Page 4: Historical Events In November - 07

1900  On this day in history sgt. Edward J. G. Holland (Royal Cdn. Dragoons) wins the Victoria Cross at Leliefontein South Africa   

1900  Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history efrem Kurtz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Houston Symph 1948-54)   

1901  Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli, dies on November - 07.   

1902  Rob van der de Bas, [Barend Robberts], troubadour (Klucht of the Cow) on November - 07.   

1903  On this day in history albert Helman, [Lou Lichtveld], Suriname politician/novelist   

1905  William Alwyn, composer on November - 07.   

1906  On this day in history eugene Carson Blake, US sec-gen of World council of Churches (1966-72)   

1907  Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico on this day in history.   

1907  Maurits Mok, Dutch author/poet (Cheese & Bread Game) on November - 07.   

1908  Dutch capture Venezuelan navy on November - 07.   

1909  Knights & Ladies of St Peter Claver organizes in Mobile Alabama on November - 07.   

1910  On this day in history the first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.   

1910  Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War & Peace), dies at 82 [OS] on this day in history.   

1911  On November - 07 walter Shlomo Gross, journalist   

1912  On this day in history the Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.   

1913  On November - 07 albert Camus, Algeria, novelist/director (The Just-Nobel 1957)   

1914  Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai on November - 07.   

1914  R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty, US, sci-fi author (Devil is Dead) on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 kill)   

1916  Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected President on this day in history.   

1916  Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising on November - 07.   

1916  Joe Bushkin, NYC, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes) on this day in history.   

1917  British capture Gaza Palestine from the Turks on this day in history.   

1917  British capture Gaza Palestine from Turks on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history andras Mihaly, composer   

1918  On this day in history goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets   

1918  On this day in history the birth of Billy Graham, American evangelist   

1918  United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed on November - 07.   

1918  Billy Graham, Charlotte NC, Baptist evangelist (Crusades) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history uS police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers   

1919  On November - 07 hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56   

1921  On November - 07 ed Wynn's musical "Perfect Fool," premieres in NYC   

1922  On November - 07 al Hirt, New Orleans LA, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World)   

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0630  Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668) was born on November - 07.   

1598  On November - 07 birth of francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664)   

1619  On November - 07 birth of gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692)   

1650  John Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history birth of walraad the Younger, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nimegen   

1687  On this day in history birth of william Stukeley, English archaeologist (d. 1765)   

1692  Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon (Insel Felsenburg) was born on this day in history.   

1706  Carlo Cecere, composer was born on this day in history.   

0644  Death of Umar ibn al-Khattāb, Second caliph of Islam on this day in history.   

0739  On this day in history willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81   

1225  Death of Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40 on this day in history.   

1550  On this day in history death of jon Arason, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Iceland prior to the reformation, beheaded in Skalholt with his two sons Are and Bjorn. (b. 1484)   

1560  Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies on November - 07.   

1573  On November - 07 solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies   

1581  Death of Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar on November - 07.   

1599  Death of Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546) on this day in history.