Page 4: Historical Events In November - 07

1900  On November - 07 sgt. Edward J. G. Holland (Royal Cdn. Dragoons) wins the Victoria Cross at Leliefontein South Africa   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1903  On November - 07 albert Helman, [Lou Lichtveld], Suriname politician/novelist   

1905  William Alwyn, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history maurits Mok, Dutch author/poet (Cheese & Bread Game)   

1908  On this day in history dutch capture Venezuelan navy   

1909  On this day in history knights & Ladies of St Peter Claver organizes in Mobile Alabama   

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 November - 07 the Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.   

1913  Albert Camus, Algeria, novelist/director (The Just-Nobel 1957) on this day in history.   

1914  Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai on this day in history.   

1914  On November - 07 r[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty, US, sci-fi author (Devil is Dead)   

1915  Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 kill) on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected President   

1916  On this day in history grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising   

1916  On this day in history joe Bushkin, NYC, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes)   

1917  On November - 07 british capture Gaza Palestine from the Turks   

1917  On this day in history british capture Gaza Palestine from Turks   

1917  Andras Mihaly, composer on November - 07.   

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

1918  The birth of Billy Graham, American evangelist on November - 07.   

1918  United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed on this day in history.   

1918  On November - 07 billy Graham, Charlotte NC, Baptist evangelist (Crusades)   

1919  US police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers on November - 07.   

1919  Hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1922  Al Hirt, New Orleans LA, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World) on November - 07.   

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0630  On this day in history birth of constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668)   

1598  On this day in history birth of francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664)   

1619  Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692) was born on November - 07.   

1650  On this day in history birth of john Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723)   

1656  On November - 07 birth of walraad the Younger, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nimegen   

1687  William Stukeley, English archaeologist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

1692  Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon (Insel Felsenburg) was born on November - 07.   

1706  Carlo Cecere, composer was born on November - 07.   

0644  On this day in history death of umar ibn al-Khattāb, Second caliph of Islam   

0739  On November - 07 willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81   

1225  On November - 07 death of engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40   

1550  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) on this day in history.   

1560  Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies on this day in history.   

1573  Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies on November - 07.   

1581  On November - 07 death of richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar   

1599  On November - 07 death of gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546)