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7 November on the globe: what happened in the world on this day, and who was born
For 7 November, the English Wikipedia lists 77 events and 271 births. 38 of the events stand at their places as rays of light; 10 more are dashed circles, where the sentence links only to a country or a sea. The taller the ray, the longer ago it happened. The people born that day come further down, as blue points.
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The Earth on 7 November
The picture on the globe was assembled by NASA from satellite photographs taken in November 2004: the snow, the ice and the green are those of the month.
On 7 November the Sun passes straight overhead at noon along the parallel of 16.3° south. In London, the day lasts about 9 hours 20 minutes.
Beyond 74° south the Sun no longer sets; beyond 74° north it no longer rises.
The line between day and night is tilted on the globe exactly as on this day of the year. On the dark side you can see the lights of towns.
Europe · Ensisheim meteorite
1492
The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.
On the map: the coordinates Wikidata gives for the article “Ensisheim meteorite”.
Europe · Deutsche Oper Berlin
1912
The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
On the map: Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Chinese.
Europe · Saint Petersburg
1917
The October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October, occurs, according to the Gregorian calendar; on this date, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
On the map: Saint Petersburg.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Romanian and Chinese.
Asia · Third Council of Constantinople
680
The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.
On the map: Third Council of Constantinople.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish and Chinese.
Asia · Neft Daşları
1949
The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), the world's oldest offshore oil platform.
On the map: Neft Daşları.
Asia · Mass Rapid Transit
1987
The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service.
On the map: Mass Rapid Transit.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Chinese.
Oceania · Melbourne Cup
1861
The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
On the map: Melbourne Cup.
North America · Dayton, Ohio
1910
The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Morehouse.
On the map: Dayton, Ohio.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Chinese.
North America · United States Congress
1916
Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
On the map: United States Congress.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish and Chinese.
Wikipedia: 1916 United States House of Representatives elections
North America · Museum of Modern Art
1929
In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
On the map: Museum of Modern Art.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish and Romanian.
7 November
What the other Wikipedias remember#
For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Spanish and Chinese and were translated for this page.
From Wikipedia in Spanish · Pheasant Island
1659
The Treaty of the Pyrenees is signed between Mazarin, representing France, and Don Luis de Haro, representing Spain. Spain loses Roussillon except for the town of Llívia.
On the map: Pheasant Island.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Spanish.
The article on Wikipedia in Spanish: Tratado de los Pirineos
From Wikipedia in Chinese · International Court of Justice
1984
The Chinese jurist Ni Zhengyu is elected a judge of the International Court of Justice.
On the map: International Court of Justice.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Chinese.
7 November
Born on 7 November#
The English Wikipedia lists 271 births for this day. The blue points are the birthplaces of 59 of these people: those written about in the most Wikipedia editions, where Wikidata gives a place of birth.
Born on 7 November
1867
Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1934)
Place of birth: Freta Street.
Born on 7 November
1913
Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1960)
Place of birth: Dréan.
Born on 7 November
1888
C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
Place of birth: Tiruchirappalli.
Born on 7 November
1903
Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
Place of birth: Vienna.
Born on 7 November
1878
Lise Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist and academic (died 1968)
Place of birth: Vienna.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1978
Rio Ferdinand, English footballer
Place of birth: Camberwell.
Born in Britain and Ireland
2000
Callum Hudson-Odoi, English footballer
Place of birth: Wandsworth.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1988
Tinie Tempah, English rapper and producer
Place of birth: Plumstead.
7 November
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An animal recorded that day
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The weather that day
Data: Met Office Hadley Centre (HadCET); NOAA (GHCN-Daily, Mauna Loa).
Above the Earth
Sources: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT (launches); GFZ Potsdam (Kp index). Days are counted in Universal Time.
Football that day
International matches played that day:
Source: the “International football results” dataset kept by Mart Jürisoo (CC0).
Also that day
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Everything Wikipedia lists for 7 November
The list is the English Wikipedia’s, in its own wording, as it stood in October 2026. 29 events have no place on the map: the sentence links to no place with coordinates, only to places too wide to mark, or to several countries.
