What are the important events that happened on November 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 7: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 7 is the 312th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 54 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 25, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 480,816 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectadecadigon’ day.
Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 83 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,339 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 7 Historical Events
- 680 –The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.
- 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.
- 1619 –Elizabeth of Scotland and England is crowned Queen of Bohemia.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1912 –The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven’s Fidelio.
- 1944 –A passenger train derails in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico from excessive speed when descending a hill. 16 people are killed and 50 are injured.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on November 7?
- 1893 –Leatrice Joy, American actress (d. 1985)
- 1922 –Al Hirt, American trumpeter (d. 1999)
- 1930 –Rudy Boschwitz, American politician
- 1947 –Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist
- 1948 –Alex Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
- 1955 –Shirley Eikhard, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1959 –Billy Gillispie, American basketball coach
- 1964 –Liam Ó Maonlaí, founding member of Irish band Hothouse Flowers
- 1969 –Michel Picard, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- 1972 –Christopher Daniel Barnes, American actor
Who died on November 7?
- 644 –Umar ibn al-Khattāb, Second caliph of Islam
- 1581 –Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar
- 1620 –Hetman Stanisław Żólkiewski Polish commander in the Battle of Ţuţora (1620) (b. 1547)
- 1872 –Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (b. 1833)
- 1919 –Hugo Haase, German politician and jurist (b. 1863)
- 1930 –Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (b. 1878)
- 1968 –Gordon Coventry, Australian rules footballer (b. 1901)
- 1974 –Eric Linklater, British author (b. 1899)
- 1992 –Jack Kelly, American actor (b. 1927)
- 2010 –Smaro Stefanidou, Greek actress (b. 1913)
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