History for November 7

History for November 7 - On-This-Day.com:
Captain James Cook 1728 - British explorer, navigator, Marie Sklodowska-Curie 1867 - Scientist, Dean Jagger 1903 - Actor ("Twelve O'Clock High (1949)")
      

Albert Camus 1913 - Author, journalist, Billy Graham 1918 - Evangelist, David Petraeus 1952 - U.S. Army General


1811 - The Shawnee Indians of chief Tecumseh were defeated by William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Wabash (or (Tippecanoe).


1837 - In Alton, IL, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy was shot to death by a mob (supporters of slavery) while trying to protect his printing shop from a third destruction.


1916 - Republican, Jeanette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress.


1917 - Russia's Bolshevik Revolution took place. The provisional government of Alexander Kerensky was overthrown by forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.


1918 - During World War I, a false report through the United Press announced that an armistice had been signed.



1940 - The middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state collapsed during a windstorm. The suspension bridge had opened to traffic on July 1, 1940.


1967 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a bill establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.


1991 - Magic Johnson (NBA) announced that he had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, and that he was retiring from basketball.