On this day...

National day of Russia. Feast day of St Herculanus of Perugia, St
Engelbert, St Willibrord, and St Florentius of Strasbourg.

1783 The last public hanging in England took place when John Austin, a
forger, was executed at Tyburn.

1872 The Marie Celeste, the ill-fated brigantine, sailed from New York
to be found mysteriously abandoned near the Azores some time later.

1916 Jeanette Rankin, of the state of Montana, became the first woman
member of US Congress.

1917 The Bolshevik Revolution, led by Lenin, overthrew Prime Minister
Alexander Kerensky's government.

1972 Richard Nixon was reelected US president.

1988 In Las Vegas, "Sugar" Ray Lewis knocked out Canadian Donny Londe,
completing his collection of world titles at five different weights.

1990 Mary Robinson became the Irish Republic's first woman president.

Birthdays which occurred on November 7th:

994 Muhammad ibn Hazm, historian/jurist/writer of Islamic Spain
1832 Andrew Dickson White, educator/first president of Cornell
1867 Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie, discovered radium (Nobel 1903, 1911)
1876 Culbert Olson, Fillmore Utah, (Gov-D-Cal)
1879 Leon Trotsky, Russian Communist theorist
1883 Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, Newport New VA, TV preacher
1888 Sir Chandrasekhara Raman, India, physicist (Nobel 1930)
1900 Efrem Kurtz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor (Houston Symphony 1948-54)
1903 Konrad Lorenz, zoologist/ethologist/writer (Nobel 1973)
1913 Albert Camus, Algeria, novelist/director (The Just-Nobel 1957)
1916 Joe Bushkin, New York, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes)
1918 Billy Graham, Charlotte NC, evangelist
1922 Al Hirt, New Orleans, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World)
1926 Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano (Met Opera)
1936 Barry Newman, Boston, actor (Amy, Deadline, Petrocelli)
1938 Dee Clark, Arkansas, singer (Hambone, Nobody But You)
1938 James Katt, pitcher/sportscaster (NY Yankees)
1942 Johnny Rivers, singer (Secret Agent Man)
1943 Joni Mitchell, Alberta Canada, singer (Clouds)
1944 Jim Watkins, Philadelphia, actor (Jerry-Magician)
1944 Joe Niekro, baseball knuckleball pitcher
1949 Judy Tenuda, comedienne
1951 Nick Guilder, singer (Hot Child in the City)
1957 Dr. Jonathan Palmer, Formula One racer
1957 Kathy McMillan, long jumper (1976 Olympics silver)
1963 Todd McKee, actor (Ted-Santa Barbara, Bold & Beautiful)
1964 Dana Plato, Maywood California, actress (Kimberly-Diff'rent Strokes)
1964 Liam O'Maonlai, rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go)
1972 Christopher Daniel Barnes, actor (Ross-Day by Day, As World Turns)
1972 Clive B. Barnes, Portland, actor (Scott Hayden-Starman)

Deaths which occurred on November 7th:

1573 Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo)
1837 Elijah P. Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by proslavery mob
1962 Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady, dies at 78 in New York City
1978 Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 80
1980 Steve McQueen, actor, dies at 50 from cancer
1984 George Matthews, actor, dies at 73 of heart disease