Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!
On this day in 680, the 3rd Council of Constantinople opened. In 1651 on this day, King Louis XIV was deemed to be of age at 13. On this day in 1667, Jean Racines "Andromaque," premiered in Paris. On this day in 1794, French troops conquered Nijmegen. Lewis and Clark caught their first sight of the Pacific Ocean on this day in 1805. In 1913 on this day, famed French novelist and eventual Nobel Prize recipient Albert Camus was born in Algiers. On this day in 1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won a fourth presidential term. In 1964 on this day, the American military gave estimates of the numbers of Communist forces present in Vietnam, and suggested that the numbers were growing in both North and South Vietnam. Two years late, whenr on this day, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was shouted down by a storm of protesting students at Harvard University.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
On this day in 680, the 3rd Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical council) opened. The Treaty of Bonn was signed on this day in 921, with East France & West France officially recognizing each other. On this day in 1492, the Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, struck the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. In 1512 on this day, Medici discharged Niccolo Machiavelli from Florence. The University of Leuven convicted the teaching of Luther on this day in 1519. In 1558 on this day, French King Henri II occupied Calais. On this day in 1631, Pierre Gassendi observed the transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler. Anne Hutchinson was banished from Massachusetts Bay colony as a heretic on this day in 1637.
On this day in 1651, King Louis XIV (often known as the "Sun King") of France was declared to be of full age at 13 years old. This day in 1659 marked the Peace of Pyreneeen between French King Louis XIV and Spanish King Philip IV. In 1665 on this day, the first edition of "London Gazette" was published. Jean Racines "Andromaque," premiered in Paris on this day in 1667. In 1722 on this day, Richard Steele's "Conscious Lovers," premiered in London. France & Spain signed the Escoriaal Treaty on this day in 1733. In 1747 on this day, Organgist in Netherlands revolted under Daniel Raap. On this day in 1775 during the American Revolution, Lord Dunmore promised freedom to male slaves who joined the British army. In 1786 on this day, the oldest musical organization in the United States was founded as the Stoughton Musical Society. French troops conquered Nijmegen on this day in 1794.
On this day in 1805, Lewis and Clark got their first sight of the Pacific Ocean.
1811 - Battle of Tippecanoe: Gen. William Henry Harrison defeated the Native Americans of the Tecumesh Confederation
1814 - 1st sitting of States-general in Hague
1820 - James Monroe elected 5th US president
1824 - St Petersburg flood
1831 - State pf Gran Colombia disbands
1837 - In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy shot dead (age 34) by pro-slavery mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
1848 - General Zachary Taylor elected as 12th President of US
1861 - Battle of Belmont, MO
1861 - Battle of Port Royal Bay, SC (Ft Walker, Ft Beauregard)
1863 - Battle of Rappahannock Station & Kelly's Ford, VA
1864 - 2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes
1872 - Cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned 4 weeks later
1874 - 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by Thomas Nast
1875 - Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa
1876 - Edward Bouchet, is 1st black to receive a PhD from a US college (Yale)
Political Cartoonist Thomas Nast 1876 - Meharry Medical College forms at Central Tennesse College
1876 - Pres Rutherford B Hayes & Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R)
1885 - Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie
1893 - US State Colorado accepts female suffrage
1900 - Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
1907 - Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico
1907 - Test tokens are struck in 1st production of Canadian coins
1907 - Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University.
1908 - Dutch capture Venezuelan navy
1909 - Knights & Ladies of St Peter Claver organizes in Mobile, Alabama
1910 - The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
1912 - The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
1914 - Japanese attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai
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.
1915 - Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 kill)
1916 - Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising
1st Woman Elected to Congress Jeannette Rankin 1916 - Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) elected to Congress as its 1st woman Representative
1916 - Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected president
1917 - British capture Gaza Palestine from Turks
1917 - October Revolution (Oct 26 OS) in Russia, Lenin seizes power
1918 - Robert Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets
1918 - United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed
1918 - Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Misteriya Buff," premieres in Petrograd
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.
