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
- 1786 –The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
- 1907 –Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University.
- 1910 –The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
- 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.
- 1918 –Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
- 1967 –US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- 1987 –In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
- 1991 –Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA.
- 1996 –NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
- 2001 –SABENA, the national airline of Belgium, goes bankrupt
Who were born on November 7?
- 1598 –Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664)
- 1728 –Captain James Cook, British naval officer, explorer, and cartographer (d. 1779)
- 1921 –Jack Fleck, American professional golfer
- 1926 –Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano (d. 2010)
- 1945 –Earl Boen, American actor
- 1949 –Stephen Bruton, American guitarist & songwriter
- 1957 –King Kong Bundy, American professional wrestler
- 1959 –Billy Gillispie, American basketball coach
- 1974 –Chris Summers, Norwegian drummer (Turbonegro)
- 1975 –Venkat Prabhu, Indian film director
Who died on November 7?
- 1574 –Solomon Luria, Maharshal (b. 1510)
- 1639 –Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, English politician
- 1713 –Elizabeth Barry, English actress (b. 1658)
- 1978 –Gene Tunney, heavyweight boxing champion (b. 1897)
- 1996 –Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist (b. 1939)
- 2000 –Queen Ingrid of Denmark (b. 1910)
- 2002 –Rudolf Augstein, German publisher (b. 1923)
- 2005 –Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian-born Nazi war criminal (b. 1921)
- 2006 –Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist (b. 1924)
- 2006 –Johnny Sain, American baseball pitcher (b. 1917)
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