7 November
Notable Births
Callum Hudson-Odoi
b. 2000
English footballer (born 2000)
Mink Nutcharut
b. 1999
Thai snooker player
Hongjoong
b. 1998
South Korean rapper and singer (born 1998)
Nana Okada
b. 1997
Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (born 1997)
Lorde
b. 1996
New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1996)
Gervonta Davis
b. 1994
American boxer (born 1994)
Haruna Iikubo
b. 1994
Japanese actress and singer
Algee Smith
b. 1994
American actor and rapper (born 1994)
Felix Rosenqvist
b. 1991
Swedish racing driver (born 1991)
Daniel Ayala
b. 1990
Spanish footballer (born 1990)
Matt Corby
b. 1990
Australian singer-songwriter (born 1990)
David de Gea
b. 1990
Spanish footballer (born 1990)
Joanne Hadjia
b. 1990
Australian singer (born 1990)
Sonny Gray
b. 1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Nadya Tolokonnikova
b. 1989
Russian political activist and musician (born 1989)
Alexandr Dolgopolov
b. 1988
Ukrainian tennis player (born 1988)
Gani Lawal
b. 1988
Nigerian-American basketball player (born 1988)
Thomas Schneider (sprinter)
b. 1988
German sprinter
Tinie Tempah
b. 1988
British rapper and singer (born 1988)
Mitch Brown (rugby league)
b. 1987
Australian rugby league footballer
Notable Deaths
Bruce Degen
d. 2024
American writer (1945–2024)
Frank Borman
d. 2023
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1928–2023)
Dean Stockwell
d. 2021
American actor (1936–2021)
Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks
d. 2020
British Orthodox rabbi and politician (1948–2020)
Roy Halladay
d. 2017
American baseball pitcher (1977–2017)
Carl Sargeant
d. 2017
Welsh politician
James R. Thompson Jr.
d. 2017
Deputy Administrator of NASA
Leonard Cohen
d. 2016
Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
Janet Reno
d. 2016
American lawyer and public official (1938–2016)
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
d. 2015
Indian film director and poet
Ri Ul-sol
d. 2015
North Korean marshal (1921–2015)
Lincoln D. Faurer
d. 2014
United States Air Force general
Kajetan Kovič
d. 2014
Slovene poet, writer, translator and journalist
Allen Ripley
d. 2014
American baseball player (1952–2014)
John Cole (journalist)
d. 2013
British journalist and broadcaster (1927–2013)
Ron Dellow
d. 2013
English footballer and manager
Joey Manley
d. 2013
Webcomic publisher
Jack Mitchell (photographer)
d. 2013
American photographer (1925–2013)
Manfred Rommel
d. 2013
German politician (1928–2013)
Tom of Finland
d. 1991
Finnish artist (1920–1991)
On This Day in History
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2023
António Costa resigns as Prime Minister of Portugal following news of an investigation in a corruption scandal implicating members of his cabinet.
António Costa
2020
Joe Biden is confirmed elected as the 46th president of the United States, defeating incumbent Donald Trump.
Joe Biden
2017
Shamshad TV is attacked by gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.
Shamshad TV
2012
An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
2012 Guatemala earthquake
2007
The Jokela school shooting in Jokela, Tuusula, Finland, takes place, resulting in the death of nine people.
Jokela school shooting
2004
Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day state of emergency as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
Iraq War
2000
The controversial US presidential election is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, electing George W. Bush as the 43rd President of the United States.
2000 United States presidential election
2000
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
Drug Enforcement Administration
1996
NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
NASA
1996
ADC Airlines Flight 086 crashes into the Lagos Lagoon in Epe, Lagos State, Nigeria, killing all 144 people on board.
ADC Airlines Flight 086
1994
WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first internet radio broadcast.
WXYC
1991
Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.
Magic Johnson
1990
Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
Mary Robinson
1989
Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
Douglas Wilder
1989
David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
David Dinkins
1989
East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
East Germany
1987
In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Tunisia
1987
The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service.
Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
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.
1983 United States Senate bombing
1983
Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Poland on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war
Cold War