WHAT HAPPENED ON 7. NOVEMBER
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The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date. (7. November 1913)

The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published. (7. November 1914)

The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces. (7. November 1914)

Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress. (7. November 1916)

The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace. (7. November 1917)

World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire. (7. November 1917)

The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year. (7. November 1918)

Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria. (7. November 1918)

The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in twenty-three different U.S. cities. (7. November 1919)

Patriarch Tikhon issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. (7. November 1920)

In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public. (7. November 1929)

The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution. (7. November 1931)

Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City. (7. November 1933)

In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion. (7. November 1940)

World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking. (7. November 1941)

A passenger train derails in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico from excessive speed when descending a hill. 16 people are killed and 50 are injured. (7. November 1944)

Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring. (7. November 1944)

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America. (7. November 1944)

The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform. (7. November 1949)

Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt. (7. November 1956)