This Day In History:
November 07, 05
Ramesh C. Reddy
Publisher
November 07, 1905: 100 Years Ago
1905 - Vern W. Miller, who was mayor of Salem, Oregon (1965-72) was born
on this date.
Source:
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller9.html#17B15ULGW
November, 07, 1930: 75 Years Ago
1930 - Rudolph Boschwitz, who was a U.S. Senator from Minnesota
from 1979-91 was born on this day.
Source:
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#R9M0IPZ5E
November
07, 1955:
50 Years Ago
1955 - Supreme Court of Baltimore bans segregation in
public recreational areas
Source:
http://www.scopesys.com/today/
November
07, 1980:
25 Years Ago
1980 - Steve McQueen,
actor dies on this day!
Source: http://www.scopesys.com/today/
November 07, 1995: 10 Years Ago
1995 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania on WXDX 105.9 FM.
Source:
http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/november_7.html
November 07, 2000:
5 Years Ago
2000 - Nov 7, In US elections Al Gore conceded to George Bush and then retracted
his concession based on an early prediction of the vote in Florida, which was
reversed as too close to call. Hillary Clinton beat Rick Lazio for a NY Senate
seat. (SFC, 11/8/00, p.A1)(WSJ, 11/8/00, p.A1)(AP, 11/7/01)
Source:
http://timelines.ws/days/11_07.HTML
November 07, 2004:
1 Year Ago
2004 - Nov 7, The Iraqi government
declared a 60-day state of emergency throughout most of
the country, as US and Iraqi forces prepared for an
all-out assault on rebels in Fallujah. (AP, 11/7/04)
Source:
http://timelines.ws/days/11_07.HTML
Religious History:
1793 - During the French Revolution, "Christianity" was
abolished on this date. Reason was deified, and as many as 2,000 churches were
afterward destroyed throughout France.
1828 - Birth of American biblical lexicographer Joseph Henry Thayer. A
Congregationalist pastor, Thayer's main interest was New Testament language and
in 1886 he published his definitive "Greek_English Lexicon of the New
Testament."
1837 - American Presbyterian abolitionist and newspaper editor Elijah P.
Lovejoy, 35, was murdered. Forced earlier to move his business from St. Louis to
Alton, Illinois, Lovejoy was shot during the night by an anti_abolitionist mob
while defending his presses.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987. Additional information
supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail:
William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)
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