This Day In History

November 7th

1895  Canada's Transcontinental Railway is completed.
1944  Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected president of the United States for a record 3rd time. He died in during his 4th term, and Vice President Harry S. Truman took over, but then made it a law that a president can only serve a maximum of 2 4-year terms so that there can never be a dictatorship in the United States
1980  Actor Steve McQueen dies in Juarez, Mexico at age 50.
1989  Democrat David Dinkins becomes the first Afro-American Mayor of New York City.

1867  Discoverer of Radiation  Madame Marie Curie (Marja Sklodowski)
1918  Evangelist Billy Graham
1943  Singer Joni Mitchell (born as Roberta Anderson)
1964  Actress Dana Plato

1961

• Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean

• Fool #1 - Brenda Lee

• This Time - Troy Shondell

• Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke

1969

• Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley

• Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension

• Baby It's You - Smith

• The Ways to Love a Man - Tammy Wynette

1977

• You Light Up My Life - Debbie Boone

• Boogie Nights - Heatwave

• Brick House - Commodores

• I'm Just a Country Boy - Don Williams

1985

• Part-Time Lover - Stevie Wonder

• Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer

• Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears

• Some Fools Never Learn - Steve Wariner

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