1919 - US police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers
1921 - Ed Wynn's musical "Perfect Fool," premieres in NYC
1925 - Italians liberal-national party joins fascist
1928 - Herbert Hoover (R) elected president
1929 - Museum of Modern Art opens (NYC)
1931 - Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Tse Tung
31st US President Herbert Hoover 1932 - 1st broadcast of "Buck Rogers in the 25th century" on CBS-radio
1932 - Bradman scores 238 NSW v Victoria, 200 mins, 32 fours
1933 - Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports
1933 - Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
1934 - Arthur L Mitchell, becomes 1st black Democratic congressman (Ill)
1935 - 23rd CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Winnipegs defeats Hamilton Tigers, 18-12
1936 - Battle of Madrid begins
1940 - Stravinsky's Symfonie in C premieres in Chicago
1940 - Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash
1941 - British air attack on Berlin, Mannheim & Ruhrgebied
1942 - 1st US president to broadcast in a foreign language-FDR in French
1942 - Bicyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world record (45,848 km)
1943 - Detroit Lions 0, NY Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL
1944 - FDR wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R)
1944 - Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die
32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1946 - "Bal Negre" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 54 performances
1949 - King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament
1950 - Carlo Terron's "Processo Agli Innocenti," premieres in Milan
1950 - French women & children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta
1951 - Constitution of Jordan passes
1953 - WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, SC (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 - US spy plane shot down North of Japan
1954 - Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns & win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Wash 62-3
1955 - Supreme Court of Baltimore bans segregation in public recreational areas
1957 - Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year
1957 - WEEQ (now WWTO) TV channel 35 in La Salle, IL (IND) 1st broadcast
1957 - Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
1959 - 13th Ryder Cup: US wins 8½-3½ at Eldorado Golf Club (Indian Wells, California)
1960 - KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcsting
1961 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1962 - Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more after losing election for Governor of California
1962 - Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie
1963 - Carole Joan Crawford, 20, wins Mis World
1963 - NY Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP
1963 - Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, eleven miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.
1964 - NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966
1965 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
1966 - Jean-Claude van Itallie's "America Hurrah," premieres in NYC
1966 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1966 - Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US
1967 - Carl B Stokes elected 1st black mayor of a major city-Cleveland, Ohio
36th US President Lyndon B. Johnson 1967 - LBJ signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting
1967 - Richard G Hatcher elected mayor of Gary Indiana
1967 - St Louis Cards Orlando Cepeda is 1st unanimous NL MVP
1967 - Surveyor 6 launched for soft landing on Moon
1968 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1969 - John & Yoko release their 2nd album "Wedding Album" in UK
1970 - "Purlie" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 689 performances
1970 - Race riots in Daytona Beach Florida
1972 - Pres Nixon (R) re-elected defeating George McGovern (D)
1973 - NJ becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league
1973 - US & Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links
1974 - 63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w/o)
1975 - Kidnapped AKZO director Herrema freed in Ireland
1976 - "Gone With the Wind" televised
1978 - Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP
1978 - CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past
1979 - Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award
1981 - France performs nuclear test
1982 - "Your Arms are Too Short to Box" closes at Alvin NYC after 69 perfs
1982 - Liz Taylor's 7th divorce (John Warner)
1982 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1982 - Turkey adopts constitution
1983 - Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd NY Giant record 56 yard field goal
1983 - Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries
1984 - STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds
1985 - Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice
1987 - Tunisian premier Zine al-Abidine fires president Habib Bourguiba
1988 - MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7)
1988 - Sugar Ray Leonard KO's Donnie LaLonde
1989 - Balt's Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year
1989 - Douglas Wilder elected 1st US black governor (D-Va)
1989 - NYC elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) & female comp (Holtzman)
1990 - "Little Night Music" closes at New York State NYC after 11 perfs
1990 - "Those Were The Days" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 126 performances
1990 - Cleve Indian Sandy Alomar Jr wins AL Rookie of Year, unanimously
1990 - Mary Robinson elected as 1st female president of Ireland
1991 - "Brigadoon" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 12 performances
1991 - "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box NYC
1991 - 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95
1991 - Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers
1992 - 1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
1993 - Betsy King wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament
1995 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Pittsburgh PA on WXDX 105.9 FM
Radio shock jock Howard Stern 1995 - Howard Stern's 2nd book "Miss America" released (fastest selling ever)
1996 - "3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
1996 - NFL/Heisman Trophy Winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times
1996 - Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra
1997 - "Bean" opens in US
2000 - Controversial US presidential election that was 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.
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.
2001 - The supersonic commercial aircraft Concorde resumes flying after a 15-month hiatus.
