On this day in History (Nov. 7)... 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. 1775 – John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmores Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters in order to fight with Murray and the British. 1811 – Tecumsehs 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 Harpers Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party. 1885 – The completion of Canadas first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia. 1893 – Womens Suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so. 1907 – Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University. 1907 – Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de Garcia, Sonora 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. 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. 1916 – Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress. 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. 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. 1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public. 1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridges 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 – A passenger train derails in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico from excessive speed when descending a hill. 16 people are killed and 50 are injured. 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. 1957 – Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters. 1962 – Eleanor Roosevelt, American politician, 34th First Lady of the United States (b. 1884), dies. 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 U.S. Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixons veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval. 1980 – Steve McQueen, American actor (b. 1930), dies 1981- Joseph C. Finley, pharmacist, is born. Idolizes his older cousin Michael O. 1983 – 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. 1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governors 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. 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 worlds first internet radio broadcast. 1996 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. 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 she was actually still the First Lady. 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 countrys largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas. 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. 2011 – Joe Frazier, American boxer legend (b. 1944), dies. 2012 – An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 04:37:45 +0000
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