrax)
- 1976 - One Be Lo, American hip-hop artist
- 1976 - Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player
- 1976 - Chang Hao, Chinese professional Go player
- 1974 - Kris Benson, American baseball player
- 1974 - Chris Summers, Norwegian drummer (Turbonegro)
- 1974 - Christian Gómez, Argentine footballer
- 1974 - Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaican track athlete
- 1973 - Yunjin Kim, South Korean actress
- 1973 - Martín Palermo, Argentine footballer
- 1972 - Jason London and Jeremy London, American actors
- 1972 - Danny Grewcock, English rugby union player
- 1972 - Christopher Daniel Barnes, American actor
- 1972 - Mike Goldman, Australian media personality
- 1972 - Marcus Stewart, English football player
- 1972 - Hasim Rahman, American boxer
- 1971 - Jamie Drummond, Scottish/Canadian Sommelier
- 1971 - Robin Finck, American musician
- 1971 - Matthew Ryan, American musician
- 1970 - Marc Rosset, Swiss tennis player
- 1970 - Morgan Spurlock, American director and producer
- 1970 - Neil Hannon, Northern Irish musician (The Divine Comedy)
- 1970 - Andy Houston, American NASCAR driver
- 1969 - Hélčne Grimaud, French pianist
- 1969 - Michelle Clunie, American actress
- 1969 - Michel Picard, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- 1968 - Greg Tribbett, American musician (Mudvayne)
- 1968 - Mark Preston, Australian engineer
- 1968 - Russ Springer, American baseball player
- 1967 - Sharleen Spiteri Scottish singer and songwriter (Texas)
- 1967 - Steve Digiorgio, American musician
- 1967 - David Guetta, French DJ
- 1966 - Calvin Borel, American horse jockey
- 1965 - Sigrun Wodars, German athlete
- 1964 - Dana Plato, American actress and child actor (d. 1999)
- 1964 - Gill Holland, American producer
- 1964 - Li Nanxing, Singaporean actor
- 1963 - John Barnes, English footballer
- 1963 - Sam Graves, American politician
- 1962 - Tracie Savage, American actress and journalist
- 1961 - Orlando Mercado, American baseball player
- 1960 - Tommy Thayer, American guitarist (Kiss)
- 1959 - Billy Gillispie, American basketball coach
- 1959 - Alexandre Guimarăes, Costa Rican football manager
- 1959 - Keith Lockhart, American orchestral conductor
- 1958 - Lori Saldańa, American politician
- 1958 - Rissei ?, Japanese professional Go player
- 1957 - Christopher Knight, American actor
- 1957 - Tony Schiavone, American wrestling announcer
- 1957 - King Kong Bundy, American professional wrestler
- 1957 - John Benitez, American musician
- 1956 - Jonathan Palmer, British Formula One racer
- 1956 - Judy Tenuta, American comedienne and accordionist
- 1955 - Detlef Ultsch, German judoka
- 1954 - Kamal Haasan, Indian actor
- 1954 - Guy Gavriel Kay, Canadian writer
- 1954 - Robin Beck, American singer
- 1954 - Gil Junger, American director
- 1953 - Lucinda Green, British equestrian
- 1952 - David Petraeus, American military commander
- 1951 - Lawrence O'Donnell, American political analyst
- 1951 - John Tamargo, American baseball player
- 1949 - Steven Stucky, American composer
- 1949 - Judy Tenuta, American comedian
- 1948 - Alex Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
- 1948 - Buck Martinez, American baseball player
- 1947 - Bob Anderson, English darts player
- 1947 - Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese professional baseball player
- 1947 - Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist
- 1947 - Holmes Osborne, American actor
- 1946 - John Aylward, American actor
- 1945 - Earl Boen, American actor
- 1944 - Joe Niekro, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1944 - Luigi Riva, Italian footballer
- 1944 - Ken Patera, American professional wrestler
- 1943 - Michael Byrne, English actor
- 1943 - Stephen Greenblatt, American literary critic
- 1943 - Boris Gromov, Russian general
- 1943 - Joni Mitchell, Canadian musician
- 1943 - Michael Spence, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 - Johnny Rivers, American singer and composer
- 1942 - Jean Shrimpton, British supermodel and actress
- 1942 - Tom Peters, American writer
- 1940 - Dakin Matthews, American actor
