Today is Wednesday, November 7, the 311th day of 2007. There are 54 days left in the year.
680 _ The third Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical council) opens
1865 _ London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is founded
1916 _ Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected U.S. president
1917 _ British capture Gaza Palestine from the Turks
1917 _ October Revolution in Russia, Lenin seizes power
1942 _ First U.S. president to broadcast in a foreign language ― FDR in French
1955 _ The Supreme Court of Baltimore bans segregation in public recreational areas
1972 _ President Nixon (R) re-elected defeating George McGovern (D)
1976 _ ``Gone With the Wind" televised
1988 _ Sugar Ray Leonard KO's Donnie LaLonde
1991 _ Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus and retires from Lakers