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

1900  Efrem Kurtz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Houston Symph 1948-54) on November - 07.   

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  On November - 07 albert Helman, [Lou Lichtveld], Suriname politician/novelist   

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 November - 07.   

1907  On this day in history maurits Mok, Dutch author/poet (Cheese & Bread Game)   

1908  Dutch capture Venezuelan navy on this day in history.   

1909  Knights & Ladies of St Peter Claver organizes in Mobile Alabama on November - 07.   

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

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

1911  Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist on November - 07.   

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

1913  Albert Camus, Algeria, novelist/director (The Just-Nobel 1957) on this day in history.   

1914  On November - 07 japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai   

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

1915  On this day in history austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 kill)   

1916  Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected President on November - 07.   

1916  Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising on this day in history.   

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

1917  British capture Gaza Palestine from the Turks on November - 07.   

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

1917  On November - 07 andras Mihaly, composer   

1918  Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets on November - 07.   

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

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

1918  Billy Graham, Charlotte NC, Baptist evangelist (Crusades) on this day in history.   

1919  US police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers on this day in history.   

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

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0630  On this day in history birth of constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668)   

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

1619  Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692) was born on November - 07.   

1650  On November - 07 birth of john Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723)   

1656  On November - 07 birth of walraad the Younger, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nimegen   

1687  William Stukeley, English archaeologist (d. 1765) was born on November - 07.   

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

1706  Carlo Cecere, composer was born on November - 07.   

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

0739  On this day in history willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81   

1225  Death of Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies   

1573  Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies on November - 07.   

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.