November 7

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November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 54 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

This day marks the approximate midpoint of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and of spring in the Southern Hemisphere (starting the season at the September equinox).

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Events

335 – Athanasius is banished to Trier, on charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.

680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.

1426 – Lam Sơn uprising: Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi.

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 Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia.

1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.

1775 – John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.

1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.

1811 – Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.

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.

1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.

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.

1885 – The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

1893 – Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.

1900 – Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

1900 – The People's Party is founded in Cuba.

1907 – Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.

1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia.

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.

1913 – The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.

1914 – The first issue of The New Republic is published.

1914 – The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.

1916 – Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

1916 – Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.

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.

1917 – World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.

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 – The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in twenty-three different U.S. cities.

1920 – Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

1931 – The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.

1933 – Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.

1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.

1941 – World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.

1944 – Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.

1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America.

1949 – The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.

1956 – Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.

1957 – Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.

1967 – Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.

1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.

1975 – In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman.

1983 – United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.

1987 – In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.

1989 – David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.

1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.

1990 – Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.

1991 – Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA.

1994 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast.

1996 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.

2000 – Controversial US presidential election that is 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.

2004 – Iraq War: 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 – An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.

Births

13 BC – Emperor Keikō of Japan (d. 130)

630 – Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668)

994 – Ibn Hazm, Arabian philosopher and scholar (d. 1069)

1186 – Ögedei Khan, Mongol ruler, 2nd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1241)

1316 – Simeon of Russia (d. 1353)

1456 – Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine, Princess of Bavaria-Landshut by birth (d. 1501)

1619 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (d. 1692)

1650 – John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (d. 1723)

1683 – Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman, author, and translator (d. 1748)

1687 – William Stukeley, English archaeologist and physician (d. 1765)

1706 – Carlo Cecere, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1761)

1728 – James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer (d. 1779)

1750 – Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (d. 1819)

1800 – Platt Rogers Spencer, American calligrapher and educator (d. 1864)

1805 – Thomas Brassey, English engineer and businessman (d. 1870)

1818 – Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician and physiologist (d. 1896)

1830 – Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (d. 1907)

1832 – Andrew Dickson White, American historian, academic, and diplomat, co-founded Cornell University (d. 1918)

1838 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author and playwright (d. 1889)

1846 – Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1907)

1851 – Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (d. 1913)

1858 – Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian academic and activist (d. 1932)

1860 – Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general and engineer (d. 1936)

1860 – Paul Peel, Canadian painter and academic (d. 1892)

1861 – Jeff Milton, American police officer (d. 1947)

1867 – Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)

1872 – Lucille La Verne, American actress (d. 1945)

1872 – Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (d. 1956)

1876 – Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)

1878 – Lise Meitner, Austrian-English physicist and academic (d. 1968)

1879 – King Baggot, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1948)

1879 – Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (d. 1940)

1886 – Aron Nimzowitsch, Russian-Danish chess player and theoretician (d. 1935)

1888 – C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)

1890 – Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (d. 1972)

1891 – Genrikh Yagoda, director of the NKVD (d. 1938)

1893 – Leatrice Joy, American actress (d. 1985)

1893 – Margaret Leech, American historian and author (d. 1974)

1896 – Esdras Minville, Canadian economist and sociologist (d. 1975)

1897 – Herman J. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)

1897 – Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (d. 1976)

1898 – Margaret Morris, American actress (d. 1968)

1898 – Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1963)

1899 – Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli journalist and poet (d. 1954)

1901 – Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1980)

1903 – Ary Barroso, Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 1964)

1903 – Dean Jagger, American actor (d. 1991)

1903 – Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)

1905 – William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1985)

1906 – Eugene Carson Blake, American minister and educator (d. 1985)

1908 – Marijac, French author and illustrator (d. 1994)

1909 – Ruby Hurley, American activist (d. 1980)

1909 – Norman Krasna, American director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 1984)

1912 – Victor Beaumont, German-English actor (d. 1977)

1913 – Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)

1913 – Alekos Sakellarios, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 1991)

1913 – Mikhail Solomentsev, Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 2008)

1914 – Archie Campbell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1987)

1914 – R. A. Lafferty, American soldier, engineer, and author (d. 2002)

1915 – Philip Morrison, American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2005)

1915 – M. Athalie Range, American activist and politician (d. 2006)

1917 – Titos Vandis, Greek actor (d. 2003)

1918 – Paul Aussaresses, French general (d. 2013)

1918 – Billy Graham, American minister and author

1918 – Maria Teresa de Noronha, Portuguese singer (d. 1993)

1919 – Ellen Stewart, American director and producer (d. 2011)

1920 – Max Kampelman, American lawyer and diplomat (d. 2013)

1921 – Lisa Ben, American singer-songwriter and journalist

1921 – Jack Fleck, American soldier and golfer (d. 2014)