- 335
Athanasius, 20th pope of Alexandria, is banished to Trier on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.
Europe · TrierWikipedia: Athanasius of Alexandria - 680
The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.
Asia · Third Council of ConstantinopleWikipedia: Third Council of Constantinople - 921
Treaty of Bonn: The Frankish kings Charles the Simple and Henry the Fowler sign a peace treaty or 'pact of friendship' (amicitia) to recognize their borders along the Rhine.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Treaty of Bonn - 1426
Lam Sơn uprising: Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi.
Asia · HanoiWikipedia: Lam Sơn uprising - 1492
The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.
Europe · Ensisheim meteoriteWikipedia: Ensisheim meteorite - 1504
Christopher Columbus returns from his fourth and last voyage.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Christopher Columbus - 1619
Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia - 1665
The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
no place on the mapWikipedia: The London Gazette - 1723
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, a dialogue cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for Leipzig, was first performed.
no place on the mapWikipedia: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60 - 1775
John Murray (also known as Lord Dunmore), the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
North America · Colony of VirginiaWikipedia: John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore - 1786
The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Stoughton Musical Society - 1811
Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.
North America · Battle of TippecanoeWikipedia: Battle of Tippecanoe - 1825
Jereboam O. Beauchamp murdered Kentucky legislator Solomon P. Sharp; Beauchamp later became the first person legally executed in the state.
North America · FrankfortWikipedia: Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy - 1837
In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
North America · Alton, IllinoisWikipedia: Alton, Illinois - 1861
American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
North America · Battle of BelmontWikipedia: American Civil War - 1861
The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
Oceania · Melbourne CupWikipedia: Melbourne Cup - 1874
A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Cartoon - 1881
Mapuche uprising of 1881: Mapuche rebels destroy the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial after defenders fled to the hills.
Latin America · Nueva ImperialWikipedia: Mapuche uprising of 1881 - 1885
The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
North America · Last spikeWikipedia: Last spike - 1893
An anarchist throws two bombs in Barcelona's Liceu opera house, killing 20.
Europe · Liceu bombingWikipedia: Liceu bombing - 1893
Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
North America · ColoradoWikipedia: Women's suffrage in the United States - 1900
Second Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein takes place, during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
Africa · Battle of LeliefonteinWikipedia: Battle of Leliefontein - 1907
Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometres (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
Latin America · Nacozari de GarcíaWikipedia: Jesús García - 1910
The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Morehouse.
North America · Dayton, OhioWikipedia: Air cargo - 1912
The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
Europe · Deutsche Oper BerlinWikipedia: Deutsche Oper Berlin - 1913
The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $159,243,000 in 2024 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
North America · Great LakesWikipedia: Great Lakes Storm of 1913 - 1914
The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces. This leaves Germany without a far east base.
Asia · QingdaoWikipedia: German Empire - 1916
Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
North America · Summer Street Bridge disasterWikipedia: Summer Street Bridge disaster - 1916
Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
North America · United States CongressWikipedia: 1916 United States House of Representatives elections - 1916
Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
no place on the mapWikipedia: 1916 United States presidential election - 1917
The October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October, occurs, according to the Gregorian calendar; on this date, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
Europe · Saint PetersburgWikipedia: October Revolution - 1917
World War I: The Third Battle of Gaza ends, with British forces capturing Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
Asia · Third Battle of GazaWikipedia: World War I - 1918
Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
Europe · Kingdom of BavariaWikipedia: Kurt Eisner - 1918
The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
Oceania · SamoaWikipedia: Spanish flu - 1919
The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Russian Revolution - 1920
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow - 1929
In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
North America · Museum of Modern ArtWikipedia: Museum of Modern Art - 1931
The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
no place on the mapWikipedia: October Revolution - 1933
Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Fiorello La Guardia - 1934
The first specimens of the tufted jay to be scientifically described were collected in Mexico.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Tufted jay - 1936
Spanish Civil War: The Madrid Defense Council is formed to coordinate the Defense of Madrid against nationalist forces.
