Once Upon A Time – November 7 – 1786 – Oldest Musical Organization In The U.S. Is Founded In Boston, Massachusetts As The Stoughton Musical Society

1492 Ensisheim Meteorite strikes a wheat field near the village of Ensisheim in Alsace, France. Oldest meteorite with a known date of impact.

1872 Cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from Staten Island for Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned four weeks later

1917 [OS Oct 25] October Revolution in Russia; Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power, capture the Winter Palace and overthrow the Provisional Government.

1931 Chinese People’s Republic proclaimed by Mao Zedong

2000 Controversial US presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore is inconclusive; the result, in Bush’s favor, is eventually resolved by the Supreme Court

2020 Former Vice-President Joe Biden declared the winner of the US Presidential race, four days after the US election, defeating sitting President Donald Trump

Historical Events Today

Today In Film & Tv

1932 1st broadcast of “Buck Rogers in the 25th century” on CBS-radio

Today In Music

1786 The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded in Boston, Massachusetts as the Stoughton Musical Society

Today In Sport

1991 Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers

1874 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by Thomas Nast

2000 The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country’s largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas

Famous Weddings

1597 Emilia of Nassau weds Dom Emanuel of Portugal

1951 American entertainer Frank Sinatra (34) marries 2nd wife American film star Ava Gardner (26); divorce in 1957

1957 Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (23) weds Valentina Ivanovna Goryacheva