2002 - Iran bans advertising of United States products.
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.
2007 - Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people.
2012 - 48 people are killed by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Guatemala
2012 - Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington approve measures for same-sex marriage
1637 - Anne Hutchinson, the first female religious leader in the American colonies, was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for heresy. 1665 - "The London Gazette" was first published. 1811 - The Shawnee Indians of chief Tecumseh were defeated by William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Wabash (or (Tippecanoe). 1837 - In Alton, IL, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy was shot to death by a mob (supporters of slavery) while trying to protect his printing shop from a third destruction. 1874 - The Republican party of the U.S. was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly. 1876 - The cigarette manufacturing machine was patented by Albert H. Hook. 1877 - "The Sorcerer" was performed for the first time of 178 total performances. 1893 - The state of Colorado granted its women the right to vote. 1895 - The last spike was driven into Canada's first transcontinental railway in the mountains of British Columbia. 1914 - The "New Republic" magazine was printed for the first time. 1916 - Jeanette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. 1917 - Russia's Bolshevik Revolution took place. The provisional government of Alexander Kerensky was overthrown by forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. 1918 - During World War I, a false report through the United Press announced that an armistice had been signed. 1929 - The Museum of Modern Art in New York City opened to the public. 1932 - "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" was broadcast for the first on CBS Radio. 1933 - Voters in Pennsylvania eliminated sports from Pennsylvanian "Blue Laws." 1940 - The middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state collapsed during a windstorm. The suspension bridge had opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. 1944 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first person to win a fourth term as president. 1963 - The comedy "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" premiered in Hollywood. 1963 - Elston Howard, of the New York Yankees, became the first black player to be named the American League's Most Valuable Player. 1965 - The "Pillsbury Dough Boy" debuted in television commercials. 1967 - Carl Stokes was elected the first black mayor Cleveland, OH, becoming the first black mayor of a major city. 1967 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a bill establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 1967 - The U.S. Selective Service Commission announced that college students arrested in anti-war demonstrations would lose their draft deferments. 1973 - New Jersey became the first U.S. state to permit girls to play on Little League baseball teams. 1973 - The U.S. Congress over-rode President Nixon's veto of the War Powers Act, which limits a chief executive's power to wage war without congressional approval. 1983 - A bomb exploded in the U.S. Capitol. No one was injured. 1985 - The Colombian army stormed the country's Palace of Justice. The siege claimed the lives of 100 people, including 11 Supreme Court Justices. The Palace had been seized by leftist guerrillas belonging to the April 19 Movement. 1987 - Tunisia's president Habib Bourguiba was overthrown. He had been president since the country's independence in 1956. 1988 - Sugar Ray Leonard knocked out Donnie LaLonde. 1989 - L. Douglas Wilder won the governor's race in Virginia, becoming the first elected African-American state governor in U.S. history. 1989 - David Dinkins was elected and become New York City's first African-American mayor. 1989 - Richard Ramirez, convicted of California's "Night Stalker" killings, was sentenced to death. 1991 - Magic Johnson (NBA) announced that he had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, and that he was retiring from basketball. 1991 - Pro- and anti-Communists rallies took place in Moscow on the 74th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. 1991 - Actor Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman, pled no contest to charges of indecent exposure. Reubens had been arrested in Sarasota, FL, for exposing himself in a theater. 1995 - In a Japanese courtroom, three U.S. military men admitted to the rape of a 12-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl. 1999 - Tiger Woods became the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win four straight tournaments. 2000 - Hillary Rodham Clinton made history as the first president's wife to win public office. The state of New York elected her to the U.S. Senate. (New York) 2001 - The new .BIZ domain extension was officially launched. 2001 - After a 16-month stoppage the Concorde resumed flying commercially.
1874 The Republican Party was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly magazine. 1916 Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress. 1917 Vladimir Lenin's forces overthrew Alexander Kerensky's government in Russia's Bolshevik Revolution. 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey. 1962 Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt died in New York City at age 78. 1967 Carl Stokes of Cleveland became the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city. 1989 L. Douglas Wilder was elected governor of Virginia. He became the nation's first elected black governor. 2000 The U.S. went to the polls to choose between George W. Bush and Al Gore. The outcome wouldn't be known for more than a month because of disputed votes in Florida.
The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:
http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/nov07.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory
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