| 1665 |
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The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published. |
| 1811 |
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Rebellious Indians in a conspiracy organized in defiance of the United States government by Tecumseh, Shawnee chief, are defeated during his absence in the Battle of the Wabash (or Tippecanoe) by William Henry Harrison, governor of Indiana Territory. |
| 1814 |
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Andrew Jackson attacks and captures Pensacola, Florida, defeating the Spanish and driving out a British force. |
| 1846 |
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Zachary Taylor, one of the heroes of the Mexican War, is elected president. |
| 1861 |
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Union General Ulysses S. Grant launches an unsuccessful raid on Belmont, Missouri. |
| 1876 |
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Rutherford B. Hayes is elected 19th president of the United States. |
| 1881 |
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Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, two participants in Tombstone, Arizona’s, famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, are jailed as the hearings on what happened in the fight grow near. |
| 1916 |
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President Woodrow Wilson is re-elected, but the race is so close that all votes must be counted before an outcome can be determined, so the results are not known until November 11. |
| 1916 |
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Jeannette Rankin (R-Montana) is elected the first congresswoman. |
| 1917 |
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British General Sir Edmond Allenby breaks the Turkish defensive line in the Third Battle of Gaza. |
| 1917 |
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The Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, take power in Russia. |
| 1921 |
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Benito Mussolini declares himself to be leader of the National Fascist Party in Italy. |
| 1940 |
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Tacoma Bridge in Washington State collapses. |
| 1943 |
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British troops launch a limited offensive along the coast of Burma. |
| 1944 |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to a fourth term by defeating Thomas Dewey. |
| 1967 |
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. |
| 1972 |
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President Richard Nixon is re-elected. |
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Born on November 7 |
| 1867 |
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Marie Curie, French chemist who researched radioactivity and discovered radium. |
| 1900 |
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Heinrich Himmler, head of the Nazi SS and organizer of extermination camps in Eastern Europe. |
| 1903 |
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Konrad Lorenz, pioneering zoologist. |
| 1913 |
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Albert Camus, French philosopher, novelist and dramatist. |
| 1918 |
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Billy Graham, evangelist. |
| 1926 |
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Joan Sutherland, opera singer. |
| 1928 |
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Norton David Zinder, biologist. |
| 1929 |
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Benny Andersen, Danish writer, poet and jazz musician. |
| 1943 |
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Joni Mitchell, singer, songwriter. |
| 1950 |
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Alexa Canady, first female African-American neurosurgeon. |
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