November 7 - Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day and National Medical Science Liaison Awareness & Appreciation Day. 1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society. 1893 – Womens Suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so. 1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia. 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. 1918 – The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year. 1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public. 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America. 1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governors seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States. 1996 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. 2001 – SABENA, the national airline of Belgium, goes bankrupt. 2012 – An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
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