November 7 - This day in history

November 7: General Interest
1991: Magic Johnson announces he is HIV-positive

On this day in 1991, basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson stuns the world by announcing his sudden retirement from the Los Angeles Lakers, after testing positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS... read more


American Revolution
1776 : Post office stays in the Franklin family
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/post-office-stays-in-the-franklin-family


Automotive
1965 : Art Arfons sets land-speed record
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/art-arfons-sets-land-speed-record


Civil War
1861 : North and South clash at the Battle of Belmont
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-belmont-missouri


Cold War
1957 : Gaither Report calls for more U.S. missiles and fallout shelters
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gaither-report-calls-for-more-us-missiles-and-fallout-shelters


Crime
1983 : A family is brutally murdered
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-family-is-brutally-murdered


Disaster
1940 : Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tacoma-narrows-bridge-collapses


General Interest
1885 : Canada's transcontinental railway completed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/canadas-transcontinental-railway-completed

1940 : Tacoma Bridge collapses
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tacoma-bridge-collapses

1944 : FDR reelected a record third time
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-reelected-a-record-third-time

1989 : Two African American firsts in politics
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/two-african-american-firsts-in-politics


Hollywood
1980 : "King of Cool" Steve McQueen dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-of-cool-steve-mcqueen-dies


Literary
1913 : French novelist Albert Camus is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-novelist-albert-camus-is-born


Music
1943 : Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/singer-songwriter-joni-mitchell-is-born


Old West
1916 : Jeannette Rankin becomes first U.S. congresswoman
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jeannette-rankin-becomes-first-us-congresswoman


Presidential
1944 : FDR wins unprecedented fourth term
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-wins-unprecedented-fourth-term


Sports
1991 : Magic Johnson announces he has HIV
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/magic-johnson-announces-he-has-hiv


Vietnam War
1964 : U.S. intelligence asserts numbers of North Vietnamese in South Vietnam growing
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-intelligence-asserts-numbers-of-north-vietnamese-in-south-vietnam-growing

1966 : McNamara shouted down at Harvard speech
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mcnamara-shouted-down-at-harvard-speech

1972 : Nixon re-elected president
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-re-elected-president


World War I
1914 : First issue of The New Republic published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-issue-of-the-new-republic-published


World War II
1944 : Soviet master spy is hanged by the Japanese
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-master-spy-is-hanged-by-the-japanese