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Today is Saturday, November 7, the 312th day of 2020. There are 54 days left in the year.
Today’s highlights in history:
On November 7, 1967, Carl Stokes was elected the first black mayor of a major city: Cleveland, Ohio.
In this day:
In 1811, American forces led by the governor of the Indiana Territory, William Henry Harrison, defeated the warriors of the Tecumseh Confederacy at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
In 1867, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie was born in Warsaw.
In 1917, Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place when forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew Alexander Kerensky’s provisional government.
In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term, defeating Republican Thomas E. Dewey.
In 1962, Richard M. Nixon, having lost the California gubernatorial race, held what he called his “last press conference,” and told reporters, “You will no longer have Nixon to play with.”
In 1972, President Richard Nixon was re-elected with a landslide victory over Democrat George McGovern.
In 1973, Congress overturned President Richard Nixon’s veto on the War Powers Act, which limits the power of an executive director to wage war without congressional approval.
In 1989, L. Douglas Wilder won the Virginia gubernatorial race, becoming the first elected black governor in US history; David N. Dinkins was elected the first black mayor of New York City.
In 2001, the Bush administration targeted Osama bin Laden’s multibillion-dollar financial networks, shutting down deals in four states, detaining US suspects and urging allies to help cut off money supplies in 40 countries.
In 2009, in a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed, 220-215, landmark health care legislation to expand coverage to the tens of millions who lack it and establish tough new ones. restrictions on the insurance industry.
In 2013, Twitter shares went on sale to the public for the first time; At the close of the campaign, the social network was valued at $ 31 billion.
In 2018, a gunman killed 12 people at a country music bar in Thousand Oaks, California, before apparently taking his own life when officers approached; among the victims was a man who had survived the mass shooting at a country music concert in Las Vegas. After more than a year of violent attacks by President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was ousted from that position.
Ten years ago: Scientists at the world’s largest atom destroyer, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, recreated the state of matter shortly after the Big Bang using collisions of lead ions. Gebre Gebremariam (GEH’-brah geh-brah-MAYR’-ee-am) of Ethiopia won the men’s title in the New York City Marathon in 2:08:14 on his debut in the distance. Edna Kiplagat from Kenya won the women’s race in 2:28:20 for her first major marathon championship.
Five years ago: the leaders of China and Taiwan met for the first time since the enemies of the Cold War, once bitter, parted in the middle of the civil war 66 years earlier; Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou hailed the meeting in Singapore as a sign of new stability in relations. The license plates that were on the limousine that was transporting President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas in 1963 were sold at auction for $ 100,000. Yitzhak Navon, 94, who was one of the main assistants to Israel’s founding father, David Ben-Gurion, and who served as Israel’s president from 1978 to 1983, died in Jerusalem.
A year ago: Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that he would try to regain his old Alabama Senate seat. (The effort ended in a runoff loss in the Republican primary.) Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced that he was retiring after more than three years as the city’s top cop. (Johnson would be fired weeks later by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who cited “ethical lapses,” including lying about a recent incident in which Johnson was found asleep at the wheel of his car after having drinks.) Juul Labs said it would halt sales in the United States. of its best-selling mint flavored e-cigarettes; The move came as the company was struggling to survive a nationwide backlash against vaping.
Today’s Birthday: Former US Sen. Rudy Boschwitz, Republican of Minnesota, is 90 years old. Actor Barry Newman, 82. Actor Dakin Matthews, 80. Singer Johnny Rivers, 78. Former supermodel Jean Shrimpton, 78. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, 77 Former CIA director David Petraeus is 68 years old. Jazz singer Rene Marie is 65 years old. Actor Christopher Knight (TV: “The Brady Bunch”) is 63 years old. Rock musician Tommy Thayer (KISS) is 60 years old. Actor Julie Pinson is 53 years old. Rock musician Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne) is 52 years old. Actress Michelle Clunie is 51 years old. Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock is 50 years old. Actor Christopher Daniel Barnes is 48 years old. Actors Jeremy and Jason London are 48 years old. Actor Yunjin Kim is 47 years old. Actor Adam DeVine is 37 years old. Rock musician Zach Myers (Shinedown) is 37 years old. Actor Lucas Neff is 35 years old. Rapper Tinie (TY’-nee) Tempah is 32 years old. Rock singer Lorde is 24 years old.