- 1940 - Antonio Skármeta, Chilean writer
- 1938 - Jim Kaat, American baseball player
- 1938 - Dee Clark, American singer (d. 1990)
- 1938 - Barry Newman, American actor
- 1938 - Jake Gibbs, American baseball player
- 1936 - Dame Gwyneth Jones, Welsh soprano
- 1936 - Audrey McLaughlin, Canadian politician
- 1935 - W. S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (d. 2009)
- 1931 - G. Edward Griffin, American film producer and author
- 1930 - Rudy Boschwitz, American politician
- 1929 - Eric R. Kandel, Austrian neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1929 - Jesús de Polanco, Spanish businessman and media tycoon (d. 2007)
- 1928 - Richard G. Scott, LDS Apostle
- 1927 - Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese computer game executive
- 1927 - Ivor Emmanuel, Welsh singer and actor (d. 2007)
- 1926 - Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano (d. 2010)
- 1923 - Gene Callahan, American film art and production designer (d. 1990)
- 1922 - Al Hirt, American trumpeter (d. 1999)
- 1921 - Jack Fleck, American professional golfer
- 1919 - Ellen Stewart, American theater director and producer
- 1918 - Billy Graham, American evangelist
- 1918 - Maria Teresa de Noronha, Portuguese Fado singer (d. 1993)
- 1918 - Paul Aussaresses, French general
- 1915 - Philip Morrison, American scientist (d. 2005)
- 1914 - Archie Campbell, American comedian, writer (d. 1987)
- 1913 - Albert Camus, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
- 1913 - Alekos Sakellarios, Greek writer and film director (d. 1991)
- 1905 - William Alwyn, English composer (d. 1985)
- 1903 - Dean Jagger, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1903 - Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1989)
- 1903 - Grace Stafford, American actress (d. 1992)
- 1903 - Ary Barroso, Brazilian songwriter (d. 1964)
- 1901 - Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1980)
- 1899 - Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-born Israeli poet and columnist (d. 1954)
- 1898 - Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician (d. 1963)
- 1897 - Herman J. Mankiewicz, American writer, director, and producer (d. 1953)
- 1896 - Esdras Minville, Quebec writer, economist and sociologist (d. 1975)
- 1893 - Leatrice Joy, American actress (d. 1985)
- 1890 - Jan Matulka American painter (d. 1972)
- 1888 - Sir C. V. Raman, Indian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
- 1886 - Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-born chess player (d. 1935)
- 1879 - King Baggot, American actor (d. 1948)
- 1879 - Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (d. 1940)
- 1878 - Lise Meitner, Austrian physicist (d. 1968)
- 1876 - Charlie Townsend, English cricketer (d. 1958)
- 1875 - Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet politician (d. 1946)
- 1867 - Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics and in chemistry (d. 1934)
- 1861 - Jeff Milton, American lawman (d. 1947)
- 1860 - Jean-Baptiste Eugčne Estienne, French general (d. 1936)
- 1858 - Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian political activist (d. 1932)
- 1851 - Chris von der Ahe, German born entrepreneur (d. 1913)
- 1846 - Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist (d. 1907)
- 1838 - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (d. 1889)
- 1832 - Andrew Dickson White, American educator (d. 1918)
- 1818 - Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician (d. 1896)
- 1805 - Thomas Brassey, English civil engineering contractor (d. 1870)
- 1750 - Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet (d. 1819)
- 1728 - Captain James Cook, British naval officer, explorer, and cartographer (d. 1779)
- 1687 - William Stukeley, English antiquarian (d. 1765)
- 1650 - John Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723)
- 1619 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692)
- 1598 - Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664)
- 994 - Ibn Hazm, Arab philosopher (d. 1069)
- 630 - Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668)