1921 – Susanne Hirzel, member of the White Rose (d. 2012)

1922 – Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2014)

1922 – Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1999)

1923 – Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (d. 1990)

1926 – Joan Sutherland, Australian soprano (d. 2010)

1927 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (d. 2013)

1928 – Richard G. Scott, American engineer and religious leader (d. 2015)

1929 – Jesús de Polanco, Spanish publisher and businessman (d. 2007)

1929 – Eric Kandel, Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize laureate

1929 – Lila Kaye, English actress (d. 2012)

1930 – Rudy Boschwitz, German-American soldier and politician

1931 – G. Edward Griffin, American director, producer, and author

1935 – W. S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (d. 2009)

1936 – Gwyneth Jones, Welsh soprano

1937 – Mary Daheim, American journalist and author

1938 – Dee Clark, American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)

1938 – Jake Gibbs, American baseball player and coach

1938 – Jim Kaat, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

1938 – Barry Newman, American actor

1939 – Barbara Liskov, American computer scientist and academic

1940 – Dakin Matthews, American actor, director, and playwright

1940 – Antonio Skármeta, Chilean author and academic

1941 – Madeline Gins, American poet and architect (d. 2014)

1941 – Angelo Scola, Italian cardinal and philosopher

1942 – Tom Peters, American businessman and author

1942 – Johnny Rivers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1942 – Jean Shrimpton, English model and actress

1943 – Silvia Cartwright, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 18th Governor-General of New Zealand

1943 – Stephen Greenblatt, American theorist, scholar, and critic

1943 – Boris Gromov, Russian general and politician, Governor of Moscow Oblast

1943 – Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1943 – Michael Spence, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1944 – Luigi Riva, Italian footballer and manager

1944 – Peter Wilby, English journalist

1945 – Joe Niekro, American baseball player (d. 2006)

1947 – Bob Anderson, English darts player

1947 – Rebecca Eaton, American television producer

1947 – Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese baseball player and coach

1947 – Ron Leavitt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2008)

1947 – Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist and politician

1948 – Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint, English businessman and politician

1948 – Buck Martinez, American baseball player and manager

1948 – Alex Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver

1949 – Stephen Bruton, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2009)

1949 – Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (d. 2016)

1949 – David S. Ware, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2012)

1950 – Lindsay Duncan, Scottish actress

1950 – John Lang, Australian rugby league player and coach

1951 – Gerard F. Gilmore, New Zealand astronomer and academic

1951 – Lawrence O'Donnell, American journalist and talk show host

1951 – John Tamargo, American baseball player and coach

1952 – David Petraeus, American general, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

1952 – Modibo Sidibé, Sudanese-Malian police officer and politician, Prime Minister of Mali

1952 – Valeriy Zuyev, Ukrainian footballer and manager

1953 – Maire Aunaste, Estonian journalist and author

1953 – Erik Balke, Norwegian saxophonist and composer

1953 – Christopher Foster, English bishop

1953 – Lucinda Green, English equestrian and journalist

1954 – James Gray, Scottish politician

1954 – Guy Gavriel Kay, Canadian lawyer and author

1954 – Gil Junger, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1956 – Mikhail Alperin, Ukrainian pianist and composer

1956 – Jonathan Palmer, English race car driver and businessman

1956 – Judy Tenuta, American actress, producer, screenwriter, and accordion player

1957 – John Benitez, American DJ, songwriter, and producer

1958 – Dmitry Kozak, Russian politician; Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

1959 – Billy Gillispie, American basketball player and coach

1959 – Alexandre Guimarães, Brazilian-Costa Rican footballer and manager

1960 – Tommy Thayer, American guitarist and songwriter

1960 – Shyamaprasad, Indian Filmmaker

1961 – Orlando Mercado, American baseball player and coach

1962 – Tracie Savage, American actress and journalist

1962 – Dirk Shafer, American model, actor, and director (d. 2015)

1963 – John Barnes, Jamaican-English footballer and manager

1963 – Sam Graves, American farmer and politician

1964 – Troy Beyer, American actress, director, and screenwriter

1964 – Philip Hollobone, English soldier and politician

1964 – Liam Ó Maonlaí, Irish keyboard player and songwriter

1964 – Dana Plato, American actress (d. 1999)

1964 – Bonnie St. John, American skier and scholar

1965 – Steve Parkin, English footballer and manager

1965 – Sigrun Wodars, German runner and physiotherapist

1966 – Calvin Borel, American jockey

1967 – Steve DiGiorgio, American singer-songwriter and bass player

1967 – David Guetta, French DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter

1967 – Hikaru Ijūin, Japanese radio host

1967 – Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress

1968 – Russ Springer, American baseball player

1969 – Michelle Clunie, American actress

1969 – Hélène Grimaud, French pianist

1969 – Michel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player and scout

