Today in History
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1987 Coup in Tunisia
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali took over the presidency of Tunisia from President Habib Bourguiba in a bloodless coup.
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1947 Coup in Thailand
The military staged a coup against Thawan Thamrong Nawasawat and installed Khuang Aphaiwong as Prime Minister.
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1917 October Revolution
The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, seized control of the Winter Palace, effectively ending the rule of the post-Tsarist provisional government and transferring all power to the communists in Russia.
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1916 First woman to be elected to US Congress
Jeannette Rankin from Montana became the first woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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1869 First inter-city cycle race
Between Paris and Rouen, the first city-to-city cycle race was held. The race was won by James Moore, an Englishman living in Paris at the time.
Births On This Day, November 7
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1952 David Petraeus
American military officer, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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1943 Joni Mitchell
Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist
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1913 Albert Camus
French author, journalist, philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
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1888 C. V. Raman
Indian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1867 Marie Curie
Polish chemist, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
Deaths On This Day, November 7
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2011 Joe Frazier
American boxer
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1980 Steve McQueen
American actor
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1962 Eleanor Roosevelt
American politician, humanitarian, 34th First Lady of the United States
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1913 Alfred Russel Wallace
Welsh/English geographer, biologist, explorer
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644 Umar
Islamic caliph
