November 7 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for November 7
In the headlines today:

2006		Citing irreconcilable differences, pop singer Britney Spears and dancer Kevin Federline file for divorce, in Los Angeles. (photo credit: Jive Records)
1998		US Senator John Glenn, the US' oldest astronaut at age 77, returns to Earth aboard the space shuttle Discovery after a nine-day mission. (photo credit: NASA)
1989	L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia becomes the first African-American governor elected in the US.
1980	Actor Steve McQueen dies in Juarez, Mexico, at age 50.
1972		US president Richard M. Nixon (left) wins re-election, beating Democrat challenger George McGovern. (photo credit: NARA)
1962	Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt dies in New York City at age 78.
1951		Singer-actor Frank Sinatra marries actress Ava Gardner. (photo credits [L-R]: Warner Bros / WEA, St. Martin's Griffin)
1945	Mexico and South Africa are admitted to the United Nations.
1944	US president Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Thomas E. Dewey at the polls, to win an unprecedented fourth term.
1940	Gusty winds cause the center span of Washington state's Tacoma Narrows Bridge to collapse. The rebuilt bridge would forever be nicknamed Galloping Gertie by local residents.
1929	New York City's Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
1917	Russia's Bolshevik Revolution begins as forces loyal to Vladimir Lenin overthrow Alexander Kerensky's provisional government.
1916	Jeannette Rankin (R-Montana) becomes the first woman elected to the US Congress.
1893	Women in Colorado gain the right to vote.
1885	The last spike is driven to complete the Canadian Pacific Railroad.