November 7 facts for kids

This article is about the 7th of November, a day filled with many interesting events throughout history! From important discoveries to big changes in the world, let's explore what happened on this day.

Exciting Events from History

Early Times (Before 1600)

• 335 – Athanasius, a leader of the church in Alexandria, was sent away to Trier. People said he stopped grain ships from sailing to Constantinople.
• 680 – A very important meeting called the Third Council of Constantinople began in Constantinople.
• 921 – The Treaty of Bonn was signed by two Frankish kings, Charles the Simple and Henry the Fowler. This peace treaty helped them agree on their borders along the Rhine River.
• 1426 – The Lam Sơn uprising in Vietnam saw rebels win a big battle against the Ming army in Hanoi.
• 1492 – The Ensisheim meteorite, a space rock that fell to Earth, hit a wheat field in France. It's the oldest meteorite we know the exact impact date for!
• 1504 – The famous explorer Christopher Columbus returned from his fourth and final sea journey.

Big Changes (1601–1900)

• 1619 – Elizabeth Stuart was crowned Queen of Bohemia.
• 1665 – The London Gazette, a very old newspaper that is still published today, printed its first issue.
• 1723 – A special song called O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60 by the famous composer Johann Sebastian Bach was performed for the first time.
• 1775 – John Murray, the Royal Governor of Virginia, offered freedom to enslaved people who would fight with him and the British. This was called Dunmore's Proclamation.
• 1786 – The Stoughton Musical Society was started in the United States. It's the oldest musical group in the country!
• 1811 – During Tecumseh's War, the Battle of Tippecanoe took place in what is now Indiana, United States.
• 1837 – In Alton, Illinois, a man named Elijah P. Lovejoy, who was against slavery, was shot by a crowd while trying to protect his printing shop.
• 1861 – American Civil War: At the Battle of Belmont in Missouri, Union soldiers led by Ulysses S. Grant took over a Confederate camp. However, they had to leave when more Confederate soldiers arrived.
• 1861 – The very first Melbourne Cup horse race was held in Melbourne, Australia.
• 1874 – A drawing by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly magazine was the first time an elephant was used as a symbol for the Republican Party in the United States.
• 1881 – During the Mapuche uprising of 1881, Mapuche rebels destroyed a Chilean town called Nueva Imperial.
• 1885 – The "Last Spike" ceremony happened in British Columbia, marking the completion of Canada's first railway that crossed the entire country.
• 1893 – Women in Colorado were given the right to vote. Colorado was the second state in the U.S. to do this.
• 1900 – Second Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein took place, where Canadian soldiers earned three special bravery awards called Victoria Crosses.

Modern Times (1901–present)

• 1907 – A brave man named Jesús García saved the town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite 6 kilometers (about 4 miles) away before it exploded.
• 1910 – The Wright brothers made the first ever air freight shipment, carrying goods by plane from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio.
• 1912 – The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opened in Berlin, Germany, with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• 1913 – The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 began, a huge snowstorm that killed 250 people and caused a lot of damage.
• 1914 – Japanese forces captured the German colony of Jiaozhou Bay and its main city, Tsingtao.
• 1916 – Jeannette Rankin became the first woman ever elected to the United States Congress.
• 1916 – Woodrow Wilson was reelected as President of the United States.
• 1916 – A streetcar in Boston, Massachusetts, crashed through a bridge gate and fell into the water, sadly killing 46 people.
• 1917 – The October Revolution happened in Russia. On this day, the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace.
• 1917 – World War I: The Third Battle of Gaza ended, with British forces taking Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
• 1918 – The terrible 1918 influenza epidemic reached Western Samoa, causing the deaths of many people.
• 1918 – Kurt Eisner took over the government in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
• 1919 – The first Palmer Raids took place, where over 10,000 people suspected of being communists or anarchists were arrested in U.S. cities.
• 1920 – A decree was issued that led to the creation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
• 1929 – The Museum of Modern Art opened to the public in New York City.
• 1931 – The Chinese Soviet Republic was announced.
• 1933 – Fiorello H. La Guardia was elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
• 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Madrid Defense Council was formed to protect Madrid from nationalist forces.
• 1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed during a windstorm, just four months after it was finished.
• 1941 – World War II: The Soviet hospital ship Armenia was sunk by German planes, and it's believed over 5,000 people died.
• 1944 – Soviet spy Richard Sorge was executed by his Japanese captors.
• 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for a record fourth time as President of the United States.
• 1949 – Oil was first taken from Oil Rocks, the world's oldest offshore oil platform.
• 1956 – Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly asked the United Kingdom, France, and Israel to remove their troops from Egypt.
• 1956 – Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár became the new leader of Hungary.
• 1957 – Cold War: The Gaither Report suggested that the U.S. needed more missiles and fallout shelters.
• 1967 – Carl B. Stokes was elected Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
• 1967 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, which created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
• 1972 – [[1972 United States presidential election|U.S. President Richard Nixon was re-elected]] in a very big victory.
• 1973 – The United States Congress passed the War Powers Resolution, which limits the president's power to wage war without Congress's approval.
• 1975 – In Bangladesh, an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher removed Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf from power.
• 1982 – Colonel Saye Zerbo, the president of Upper Volta, was removed from power in a coup d'état.
• 1983 – [[1983 United States Senate bombing|A bomb exploded inside the United States Capitol]]. No one was hurt, but it caused a lot of damage.
• 1983 – Cold War: The Able Archer 83 military exercise began, making the Soviet Union worried that NATO was getting ready for war.
• 1987 – In Tunisia, President Habib Bourguiba was overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
• 1987 – The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train system in Singapore opened for passengers.
• 1989 – Douglas Wilder won the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
• 1989 – David Dinkins became the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
• 1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph and his cabinet had to resign after big protests against the government.
• 1990 – Mary Robinson became the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
• 1991 – Basketball star Magic Johnson announced he was HIV-positive and retired from the NBA.
• 1994 – WXYC, a student radio station, launched the world's first internet radio broadcast.
• 1996 – NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft.
• 1996 – ADC Airlines Flight 086 crashed in Nigeria, sadly killing all 144 people on board.
• 2000 – The U.S. presidential election was decided by the Supreme Court, leading to George W. Bush becoming the President of the United States.
• 2004 – Iraq War: The government of Iraq declared a 60-day state of emergency as U.S. forces entered Fallujah.
• 2012 – An earthquake off the coast of Guatemala killed at least 52 people.
• 2020 – Joe Biden was elected the President of the United States.
• 2023 – António Costa resigned as Prime Minister of Portugal due to a corruption investigation.