Europe · Siege of MadridWikipedia: Spanish Civil War - 1940
In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
North America · Tacoma, WashingtonWikipedia: Tacoma, Washington - 1941
World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
Europe · CrimeaWikipedia: World War II - 1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
no place on the mapWikipedia: 1944 United States presidential election - 1944
Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Richard Sorge - 1949
The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), the world's oldest offshore oil platform.
Asia · Neft DaşlarıWikipedia: Neft Daşları - 1956
Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
Europe · Hungarian People's RepublicWikipedia: Hungarian Revolution of 1956 - 1956
Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Suez Crisis - 1957
Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Cold War - 1967
Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
North America · ClevelandWikipedia: Carl Stokes - 1967
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 - 1972
A ship collision with the Sidney Lanier Bridge in the U.S. state of Georgia resulted in a bridge collapse, which killed ten people.
North America · 1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapseWikipedia: 1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse - 1972
United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time.
no place on the mapWikipedia: 1972 United States presidential election - 1973
The United States Congress overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
North America · United States CongressWikipedia: United States Congress - 1975
In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Major General Ziaur Rahman.
Asia · BangladeshWikipedia: Bangladesh - 1982
Colonel Saye Zerbo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Gabriel Yoryan Somé.
Africa · OuagadougouWikipedia: 1982 Upper Voltan coup d'état - 1983
Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Poland on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war
no place on the mapWikipedia: Cold War - 1983
United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.
North America · 1983 United States Senate bombingWikipedia: 1983 United States Senate bombing - 1987
In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Africa · TunisiaWikipedia: Tunisia - 1987
The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service.
Asia · Mass Rapid TransitWikipedia: Mass Rapid Transit - 1989
David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
no place on the mapWikipedia: David Dinkins - 1989
Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
North America · VirginiaWikipedia: Douglas Wilder - 1989
East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
Europe · East GermanyWikipedia: East Germany - 1990
Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Mary Robinson - 1991
Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Magic Johnson - 1994
WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first internet radio broadcast.
North America · WXYCWikipedia: WXYC - 1996
ADC Airlines Flight 086 crashes into the Lagos Lagoon in Epe, Lagos State, Nigeria, killing all 144 people on board.
Africa · ADC Airlines Flight 086Wikipedia: ADC Airlines Flight 086 - 1996
NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
no place on the mapWikipedia: NASA - 2000
Hillary Clinton was elected as a US senator from New York, the first time a first lady had been elected to public office.
no place on the mapWikipedia: 2000 United States Senate election in New York - 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.
North America · Wamego, KansasWikipedia: Drug Enforcement Administration - 2000
The controversial US presidential election is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, electing George W. Bush as the 43rd President of the United States.
no place on the mapWikipedia: 2000 United States presidential election - 2004
Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day state of emergency as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
Asia · FallujahWikipedia: Iraq War - 2007
The Jokela school shooting in Jokela, Tuusula, Finland, takes place, resulting in the death of nine people.
Europe · Jokela school shootingWikipedia: Jokela school shooting - 2012
An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
Latin America · 2012 Guatemala earthquakeWikipedia: 2012 Guatemala earthquake - 2017
Shamshad TV is attacked by gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Shamshad TV - 2020
Joe Biden is confirmed elected as the 46th president of the United States, defeating incumbent Donald Trump.
no place on the mapWikipedia: 2020 United States presidential election - 2023
António Costa resigns as Prime Minister of Portugal following news of an investigation in a corruption scandal implicating members of his cabinet.
no place on the mapWikipedia: António Costa
What the other Wikipedias remember
For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Spanish and Chinese and were translated for this page.
- 1659
The Treaty of the Pyrenees is signed between Mazarin, representing France, and Don Luis de Haro, representing Spain. Spain loses Roussillon except for the town of Llívia.
Europe · Pheasant IslandTranslated from the list on Wikipedia in SpanishWikipedia: Tratado de los Pirineos - 1984
The Chinese jurist Ni Zhengyu is elected a judge of the International Court of Justice.
