Hello and welcome to your weekend.
It’s Saturday! Which means we get to take our “scroll down memory lane.” A moment to take a look back on events from this day in history as we look forward to the day ahead.
So, grab a mug of your favorite morning sippin’ drink and let’s see what happened on the past pages of the calendar to lead us here.
Today is Saturday, November 7th, the 312th day of the year. There are 54 days until the end of the year.
On this day:
In 1874, the first cartoon to use the elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party appeared in “Harper’s Weekly.”
In 1893, Colorado became the first state to give women the right to vote.
In 1916, Montana Republican Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to Congress.
In 1929, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City opened to the public.
In 1933, The Marx Brothers classic film “Duck Soup” was released.
In 1954, “Face The Nation” debuted on CBS.
In 1962, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt died at the age of 78.
In 1965, the Pillsbury Doughboy debuted in television advertisements.
In 1989, “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez was given a death sentence after being convicted of 13 murders.
In 1989, L. Douglas Wilder became the first elected black governor in U.S. history after winning the gubernatorial race in Virginia. In New York, David Dinkins was elected New York City’s first black mayor.
In 1991, Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson announced his retirement from basketball after testing HIV positive.
In 1999, Tiger Woods became the first golfer to win four straight tournaments since Ben Hogan in 1953.
In 2000, Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first first lady to win public office, defeating Republican Rick Lazio for a U.S. Senate seat from New York.
In 2011, a Los Angeles jury returned a guilty verdict for Michael Jackson’s doctor at the time of the singer’s death on June 25, 2009. Dr. Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. The cardiologist was accused of giving Jackson the anesthetic propofol to help the singer sleep, then failing to properly monitor him.
In 2012, President Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term in the White House after a contentious campaign race against Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
And those are some events of November 7th past. Here’s hoping you are able to enjoy the beaufitul day in your own way, and 11.07.2020 is one to remember!
Thanks for stopping by!
