7 November 1805. Railway contractor, Thomas Brassey, was born in Buerton, Cheshire. He was Britain’s greatest railway builder. By 1847, he had built a 3rd of all railways in UK. By the time of his death in 1870, he had built 1 in every 20 miles of railways in the world. pic.twitter.com/L9Frv1W4BS

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 1867. Polish Radioactivity pioneer, Marie Curie (Maria Salomea Sklodowska), was born in Warsaw. She was the 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize, the 1st person and only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two science fields. pic.twitter.com/7NoEuQcHmv

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 1879. Soviet Marxist revolutionary, Leon Trotsky, was born in Bereslavka, Ukraine. He was a key figure in the Russian Revolution, but after the rise of Stalin, he was removed from his party positions and expelled from the country. He was assassinated in 1940. pic.twitter.com/mdwdepUDI4

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 1908. Butch Cassidy, aged 42 (right) and The Sundance Kid, Harry Longabaugh (left), aged 40 or 41, were killed in San Vicente, Bolivia. Their crime spree featured in the Hollywood film, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. pic.twitter.com/wQBKHfOhPS

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 1916. Jeanette Rankin of Montana, became the first woman elected to the US Congress. A lifelong pacifist, she was one of 50 House members who opposed the declaration of war on Germany in 1917. In 1941, she was the only member of Congress to vote against war on Japan. pic.twitter.com/ypX9PJ6RXN

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 1917. (Gregorian calendar). The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, stormed the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg to begin the Russian Revolution. pic.twitter.com/dgQVlCb3Np

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 1935. The Royal National Institute for the Blind distributed its first records of talking books for blind and partially sighted people. Among the first three released was Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. pic.twitter.com/k4W05oBsol

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 1944. Incumbent Democratic President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was elected for a record 4th term as President of the USA by defeating the Republican nominee, Thomas Dewey. Roosevelt won the Electoral College by 432 to 99 votes. pic.twitter.com/nmQufgUFyQ

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 1963. Football legend, John Barnes, was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He made 233 league appearances for Watford, scoring 65 goals. He moved to Liverpool in 1987, and played 314 league games, scoring 84 goals. He also played 79 times for England, scoring 11 goals. pic.twitter.com/C6wbPmPzPX

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 1974. British peer, Lord Lucan, disappeared, after the brutal murder of his children’s nanny, Sandra Rivett, and a serious assault on his wife, Veronica. Lucan was officially declared dead by the High Court in 1999, but it’s not clear if he has died. pic.twitter.com/VgtbVQzZwo

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 1978. Rio Ferdinand was born in London. He was a star defender for West Ham, making 127 appearances, before moving to Leeds Utd in 2000, but the heyday of his career was at Man Utd from 2002 to 2014 when he made 314 league appearances. He played 81 times for England. pic.twitter.com/tempS6LTDZ

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 1980. Hollywood legend, Steve McQueen, known as “The King of Cool”, died (aged 50). Films include: The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt, The Cincinnati Kid, Papillon, Grand Prix, The Towering Inferno, and The Thomas Criown Affair. pic.twitter.com/Fiu0gZdloQ

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 1989. David Dinkins became the first black mayor of New York City. During his term, the rates of crime fell dramatically including a 12 per cent fall in the murder rate. In the 1993 election, Dinkins lost to Republican, Rudy Giuliani, in a rematch of the 1989 election. pic.twitter.com/mfsmcnhSpu

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 1999. Tiger Woods became the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win 4 golf tournaments in a row. pic.twitter.com/p4IhKg5yQQ

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 2000. Democrat candidate, Hillary Clinton, was elected to the US senate, becoming the first former First Lady elected as a Senator. She won a clear majority over Republican rival, Rick Lazio, in the state of New York. pic.twitter.com/DYhQOnbStD

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 2011. Boxing legend, Joe Frazier, died (aged 67). He was Heavyweight Champion from 1970 to 1973, and is best known for his epic fights with Muhammad Ali in 1971 (when he won) and 1974 & 1975 (when he lost). One of only 3 boxers who beat Ali in a World Title fight. pic.twitter.com/bkvRLHQDsu

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

7 November 2016. Canadian born singer-songwriter and poet, Leonard Cohen, died (aged 82). He was one of the most fascinating and enigmatic singer-songwriters, and is often ranked by folk critics as 2nd only to Bob Dylan as a lyricist. pic.twitter.com/wf6yMJ9Ipk

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 7, 2022

November 8th

392 Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion the state religion

1519 1st meeting of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II and Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés in Tenochtitlan, Mexico

1701 William Penn presents Charter of Privileges, guaranteed religious freedom for the colony in Pennsylvania

1734 Vincent la Chapelle, master cook to various nobility and royalty, forms Free Masons Lodge in Netherlands

1895 German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen produces and detects electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays

2002 Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council under Resolution 1441 unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences"

2005 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia, the first woman to lead an African country

Did You Know?

The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened

Today in History in 1602

Would You Believe?

British peer the Earl of Lucan disappears and is never seen again after his nanny is found murdered in London

Today in History in 1974

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