November 7th, 1242

Born on November 7th, 1242

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What happened on November 7th?

November 7th, 2000

Hillary Clinton was elected as a US senator from New York, the first time a first lady had been elected to public office.

November 7th, 1991

Magic Johnson announced his retirement from professional basketball due to HIV infection.

November 7th, 1987

Tunisian prime minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed and replaced President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him medically unfit for the duties of the office.

November 7th, 1949

Oil was discovered in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, leading to the construction of Neft Daşları, the world's first offshore oil platform.

November 7th, 1917

World War I: British forces captured Gaza following the retreat of the Ottoman garrison.

November 7th, 1916

In the congressional elections, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.

November 7th, 1861

American Civil War: Future U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant engaged in his first combat leadership role in the Battle of Belmont in Mississippi County, Missouri.

November 7th, 1837

American abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, during an attack to destroy his printing press and abolitionist materials.

November 7th, 1811

Tecumseh's War: American forces led by William Henry Harrison defeated the forces of Shawnee leader Tecumseh's growing confederation at the Battle of Tippecanoe near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana.

November 7th, 1775

Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of the Colony of Virginia, signed a proclamation promising freedom for the slaves of Patriots if they joined the British Armed Forces.

November 7th, 1723

O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, a dialogue cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for Leipzig, was first performed.

November 7th, 1997

The science fiction film Starship Troopers was released to generally negative reviews.

November 7th, 0680

The Third Council of Constantinople convened to settle the Christological controversies of monoenergism and monothelitism.

November 7th, 1972

A ship collision with the Sidney Lanier Bridge in the U.S. state of Georgia resulted in a bridge collapse (pictured), which killed ten people.

November 7th, 1825

Jereboam O. Beauchamp murdered Kentucky legislator Solomon P. Sharp; Beauchamp later became the first person legally executed in the state.

Public holidays on November 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on November 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1242 is a normal year and no leap year.

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