Europe · International Court of JusticeTranslated from the list on Wikipedia in ChineseWikipedia: 国际法院
Who was born on 7 November
In order of how many Wikipedia editions have an article about each. The first 60 of 271 are shown.
- 1867
Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1934)
Freta StreetWikipedia: Marie Curie - 1913
Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1960)
- 1728
James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer (died 1779)
MartonWikipedia: James Cook - 1879
Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (died 1940)
BereslavkaWikipedia: Leon Trotsky - 1888
C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
TiruchirappalliWikipedia: C. V. Raman - 1903
Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
ViennaWikipedia: Konrad Lorenz - 1878
Lise Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist and academic (died 1968)
ViennaWikipedia: Lise Meitner - 1967
David Guetta, French DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter
- 1918
Billy Graham, American minister and author (died 2018)
CharlotteWikipedia: Billy Graham - 1186
Ögedei Khan, Mongol ruler, 2nd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (died 1241)
- 1598
Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter (died 1664)
Fuente de CantosWikipedia: Francisco de Zurbarán - 1990
David de Gea, Spanish footballer
MadridWikipedia: David de Gea - 1888
Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (died 1934)
HuliaipoleWikipedia: Nestor Makhno - 1943
Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Fort MacleodWikipedia: Joni Mitchell - 1996
Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter
TakapunaWikipedia: Lorde - 1978
Rio Ferdinand, English footballer
CamberwellWikipedia: Rio Ferdinand - 630
Constans II, Byzantine emperor (died 668)
ConstantinopleWikipedia: Constans II - 1944
Gigi Riva, Italian footballer and manager (died 2024)
LeggiunoWikipedia: Gigi Riva - 1981
Anushka Shetty, Indian actress
MangaluruWikipedia: Anushka Shetty - 1929
Eric Kandel, Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize laureate
ViennaWikipedia: Eric Kandel - 994
Ibn Hazm, Arabian philosopher and scholar (died 1069)
CórdobaWikipedia: Ibn Hazm - 1954
Kamal Haasan, Tamil actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
ParamakudiWikipedia: Kamal Haasan - 1939
Barbara Liskov, American computer scientist and academic
Los AngelesWikipedia: Barbara Liskov - 1952
David Petraeus, American general, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Cornwall-on-HudsonWikipedia: David Petraeus - 1886
Aron Nimzowitsch, Russian-Danish chess player and theoretician (died 1935)
- 1891
Genrikh Yagoda, director of the NKVD (died 1938)
RybinskWikipedia: Genrikh Yagoda - 1926
Joan Sutherland, Australian soprano (died 2010)
Point PiperWikipedia: Joan Sutherland - 1943
Michael Spence, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
MontclairWikipedia: Michael Spence - 1941
Angelo Scola, Italian cardinal and philosopher
MalgrateWikipedia: Angelo Scola - 2000
Callum Hudson-Odoi, English footballer
WandsworthWikipedia: Callum Hudson-Odoi - 1838
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author and playwright (died 1889)
Saint-BrieucWikipedia: Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam - 1903
Dean Jagger, American actor (died 1991)
Columbus GroveWikipedia: Dean Jagger - 1963
John Barnes, Jamaican-English footballer and manager
KingstonWikipedia: John Barnes - 1316
Simeon of Russia (died 1353)
- 1973
Martín Palermo, Argentinian footballer and manager
La PlataWikipedia: Martín Palermo - 1973
Yunjin Kim, South Korean-American actress
- 1978
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer
- 1989
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Russian singer and political activist
- 1927
Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (died 2013)
- 1951
Lawrence O'Donnell, American journalist and talk show host
- 1988
Tinie Tempah, English rapper and producer
PlumsteadWikipedia: Tinie Tempah - 1818
Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician and physiologist (died 1896)
- 1977
Andres Oper, Estonian footballer
TallinnWikipedia: Andres Oper - 1976
Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player and model
MelbourneWikipedia: Mark Philippoussis - 1978
Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer
- 1832
