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Famous Birthdays
- 1973: Yunjin Kim - Lost
- 1943: Joni Mitchell - Musician
- 1918: Billy Graham - Evangelist
- 1879: Leon Trotsky - Russian Revolutionary
Famous Deaths
- 1962: Eleanor Roosevelt - Former First Lady
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November 7 2000
2000: George W. Bush defeats Al Gore to become the 43rd President. The result of the election was disputed and took over a month and a Supreme Court (Bush v. Gore) decision before the outcome was known.
The 2000s
- 2006: Minnesota votes in representative Keith Ellison, the first Muslim in American history to join congress.
- 2000: First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton wins a seat in the U.S. Senate representing the State of New York. The first, first lady to achieve such an accomplishment.
The 1990s
- 1991: NBA's Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson announced that he had tested positive for the AIDS virus and was retiring.
The 1967
- 1967: President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
November 7 1940
1940: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, linking Tacoma, Washington with the Kitsap Peninsula collapses in dramatic fashion during a wind storm.
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The Daily Show: Bloomberg Victory (2001)
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