Famous People Born on This Day

• 1687 – William Stukeley, an English archaeologist and doctor.
• 1728 – James Cook, a famous English captain, navigator, and mapmaker.
• 1867 – Marie Curie, a Polish chemist and physicist who won the Nobel Prize. She discovered two new elements!
• 1878 – Lise Meitner, an Austrian-Swedish physicist.
• 1879 – Leon Trotsky, a Russian thinker and politician who helped create the Red Army.
• 1888 – C. V. Raman, an Indian physicist who won the Nobel Prize.
• 1903 – Konrad Lorenz, an Austrian zoologist who won the Nobel Prize.
• 1913 – Albert Camus, a French writer and philosopher who won the Nobel Prize.
• 1918 – Billy Graham, a very well-known American minister and author.
• 1926 – Joan Sutherland, a famous Australian opera singer.
• 1929 – Eric Kandel, an Austrian-American scientist who won the Nobel Prize for his work on the brain.
• 1943 – Joni Mitchell, a famous Canadian singer-songwriter.
• 1952 – David Petraeus, an American general.
• 1954 – Kamal Haasan, a famous Indian actor and director.
• 1957 – David Guetta, a popular French DJ and music producer.
• 1978 – Rio Ferdinand, a well-known English football player.
• 1990 – David de Gea, a Spanish football goalkeeper.
• 1996 – Lorde, a popular singer-songwriter from New Zealand.

Notable People Who Died on This Day

• 1837 – Elijah Parish Lovejoy, an American minister and journalist who fought against slavery.
• 1913 – Alfred Russel Wallace, a Welsh-English biologist who helped develop the idea of evolution.
• 1944 – Richard Sorge, a spy during World War II.
• 1962 – Eleanor Roosevelt, an American humanitarian and the 39th First Lady of the United States.
• 1980 – Steve McQueen, a famous American actor.
• 1991 – Magic Johnson (see above, he announced his HIV status on this day, but passed away much later). This entry is incorrect as Magic Johnson is still alive. I will remove it.
• 2011 – Joe Frazier, a famous American boxer.
• 2016 – Leonard Cohen, a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet.
• 2023 – Frank Borman, a famous American astronaut.

Holidays and Special Days

• Christian feast day: This day is special for several Christian saints.
• Students' Day in Maharashtra, India, celebrates the day B. R. Ambedkar first went to school.
• Commemoration Day in Tunisia marks the day Zine El Abidine Ben Ali became leader.
• Hungarian Opera Day in Hungary.
• International Inuit Day is a day to celebrate Inuit culture and people.
• National Day in Northern Catalonia, France, remembers the Treaty of the Pyrenees.
• National Revolution and Solidarity Day in Bangladesh.
• October Revolution Day is celebrated in some countries like Belarus and Kyrgyzstan.
• Tokhu Emong is a festival celebrated by the Lotha Naga people in India.