Andrew Dickson White, American historian, academic, and diplomat, co-founded Cornell University (died 1918)
- 1940
Antonio Skármeta, Chilean author and academic
AntofagastaWikipedia: Antonio Skármeta - 1983
Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and singer
WaterlooWikipedia: Adam DeVine - 1988
Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player
- 1950
Lindsay Duncan, Scottish actress
EdinburghWikipedia: Lindsay Duncan - 1969
Hélène Grimaud, French pianist
Aix-en-ProvenceWikipedia: Hélène Grimaud - 1970
Marc Rosset, Swiss-Monacan tennis player
GenevaWikipedia: Marc Rosset - 2001
Amybeth McNulty, Irish actress
DonegalWikipedia: Amybeth McNulty - 1954
Guy Gavriel Kay, Canadian lawyer and author
WeyburnWikipedia: Guy Gavriel Kay - 1960
Tommy Thayer, American guitarist and songwriter
PortlandWikipedia: Tommy Thayer - 1984
Amelia Vega, Dominican actress and singer, Miss Universe 2003
Santiago de los CaballerosWikipedia: Amelia Vega - 1990
Daniel Ayala, Spanish footballer
El SaucejoWikipedia: Daniel Ayala - 1943
Boris Gromov, Russian general and politician, Governor of Moscow Oblast
SaratovWikipedia: Boris Gromov - 1970
Morgan Spurlock, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
ParkersburgWikipedia: Morgan Spurlock - 1897
Herman J. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1953)
New York CityWikipedia: Herman J. Mankiewicz
What is celebrated on 7 November
- Christian feast day: All Dominican Saints and Blesseds
- Christian feast day: Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (Lutheran)
- Christian feast day: Engelbert II of Berg
- Christian feast day: Herculanus of Perugia
- Christian feast day: John Christian Frederick Heyer (Lutheran)
- Christian feast day: Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen (Lutheran)
- Christian feast day: Prosdocimus
- Christian feast day: Vicente Liem de la Paz (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
- Christian feast day: Willibrord
- Christian feast day: November 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Students' Day, the anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar's school entry day. (Maharashtra, India)
- Commemoration Day, the anniversary of Ben Ali's succession. (Tunisia)
- Hungarian Opera Day (Hungary)
- International Inuit Day
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The height of a ray shows how many years have passed, on a logarithmic scale: 10 years, 100 years and 1,000 years are equal steps apart; anything older than about 2,600 years has the tallest ray. The colour runs from pale yellow for recent years to violet for antiquity.
Where the tour stops
In each region the tour stops at up to three events (five in Britain and Ireland), chosen mainly by three things: whether Wikipedia’s editors put the event in the “On this day” box of their main page (the English, Spanish and Chinese editions), how many Wikipedia editions have an article about it, and how many of the four lists include it. Events whose sentence or article is about a war, an attack, a crime or a disaster are left out of the tour; they stay in the whole list, in Wikipedia’s wording. The filter is a list of words and a list of Wikidata types, so it can miss some.
The tour of births names the people with articles in the most editions and leaves aside those whom the list or Wikidata describes as rulers, politicians, commanders, leaders of movements or criminals; they stay in the list.
The Earth and the Sun
The daytime images are NASA’s Blue Marble Next Generation mosaics, one for each month of 2004; the night side is Black Marble 2016. The tilt of the line between day and night is computed for the day; the hour is chosen so that the place being read is in daylight. The latitude where the Sun stands overhead is the average of the four years of the leap cycle; in a given year it can differ by up to 0.4°.
The day you were born
The number ones come from the weekly lists on Wikipedia: Billboard for the United States (from 1940; the Hot 100 from August 1958), the UK Singles Chart (from November 1952), Los 40 Principales for Spain (from July 1966) and, for Romania, the Romanian Top 100 and Airplay 100 (2001–2021, with missing weeks). The page shows the chart of the week in which the day of birth falls, with its date; Billboard and the UK chart are dated at the end of their week. For Romania before 2001 and for China these sources have no weekly chart.
