Major Events
- 1492 Ensisheim Meteorite strikes a wheat field near the village of Ensisheim in Alsace, France. Oldest meteorite with a known date of impact.
- 1872 Cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from Staten Island for Genoa and is mysteriously found abandoned four weeks later
- 1917 October Revolution in Russia; Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power, capture the Winter Palace and overthrow the Provisional Government [OS Oct 25]
- 1931 Chinese Soviet Republic, covering parts of 18 provinces and 4 counties under Communist Party control, is proclaimed by leaders Mao Zedong and Zhu De
- 2000 Controversial US presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore is inconclusive; the result in Bush’s favor is eventually decided by the Supreme Court
- 2020 Former Vice President Joe Biden is declared the winner of the US presidential race four days after the US election, defeating sitting President Donald Trump. Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman and first woman of color elected vice president.
Nov 7 in Film & TV
- 1932 First broadcast of “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” on CBS Radio
Nov 7 in Music
- 1786 The oldest performing musical organization in the United States is founded in Stoughton, Massachusetts, as the Stoughton Musical Society
Nov 7 in Sport
Fun Fact About November 7
US Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country’s largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas
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