Important Events From This day in History November 7

 

 1954 Armistice Day becomes Veteran's Day

1954 : It was made known this day in 1954 that the upcoming holiday normally celebrated on November 11th would be Veteran's Day. This used to be called Armistice Day, in order to celebrate the end of World War I. However, since another major world war had passed, it seemed time to call Armistice Day by the new name-Veteran's day, as mentioned already. This first V-day celebration scheduled was meant to honor vets from the Civil War, WWI and WWII, and the Korean conflict.

7 Nov, 1811 U.S.A. - - The Battle of Tippecanoe

The Shawnee had set up camp at the confluence of the Tippecanoe and Wabash rivers in Indiana, and called on the surrounding tribes to rise up. The governor of the Indiana Territory brought soldiers into the area and the Native Americans attacked them on November 7th, 1811 . The soldiers won and the Tippecanoe settlement was pulled down.

1929 U.S.A. - - Museum Of Modern Art

The Museum Of Modern Art is opened in New York City with the help of Abby Aldrich Rockefella and friends Abby was the wife of John D. Rockefella Jr. The Museum was devoted exclusively to modern art and the largest and most comprehensive of it's kind in the United States.

1922

Turkey - - Constantinople

According to a report made from Paris, allied nations requested help from their governments. This action was taken in order to help keep order in Constantinople, the former capital of the Ottoman Empire. Constantinople is the present-day city of Istanbul, which is in Turkey. This was the year of the fall of the Empire, which was run by the Romans in ancient times.

1924 Great Britain - - Ramsay McDonald

1924 : The Socialist Government in Britain headed by the ex British Prime Minister Ramsay McDonald went to the Royal Palace to hand over to King George their seals of Office to be distributed to the new conservative ministers headed by the Prime minister Baldwin and including Winston Churchill as the Chancellor of the Exchequer .

1935 Great Britain - - Naval Forces

It was possible that a naval parity (equality) agreement would be reached between countries such as the U.S., England, and Japan. However, it was also evident that both the United States and England would not be willing to alter the 5-5-3 military ratio limitations outlined by the Washington Treaty, which was soon to expire.

1940 Greece - - Italian Forces

Italian forces moved in very swiftly against Greece. Their primary target of attack was on Greek troops situated along the Ionian Sea, such as concentrations of troops on the Epirus and Kalamas Fronts. Moreover, cities such as Koritza, Albania were being shelled. Overall, this was not one of Greece's finest days in battle.

1940 U.S.A. - - Narrows Suspension Bridge Collapse Tacoma

1940 : Strong winds gusting to 35 MPH break the the Narrows suspension Bridge to pieces in Tacoma, Washington causing the bridge to fall to the bottom of Puget Sound .

1941 World War II - - Hospital Ship Sunk

German torpedo aircraft sink the soviet hospital ship Armenia killing approximately 7,000 people.

1942 World War II - - North Africa

Allied forces invade North Africa .

1944 U.S.A. - - Roosevelt

1944 : President Roosevelt is elected to fourth term defeating Thomas E. Dewey during World War II.

1956 U.S.A. - - Eisenhower

General D Dwight Eisenhower is reelected to the White House .

1956 United Nations - - Suez Crisis

Following President Nasser of Egypt announcing that all assets of the Suez Canal Company had been frozen and would be nationalized, France, Britain and Israel attack Egypt taking control of the Suez Canal, On this day in History The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt, because the US was backing the United Nations Resolution Britain, France and Israel had no choice and withdrew from Egypt 1 week later.

1961 U.S.A. - - California Fires

Two more California fires broke out. This was in addition to the ones that had destroyed the homes of many celebrities on the day before. Stars affected by these blazing flames included Burt Landcaster, Joe E. Brown, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. Ex-Vice President Richard M. Nixon also suffered the plight of fire damage to his home.

1967 U.S.A. - - Corporation for Public Broadcasting Created

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act establishing the The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to promote public broadcasting.

1972 U.S.A. - - Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon wins an overwhelming majority in the US presidential elections for a second term in the White House.

1973 Egypt - - Kissinger

1973 : After former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat met, the agreement was that they were moving towards peace. However violent fighting was occurring along the Suez Canal at the same tine Kissinger and Sadat had met. It would take awhile to make a considerable amount of progress, but this was considered a start. At the time it was thought of as something that was at least worth a try.

1983 U.S.A. - - United States Senate Bomb

A bomb is exploded at the United States Senate building by members of a group claiming to be the "Resistance Conspiracy" in protest to U.S. military involvement in Grenada and Lebanon. Members of the terrorist group were charged and bought to trial and found guilty for the U.S. Senate bombing and bombings of Fort McNair and the Washington Navy Yard.

1985 Lebanon - - Hostages

Half-dozen American hostages were being held, presumably in Lebanon. An anonymous caller had said that an Islamic Jihad had planned to take the lives of these Americans. Then, a second caller indicated that these hostages were dead. However, this report was proven to be unsubstantiated, so the hostages in question were reported missing at this time.

1989 U.S.A. - - Douglas Wilder

1989 : Douglas Wilder becomes the first African American to be elected as governor of a U.S. state when he is elected as the Governor of Virginia. The win was predicted in the polls with a large majority but on the day of the polls he was elected with a majority of less than half a percent. The difference is polling numbers and actual voting is sometimes called the The Bradley effect or less commonly called the Wilder effect.