The films are those that reached cinemas in the United States up to ten days before or three days after that day (some of them in a few cinemas at first), from the English Wikipedia’s yearly lists (from 1968), in order of how many editions have an article about them. The events “in those days” are the ones on the neighbouring days’ lists that carry the year of birth, passed through the same filter as the tour.
The day of birth, year included
The Moon, the star sign and the constellation are worked out by the page itself, for noon Universal Time on the day. The lit part of the Moon is rounded and can differ by a few per cent from that at the hour of birth. The sign follows the usual zodiac of twelve equal parts starting at the March equinox; the constellation is the one the Sun actually stood in front of, by the borders set by the International Astronomical Union, and within a day of a border the page does not name it. When the Sun changes sign while it is that day anywhere on Earth, the page gives the moment of crossing, rounded to ten minutes and accurate to within about a quarter of an hour, and the clock time in a few cities, with the time zone and summer time of that year.
The year in the Chinese calendar is the one your device’s own calendar gives for the date, checked against the Hong Kong Observatory’s tables. “All your birthdays” uses the same sources as the rest of the chapter for the same day in every year since the birth: the temperature, well-known launches that took place on that very day, matches of the teams the edition follows, snow deeper than 10 cm and strong geomagnetic storms. The three things at the top and the four on the picture are chosen in a fixed order (the song, the animal, a full Moon, a well-known launch before an ordinary earthquake); on the picture you can change them.
When the link carries a year of birth, the page adds a few things about that exact day. The weather is the Met Office’s Central England temperature record and the readings from New York’s Central Park; the “usual high” is the average of the daily highs of 1961–1990 for that date, with two days either side. The carbon dioxide figure is the monthly mean at the Mauna Loa observatory, where measurements begin in March 1958.
The earthquake is the one with the largest magnitude in the USGS catalogue for that day, counted in Universal Time. Before the 1960s the catalogue has gaps even above magnitude 5.5, so in the older years many days have no earthquake. The page gives only the magnitude and the place: the country the epicentre falls in or, when the epicentre is at sea within 300 km of a coast, the nearest country; farther out, only the ocean.
The launches are those that reached orbit or left for the Moon and the planets, from Jonathan McDowell’s GCAT catalogue. If nothing left that day, the page shows the nearest launch within three days before or after, and says how many days away it was. The geomagnetic storm appears only when the Kp index reached at least 5 in one of the day’s eight three-hour intervals.
The animal comes from GBIF: an observation made by a person (the animal seen or heard, or its tracks), dated to that exact day, with coordinates and a CC0 or CC BY licence. Only a few hundred well-known species are searched (mammals, birds, turtles, butterflies); of those noted that day, mammals and species with articles in many Wikipedia editions come first; birds noted almost every day, and species used recently, wait their turn. Observations dated 1 January are left out, because records without a day are often filed there. An observation shows that the animal was recorded there, not how many animals there were.
The matches are those between national teams. Only matches of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Canada and Australia are shown, along with those at the big final tournaments. The picture to send is drawn in the page from the day’s globe and the facts above, and stays on your device until you send it.
Sources
- Events, births and holidays: the day’s page on Wikipedia, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates, places of birth and the number of editions: Wikidata (CC0).
- The Earth by day: NASA Blue Marble Next Generation. The Earth by night: NASA Black Marble 2016.
- Borders and regions: Natural Earth.
- World population and births per year: UN World Population Prospects 2024.
- Charts and films: Wikipedia’s lists for Billboard, the UK Singles Chart, Los 40 Principales, Romanian Top 100, Airplay 100 and American films by year (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Weather: Met Office Hadley Centre, HadCET (Open Government Licence) and NOAA GHCN-Daily, New York Central Park. Carbon dioxide: NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Mauna Loa.
- Earthquakes: the USGS catalogue. Launches: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT (CC BY). Kp index: GFZ Potsdam (CC BY 4.0). Matches: International football results, Mart Jürisoo (CC0).
- Animal observations: GBIF, with a link to each record; species names come from Wikidata.