Daily Calendar for November 7th, 2016

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

Every Year

• National Notary Public Day (United States)

1860s

• Born 1867: Marie Curie (chemist)

1870s

• 1873: Alexander Mackenzie became the second prime minister of Canada

• 1874: In a cartoon by Thomas Nast, the elephant was first used to represent the Republican party

1880s

• 1885: Last spike of the transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway driven at Craigellachie, British Columbia

1890s

• 1893: The state of Colorado granted women residents the right to vote

1900s

• Born 1903: Dean Jagger (actor)

1910s

• Born 1913: Albert Camus (writer)

• Died 1913: Alfred Russel Wallace (naturalist)

• Born 1918: Billy Graham (evangelist)

1920s

• Born 1922: Al Hirt (musician)

1930s

• Born 1938: Barry Newman (actor)

1940s

• 1941: Bette Davis became the first woman elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood

• Born 1942: Johnny Rivers (singer)

• Born 1943: Joni Mitchell (singer)

• 1944: President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected for a fourth term

1950s

• 1956: UN approved United Nations Emergency Force

• Born 1957: Christopher Knight (actor)

1960s

• Died 1962: Eleanor Roosevelt (U.S. First Lady)

• 1963: Elston Howard won American League's Most Valuable Player award

1970s

• Born 1972: Jason London (actor)

• Born 1972: Jeremy London (actor)

• Died 1978: Gene Tunney (boxer)

1980s

• Died 1980: Steve McQueen (actor)

1990s

• 1991: Magic Johnson announced his retirement from basketball because he tested positive for the HIV virus

2000s

• Died 2004: Howard Keel (actor)

• 2006: The first female Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, was elected

2010s

• Died 2011: Joe Frazier (boxer)

• 2012: A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada

• Died 2017: Roy Halladay (baseball player)