What Happened on Nov 7

Massachusetts Bay/Pequot Treaty is Negotiated, but Never Ratified by Pequot Council

Before the war's inception, efforts to control fur trade access resulted in a series of escalating incidents and attacks that increased tensions on... Read more

Treaty of the Pyrenees

The Treaty of the Pyrenees is the last major diplomatic achievement by Cardinal Mazarin. Combined with the Peace of Westphalia, it allowed Louis... Read more

Battle of Tippecanoe

The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, between United States forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana... Read more

Elijah Parish Lovejoy Is Killed

On November 7, 1837, Elijah Parish Lovejoy was killed by a pro-slavery mob while defending the site of his anti-slavery newspaper The Saint Louis... Read more

Battle of Belmont

The Battle of Belmont was fought on November 7, 1861, in Mississippi County, Missouri. It was the first combat test in the American Civil War for... Read more

Second Battle of Rappahannock Station

The Second Battle of Rappahannock Station took place on November 7, 1863, near the village of Rappahannock Station (now Remington, Virginia), on... Read more

AEPi Fraternity is founded

AEPi was founded in 1913 under the Washington Square Arch at New York University (NYU) by Charles C. Moskowitz and 10 other Jewish men: David K.... Read more

"His Musical Career" (film) is Released

His Musical Career is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin. Charlie and his partner are to... Read more

Jeannette Rankin Elected as the First Woman to Serve in US Congress

Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives and the first female member of the Congress... Read more

Fort Point Channel Accident

On November 7, 1916, double truck box car No. 393, controlled by hand brakes and having a seating capacity for 34 passengers, left P street barn,... Read more

Jewish Youth Herschel Grynszpan Shoots German Diplomat, Ernst vom Rath, Triggering Kristallnacht

Among the expelled was the family of Sendel and Rivka Grynszpan, Polish Jews who had emigrated to Germany in 1911 and settled in Hanover. Their... Read more

Stalin Orders Traditional Military Parade Amidst German Invasion to Strengthen Soviet Morale

November 7, 1941, saw the most unusual military parade in the nation's history. The Second World War was raging on. Right from Red Square in... Read more

United States Hawaii Territory Ratifies A State Constitution

Voters in the United States Hawaii Territory ratified a state constitution on November 7, 1950. The event was a major step toward becoming a state.... Read more

Richard Nixon is Elected as Senator for California

In the 1950 mid-term elections, Nixon ran against Democratic Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas for a seat in the U.S. Senate, representing... Read more

Agatha Christie publishes The Clocks

Sheila Webb, a typist-for-hire, arrives at her afternoon appointment to find a well-dressed corpse surrounded by six clocks, four of which are... Read more

Joe Biden wins US Senate election in Delaware

In 1969, Biden began practicing law in Wilmington, Delaware, first as a public defender and then with his own firm, Biden and Walsh. But corporate... Read more

The Eagles release Eagles Live

Eagles Live is the first live album by the American rock band Eagles, a two-LP set released in 1980. The Eagles disbanded on July 31, 1980 after... Read more

Ozzy Osbourne Releases "Diary of a Madman"

Diary of a Madman is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was recorded from the 9th of Feb to the 23 of March 1981 inclusively - the end of winter in the... Read more

The Rolling Stones Release 'Undercover'

Undercover is the 17th studio album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1983. After their preceding studio album, Tattoo You, which was... Read more

U2 releases live album "Under a Blood Red Sky"

Under a Blood Red Sky is a live album by Irish rock band U2, produced by Jimmy Iovine and released in 1983. Along with its companion concert film,... Read more

"Sid And Nancy" Is Released

Sid and Nancy (also known as Sid and Nancy: Love Kills) is a 1986 film directed by Alex Cox. The film materialized during a time of renewed... Read more

Venom release Calm Before the Storm

Calm Before the Storm is the fifth album by Venom. The original title of the album would have been "Deadline", but the title was changed when... Read more

Magic Johnson Announces He is HIV+ and Retires From Basketball

After a physical before the 1991–92 NBA season, Johnson discovered that he had tested positive for HIV. In a press conference held on November 7,... Read more

Guns N' Roses replace Izzy Stradlin with Gilby Clarke

Stradlin informed the band through their manager Alan Niven that he was quitting. According to Stephen Davis' Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N'... Read more

FDA Approves Sanofi Aventis's Nicoderm CQ

Helping you to quit smoking. Nicoderm CQ Patch is a smoking deterrent. It works by providing low levels of nicotine, which may help you to quit... Read more