1970 – Neil Hannon, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1970 – Andy Houston, American race car driver

1970 – Marc Rosset, Swiss-Monacan tennis player

1970 – Morgan Spurlock, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1970 – Paul Ware, English footballer (d. 2013)

1971 – Jamie Drummond, Scottish-Canadian journalist and critic

1971 – Robin Finck, American guitarist and songwriter

1971 – Matthew Ryan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1971 – Trivikram Srinivas, Indian director and screenwriter

1972 – Danny Grewcock, English rugby player

1972 – Jason London, American actor and producer

1972 – Jeremy London, American actor and producer

1972 – Hasim Rahman, American boxer

1972 – Marcus Stewart, English footballer and coach

1973 – Catê, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2011)

1973 – Yunjin Kim, South Korean-American actress

1973 – Martín Palermo, Argentinian footballer and manager

1974 – Kris Benson, American baseball player

1974 – Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaican hurdler

1974 – Christian Gómez, Argentinian footballer

1974 – Chris Summers, Norwegian drummer

1975 – Venkat Prabhu, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter

1976 – Rob Caggiano, American guitarist and producer

1976 – Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player and model

1977 – Lindsay Czarniak, American journalist and sportscaster

1977 – Andres Oper, Estonian footballer

1977 – María Sánchez Lorenzo, Spanish tennis player

1977 – Anthony Thomas, American football player and coach

1978 – Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer

1978 – Elisabeth Bachman, American volleyball player and coach

1978 – Rio Ferdinand, English footballer

1978 – Tomoya Nagase, Japanese singer-songwriter

1978 – Barry Robson, Scottish footballer

1978 – Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer

1979 – Mike Commodore, Canadian ice hockey player

1979 – Will Demps, American football player

1979 – Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican footballer

1979 – Barney Harwood, English television host and actor

1979 – Jon Peter Lewis, American singer-songwriter and actor

1979 – Amy Purdy, American actress, model and snowboarder

1979 – Joey Ryan, American wrestler

1979 – Otep Shamaya, American singer-songwriter and actress

1980 – Karthik, Indian singer-songwriter

1980 – Sergio Bernardo Almirón, Argentinian footballer

1980 – Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast

1980 – James Franklin, New Zealand cricketer

1980 – Luciana Salazar, Argentinian model, actress, and singer

1981 – Muhammad Hassan, American wrestler and educator

1981 – Nana Katase, Japanese model, actress, and singer

1981 – Anushka Shetty, Indian actress

1981 – Rina Uchiyama, Japanese actress and model

1982 – Pascal Leclaire, Canadian ice hockey player

1983 – Forrest Kline, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1983 – Esmerling Vásquez, Dominican baseball player

1984 – Mihkel Aksalu, Estonian footballer

1984 – Jonathan Bornstein, American soccer player

1984 – Gervais Randrianarisoa, Malagasy footballer

1984 – Amelia Vega, Dominican actress and singer, Miss Universe 2003

1985 – Sebastian Aldén, Swedish motorcycle racer

1985 – Lucas Neff, American actor

1986 – Andy Hull, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1986 – David Nelson, American football player

1986 – Doukissa Nomikou, Greek model and television host

1987 – Mitch Brown, Australian rugby league player

1987 – Marek Semjan, Slovak tennis player

1988 – Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player

1988 – Simone Favaro, Italian rugby player

1988 – Thomas Schneider, German sprinter

1988 – Tinie Tempah, English rapper and producer

1989 – Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Russian singer and political activist

1990 – Daniel Ayala, Spanish footballer

1990 – Matt Corby, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1990 – David de Gea, Spanish footballer

1990 – Joelle Hadjia, Australian singer-songwriter

1992 – Apisai Koroisau, Australian-Fijian rugby league player

1994 – Haruna Iikubo, Japanese singer and actress

1996 – Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter

1997 – Erika Hendsel, Estonian tennis player

1997 – Nana Okada, Japanese singer

Deaths

691 – Cen Changqian, official of the Tang Dynasty

691 – Ge Fuyuan, official of the Tang Dynasty

1225 – Engelbert II of Berg, German archbishop and saint (b. 1186)

1173 – Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (b. 1127)

1497 – Philip II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1443)

1550 – Jón Arason, Icelandic bishop and poet (b. 1484)

1562 – Maldeo Rathore, Rao of Marwar (b. 1511)

1574 – Solomon Luria, Polish rabbi and educator (b. 1510)

1581 – Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar (b. 1505)

1599 – Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon and educator (b. 1546)

1627 – Jahangir, Mughal emperor (b. 1569)

1639 – Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, English politician (b. 1560)

1642 – Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, English judge and politician, Lord High Treasurer of The United Kingdom (b. 1563)

1713 – Elizabeth Barry, English actress (b. 1658)

1837 – Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister and journalist (b. 1809)

1862 – Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (b. 1775)

1872 – Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1833)

1881 – John MacHale, Irish archbishop (b. 1791)

1906 – Heinrich Seidel, German engineer and poet (b. 1842)

1907 – Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (b. 1881)

1913 – Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English biologist and geographer (b. 1823)

1916 – Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (b. 1858)

1919 – Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1863)

1922 – Sam Thompson, American baseball player (b. 1860)

1923 – Ashwini Kumar Dutta, Indian educator and philanthropist (b. 1856)

1930 – Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (b. 1878)

1933 – Harold Weber, American golfer and architect (b. 1882)

1941 – Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)

1944 – Richard Sorge, Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (b. 1895)

1944 – Hannah Szenes, Hungarian-Israeli soldier and poet (b. 1921)

1947 – K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1887)

1959 – Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (b. 1883)

1962 – Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (b. 1884)

1966 – Rube Bressler, American baseball player (b. 1894)

1967 – John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (b. 1868)

1968 – Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1901)

1968 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, cryptographer, and academic (b. 1906)

1974 – Eric Linklater, Welsh-Scottish author and academic (b. 1899)

1975 – Piero Dusio, Italian footballer, businessman and racing driver (b. 1899)

1978 – Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian surgeon and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1887)

1978 – Gene Tunney, American boxer and actor (b. 1897)

1980 – İlhan Erdost, Turkish publisher (b. 1944)

1980 – Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (b. 1930)

1981 – Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (b. 1885)

1983 – Germaine Tailleferre, French pianist and composer (b. 1892)

1986 – Tracy Pew, Australian bass player (b. 1957)

1988 – Bill Hoest, American cartoonist (b. 1926)

1990 – Lawrence Durrell, British novelist, poet, dramatist, (b. 1912)

1990 – Tom Clancy, Irish singer and actor, (b. 1924)

1991 – Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (b. 1920)

1992 – Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (b. 1921)

1992 – Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (b. 1927)

1993 – Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer (b. 1901)

1993 – Charles Aidman, American stage, film, and television actor (b. 1925)

1994 – Shorty Rogers, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1924)

1995 – Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1942)

1996 – Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and academic (b. 1939)

1996 – Jaja Wachuku, Nigerian lawyer and politician, Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918)

2000 – Ingrid of Sweden (b. 1910)

2000 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1950)

2000 – Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian publisher and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (b. 1910)

2001 – Nida Blanca, Filipino actress (b. 1936)

2002 – Rudolf Augstein, German journalist, co-founded Der Spiegel (b. 1923)

2004 – Howard Keel, American actor and singer (b. 1919)

2005 – Harry Thompson, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1960)

2006 – Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (b. 1930)

2006 – Bryan Pata, American football player (b. 1984)

2006 – Johnny Sain, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)

2006 – Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician, co-founded L'Express (b. 1924)

2006 – Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer and manager (b. 1926)

2007 – Earl Dodge, American activist and politician (b. 1932)

2007 – George W. George, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)

2011 – Joe Frazier, American boxer (b. 1944)

2012 – Carmen Basilio, American boxer (b. 1927)

2012 – Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author (b. 1950)

2012 – Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1940)

2012 – Sandy Pearson, Australian general (b. 1918)

2012 – Darrell Royal, American football player and coach (b. 1924)

2012 – Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)

2013 – John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author (b. 1927)

2013 – Ian Davies, Australian basketball player and coach (b. 1956)

2013 – Ron Dellow, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)

2013 – Joey Manley, American publisher, founded Modern Tales (b. 1965)

2013 – Jack Mitchell, American photographer and author (b. 1925)

2013 – Manfred Rommel, German lawyer and politician (b. 1928)

2014 – Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (b. 1928)

2014 – Kajetan Kovič, Slovenian journalist and poet (b. 1931)

2014 – Allen Ripley, American baseball player (b. 1952)

2015 – Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Indian director and poet (b. 1970)

2016 – Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1934)

2016 – Janet Reno, American lawyer and government official; Attorney General of the United States (1993-2001) (b. 1938)

2016 – Jimmy Young, British singer and radio personality (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

All Dominican Saints and Blesseds

Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (Lutheran)

Engelbert II of Berg

Herculanus of Perugia

John Christian Frederick Heyer (Lutheran)

Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen (Lutheran)

Prosdocimus

Vicente Liem de la Paz (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)

Willibrord

November 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Commemoration Day, the anniversary of Ben Ali's succession. (Tunisia)

Hungarian Opera Day (Hungary)

National Day, after Treaty of the Pyrenees. (Northern Catalonia, France)

National Revolution and Solidarity Day (Belarus)

October Revolution Day (the Soviet Union (former, official), modern Russia (unofficial), Belarus, Kyrgyzstan)

Tokhu Emong (Lotha Naga people of India)

References

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