Historical Events -  November 7

1665  : The oldest journal, the London Gazette, was first published.

1875 : Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote the song Vande Mataram. 

1879 : Vasudev Balwant Phadke sentenced to life imprisonment (Kalapani).

1917 : Successful Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

1944 : Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States for the fourth time.

1951 : M. Patanjali Shastri became the 2nd Chief Justice of India.

1990 : Mary Robinson became the first woman president of Ireland.

1998 : The world’s oldest astronaut named John Glenn returned safely to Earth.

2001 : Belgian national carrier SABENA went bankrupt.

2003 : US President George Bush signed a bill on abortion.

Famous Birthdays   – November 7  

1186: Ögedei, a son of Genghis Khan, and the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.

1858: Bipin Chandra Pal, an Indian nationalist, writer, orator, social reformer, and Indian independence movement activist.

1867: Marie Curie, a Polish and naturalized-French physicist, and chemist.

1879: Leon Trotsky, a Russian revolutionary, political theorist, and politician.

1888: C. V. Raman, an Indian physicist.

1900: N. G. Ranga, an Indian freedom fighter, classical liberal, and parliamentarian and farmer leader.

1954: Kamal Haasan, an Indian actor, dancer, film director, screenwriter, producer, playback singer, lyricist, and politician.

1969: Nandita Das, an Indian actor, and director.

1981: Anushka Shetty, an Indian actress.

1996: Lorde, a New Zealand singer and songwriter. 

 

Death Anniversaries – November 7

1862: Bahadur Shah Zafar or Bahadur Shah II, the last Mughal emperor.

1905: Keshavsut, Indian-Marathi poet.

1923: Ashwini Kumar Dutta, a Bengali educationist, philanthropist, social reformer and patriot.

1947: K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist, and politician.

1980: Steve McQueen, Hollywood actor.

1981: Will Durant, American historian, and philosopher.

1998: Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki, an Indian vocalist, composer, and scholar of Indian classical, semi-classical, and devotional music.

2000: Chidambaram Subramaniam, an Indian politician and Independence activist.

2009: Sunita Deshpande, Indian Writer, and freedom fighter.

2015: Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Indian director and poet.