Historical Events In November - 07

1900  On this day in history sgt. Edward J. G. Holland (Royal Cdn. Dragoons) wins the Victoria Cross at Leliefontein South Africa   

1900  Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses on November - 07.   

1900  On November - 07 efrem Kurtz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Houston Symph 1948-54)   

1901  Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli, dies on this day in history.   

1902  Rob van der de Bas, [Barend Robberts], troubadour (Klucht of the Cow) on November - 07.   

1903  Albert Helman, [Lou Lichtveld], Suriname politician/novelist on this day in history.   

1905  On November - 07 william Alwyn, composer   

1906  On this day in history eugene Carson Blake, US sec-gen of World council of Churches (1966-72)   

1907  Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico on this day in history.   

1907  Maurits Mok, Dutch author/poet (Cheese & Bread Game) on November - 07.   

1908  Dutch capture Venezuelan navy on this day in history.   

1909  On November - 07 knights & Ladies of St Peter Claver organizes in Mobile Alabama   

1910  On this day in history the first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.   

1910  On November - 07 leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War & Peace), dies at 82 [OS]   

1911  Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist on this day in history.   

1912  The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio on November - 07.   

1913  On November - 07 albert Camus, Algeria, novelist/director (The Just-Nobel 1957)   

1914  Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai on this day in history.   

1914  R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty, US, sci-fi author (Devil is Dead) on November - 07.   

1915  On November - 07 austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 kill)   

1916  On this day in history woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected President   

1916  On November - 07 grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising   

1916  Joe Bushkin, NYC, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes) on November - 07.   

1917  On this day in history british capture Gaza Palestine from the Turks   

1917  On November - 07 british capture Gaza Palestine from Turks   

1917  Andras Mihaly, composer on this day in history.   

1918  Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets on this day in history.   

1918  On November - 07 the birth of Billy Graham, American evangelist   

1918  On this day in history united Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed   

1918  On November - 07 billy Graham, Charlotte NC, Baptist evangelist (Crusades)   

1919  US police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers on November - 07.   

1919  Hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56 on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history ed Wynn's musical "Perfect Fool," premieres in NYC   

1922  On this day in history al Hirt, New Orleans LA, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World)   

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0630  Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668) was born on November - 07.   

1598  On November - 07 birth of francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664)   

1619  Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.   

1650  John Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723) was born on November - 07.   

1656  Walraad the Younger, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nimegen was born on November - 07.   

1687  William Stukeley, English archaeologist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

1692  On this day in history birth of johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon (Insel Felsenburg)   

1706  On this day in history birth of carlo Cecere, composer   

0644  Death of Umar ibn al-Khattāb, Second caliph of Islam on this day in history.   

0739  On November - 07 willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81   

1225  On November - 07 death of engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40   

1550  On November - 07 death of jon Arason, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Iceland prior to the reformation, beheaded in Skalholt with his two sons Are and Bjorn. (b. 1484)   

1560  Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies on this day in history.   

1573  On November - 07 solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies   

1581  Death of Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar on November - 07.   

1599  Death of Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546) on November - 07.