Page 4: 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 this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history efrem Kurtz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Houston Symph 1948-54)   

1901  Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli, dies on November - 07.   

1902  Rob van der de Bas, [Barend Robberts], troubadour (Klucht of the Cow) on this day in history.   

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

1905  William Alwyn, composer on this day in history.   

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 November - 07.   

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

1910  On November - 07 the first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.   

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

1911  On November - 07 walter Shlomo Gross, journalist   

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

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

1914  On this day in history japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai   

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  Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected President on November - 07.   

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

1916  Joe Bushkin, NYC, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes) on this day in history.   

1917  British capture Gaza Palestine from the Turks on this day in history.   

1917  British capture Gaza Palestine from Turks on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history andras Mihaly, composer   

1918  On November - 07 goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets   

1918  The birth of Billy Graham, American evangelist on November - 07.   

1918  United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed on this day in history.   

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  On November - 07 hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56   

1921  On November - 07 ed Wynn's musical "Perfect Fool," premieres in NYC   

1922  Al Hirt, New Orleans LA, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World) on this day in history.   

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

1598  Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664) was born on November - 07.   

1619  On November - 07 birth of gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692)   

1650  John Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

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

1687  On this day in history birth of william Stukeley, English archaeologist (d. 1765)   

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

1706  On November - 07 birth of carlo Cecere, composer   

0644  On November - 07 death of umar ibn al-Khattāb, Second caliph of Islam   

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

1225  On this day in history death of engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40   

1550  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) on November - 07.   

1560  On November - 07 peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies   

1573  Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies on this day in history.   

1581  Death of Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar on this day in history.   

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