Today is Tuesday, November 7th, the 311th day of the year. There are 54
days remaining until the end of the year and 48 days remaining until Christmas.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Native American Heritage Month,
Aviation History Month, Child Safety Protection Month, National
Adoption Awareness Month, National Epilepsy Month, Peanut Butter
Lovers Month, National Sleep Comfort Month
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Alexa Canady, 73, 1st black woman neuro-surgeon/educator
Tinie Tempah, 34, rapper
Justin Gilbert, 31, football player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
DEATHS
Melvin “Slappy” White, 1995, comedian (b. 1921)
Joe Frazier, 2011, boxing legend (b. 1944)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1775 – Lord Dunmore promises freedom to male slaves who join British army.
1837 – In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy shot dead at age
34 by pro-slavery mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from
being destroyed a third time.
1841 – Slaves took over the Creole on route to New Orleans from Hampton and
steered it to the Bahamas.
1876 – Edward Bouchet, is 1st black to receive a PhD from a US college (Yale).
1955 – Supreme Court of Baltimore bans segregation in public recreational
areas.
1967 – Carl B. Stokes elected 1st black mayor of a major city-Cleveland, Ohio.
1970 – “Purlie” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 689 performances
1982 – “Your Arms are Too Short to Box” closes at Alvin NYC after 69 perfs
1989 – Douglas Wilder (D-Va.) elected 1st U..S black governor since
the Reconstruction.
1989 – New York City elects it’s 1st black mayor (Dinkins).
1991 – Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers.
1996 – NFL player/Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times.
2000 – Controversial presidential election that was later resolved in the Bush
v. Gore Supreme Court Case.
HOROSCOPE
As a Scorpio born on November 7th, your shy, artistic and determined nature define your personality. While others love to be center of attention, the limelight makes you uncomfortable. As shyness meets mystery, you rather carry out your work in private, working with great determination to meet your goals. You have a great appreciation for art and although you may have developed your own artistic abilities, you rarely expose your talents. You keep parts of yourself hidden, even from those that would swear to know everything about you.
