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Today in history

• Today is Saturday 7 November, the 312nd day of 2020. There are 54 days left a year.

Highlights of today in history:

• On November 7, 1967, Carl Stokes was elected the first black mayor of a major city: Cleveland, Ohio.

In this date:

• In 1811, US forces led by Indiana Territory Governor William Henry Harrison defeated the Tecumseh Confederacy warriors at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
• In 1867, Nobel laureate scientist Marie Curie was born in Warsaw.
• In 1917, the Russian Bolshevik Revolution took place when forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky.
• In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term, defeating Republican Thomas E. Dewey.
• In 1962, Richard M. Nixon, having lost the California government race, held what he called his “last press conference”, telling reporters, “You won’t have more Nixon to kick”.
• In 1972, President Richard Nixon was re-elected in an avalanche of votes over Democrat George McGovern.
• In 1973, Congress overturned President Richard Nixon’s veto on the War Powers Act, which restricts a CEO’s power to wage war without congressional approval.
• In 1989, L. Douglas Wilder won the race for governor in Virginia, becoming the first black elected governor in US history; David N. Dinkins was elected New York City’s first black mayor.
• In 2001, the Bush administration targeted Osama bin Laden’s multimillion-dollar financial networks, shutting down businesses in four states, arresting US suspects, and urging allies to help stifle money supplies in 40 nations.
• In 2009, in a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democrat-controlled House narrowly passed, 220-215, vital health legislation to expand coverage to the tens of millions who do not and impose new and stiff restrictions insurance sector.
• In 2013, Twitter’s shares went on sale to the public for the first time; ultimately, the social network was valued at $ 31 billion.
• In 2018, a gunman killed 12 people in a country music bar in Thousand Oaks, California before apparently taking his own life when officers approached; the victims included a man who survived the mass shooting at a country music concert in Las Vegas. After more than a year of violent attacks by President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been kicked out of that post.
• Ten years ago: Scientists at the world’s largest atom destroyer, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, recreated the state of matter shortly after the Big Bang using lead ion collisions. Gebre Gebremariam (GEH’-brah geh-brah-MAYR’-ee-am) of Ethiopia won the men’s title at the New York City Marathon in 2:08:14 in his distance debut. Kenyan Edna Kiplagat won the women’s race in 2:28:20 for her first major marathon championship.
• Five years ago: the leaders of China and Taiwan met for the first time since the bitter enemies of the Cold War split in the midst of civil war 66 years earlier; Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou hailed the Singapore meeting as a sign of a new stability in relations. The license plates that were on the limo that carried President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas in 1963 were auctioned for $ 100,000. Yitzhak Navon, 94, who was one of the foremost aides to Israel’s founding father David Ben-Gurion and who served as Israel’s president from 1978 to 1983, died in Jerusalem.
• A year ago: Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he would try to reclaim his old Senate seat from Alabama. (The effort ended in defeat in a Republican primary ballot.) Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced he would retire after more than three years as the best cop in town. (Johnson was reportedly fired weeks later by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who cited “ethical errors” including lying about a recent accident where Johnson was found asleep behind the wheel of his car after drinking.) Juul Labs said that would have stopped sales in the United States. of its best-selling mint-flavored e-cigarettes; the move came as the company struggled to survive a nationwide backlash against vaping.

Today’s birthdays: Former United States Senator Rudy Boschwitz, Minnesota, is 90 years old. Actor Barry Newman is 82 years old. Actor Dakin Matthews is 80 years old. Singer Johnny Rivers is 78 years old. Former supermodel Jean Shrimpton is 78 years old. Songwriter Joni Mitchell is 77 years old Former CIA director David Petraeus is 68 years old. Jazz singer Rene Marie is 65 years old. Actor Christopher Knight (TV: “The Brady Bunch”) is 63. Rock musician Tommy Thayer (KISS) is 60 years old. Actor Julie Pinson is 53 years old. Rock musician Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne) is 52 years old. Actor Michelle Clunie is 51 years old. Documentary maker Morgan Spurlock is 50 years old. Actor Christopher Daniel Barnes is 48 years old. Actors Jeremy and Jason London are 48. Actor Yunjin Kim is 47 years old. Actor Adam DeVine is 37 years old. Rock musician Zach Myers (Shinedown) is 37 years old. Actor Lucas Neff is 35 years old. Rapper Tinie (TY’-nee) Tempah is 32 years old. Rock singer Lorde is 24 years old.