Page 7: Historical Events In November - 07
Saturday, 07 February 2026
1974 Rodolfo Acosta, actor (Passion, Littlest Outlaw), dies at 54 

1978 Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28), dies at 80 

1979 Amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71 

1980 Steve McQueen, actor (Tom Horn, Bullitt), dies at 50 

1981 Will Durant, US author (story of civilization), dies at 96. 

1982 Liz Taylor's 7th divorce (John Warner) 

1983 Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries. 

1983 David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer, dies at 61 

1984 George Matthews, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73 of heart disease. 

1985 Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice 

1990 Josephine Wilson, actress (We Dive at Dawn), dies at 86 

1991 Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus and retires from Lakers. 

1991 Gene Tierney, US actress (Laura/Heaven can wait), dies at 70. 

1992 Alexander Dubcek, premier Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies at 70. 

1993 Adelaide Hall, US jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92. 

1994 Intel tells the world of a "Bug Problem" in their Pentium chips. 

1994 Michael O'Donoghue, comedian (SNL), dies at about 54 

1995 Jerry Daniels, singer/guitarist, dies at 79 

1996 Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist, dies at 84. 

2005 Microsoft launched Microsoft SQL Server 205, Microsoft Visual Studio 205 and Microsoft BizTalk 206 worldwide 

2006 In the U.S. congressional elections, Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison is recorded as becoming the inaugural Muslim elected to the House of Representatives 

2006 The Japanese town of Saroma, Hokkaido is struck by a tornado, killing nine. It is the deadliest tornado in Japan since 1941. 

2006 U.S. Midterm elections: Democrats win control of both houses of Congress for the inaugural time since 1994 

2007 A 48 hour long state of emergency for Tbilisi is declared by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili due to the intense anti-government protests that have gripped the capital city 

2007 The Jokela school shooting occurs. Finnish youth Pekka-Eric Auvinen shoots dead 8 people and wounds one at the Jokela School Centre. 

2012 48 people are killed by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Guatemala. 

2017 South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun is recorded as becoming the inaugural LPGA rookie to be ranked no. 1 

2017 Melbourne Cup: Joseph O’Brien at 24 is the youngest trainer to win with Rekindling jockeyed by Corey Brown 

2017 Extreme smog in Delhi, India, leads Indian Medical Association to declare "a state of medical emergency" 

2017 In this year, US Democrats dominate off-year elections; Ralph Northam claims Governor of Virginia, Philip Murphy Governor of New Jersey 

2017 Danica Roem is recorded as becoming the inaugural US transgender person to be elected to a state legislature in the US in North Virginia 

2017 Opera soprano Audrey Luna sings highest-ever note at Met Opera in New York, A above high C 

2018 Ex-marine opens fire at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, shooting 12, including a police officer, and himself. 

2018 In this year, For second straight year France claims Six Nations Rugby Championship on points difference from Ireland, with a final round 46-19 win over Scotland at Stade de France, Saint Denis; Ireland again takes Triple Crown. 

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