Today in History

    What happened on the 7th of November in history?

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    • 1805
      Lewis & Clark 1st sights Pacific Ocean
    • 1811
      Battle of Tippecanoe gave Harrison a presial slogan
    • 1837
      Abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy murdered by mob at Alton Ill
    • 1865
      London Gazette oldest surviving journal is founded
    • 1872
      Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; found abandoned 4 weeks later
    • 1874
      1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol
    • 1875
      Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa
    • 1885
      Canada completes its own transcontinental railway
    • 1914
      Bolsheviks overthrew Russian govt in St Petersburg;
    • 1916
      Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana 1st women Representative
    • 1917
      October Revolution overthrows Russian Provisional Govt
    • 1918
      Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets
    • 1918
      USSR Natl Day
    • 1940
      Galloping Gertie bridge collapses Tacoma Wash
    • 1943
      Detroit Lions 0 NY Giants 0 -- last scoreless tie in NFL
    • 1962
      Richard Nixon quits politics - You won't have Nixon to kick around
    • 1972
      Republican Nixon re-elected to 2nd term defeating George McGovern
    • 1976
      Gone With the Wind televised
    • 1983
      Bomb explodes in US Capitol causing heavy damage but no injuries
    • 1985
      Colombian troops ends 27-hour siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice