Daily Calendar for Friday, November 7, 2025
Born
- Marie Curie (chemist) –
- Dean Jagger (actor) –
- Albert Camus (writer) –
- Billy Graham (evangelist) –
- Al Hirt (musician) –
- Barry Newman (actor) –
- Johnny Rivers (singer) –
- Joni Mitchell (singer) –
- Christopher Knight (actor) –
- Jeremy London (actor) –
- Jason London (actor) –
- Lorde (singer) –
Died
- Alfred Russel Wallace (naturalist) –
- Eleanor Roosevelt (U.S. First Lady) –
- Gene Tunney (boxer) –
- Steve McQueen (actor) –
- Howard Keel (actor) –
- Joe Frazier (boxer) –
- Roy Halladay (baseball player) –
Events
- Alexander Mackenzie became the second prime minister of Canada –
- In a cartoon by Thomas Nast, the elephant was first used to represent the Republican party –
- Last spike of the transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway driven at Craigellachie, British Columbia –
- The state of Colorado granted women residents the right to vote –
- Bette Davis became the first woman elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood –
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected for a fourth term –
- UN approved United Nations Emergency Force –
- Elston Howard won American League’s Most Valuable Player award –
- Magic Johnson announced his retirement from basketball because he tested positive for the HIV virus –
- The first female Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, was elected –
- A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada –
Weather
- The “Galloping Gertie” bridge in Tacoma collapsed in a windstorm four months after its grand opening –
- 98-mph winds recorded at Block Island, Rhode Island –
- Thermometers in Islip, New York, read a toasty 77.4F. –
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