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Saturday, 7 November 2026

Day 311 of 2026  ·  54 days remaining in the year  ·  Week 45
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Births (4) Deaths (0) Events (5) Reminders (1)
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Geography & Exploration Miscellaneous Politics & Government Religion Science & Technology
4 Births
5 Events
1 Reminders
10 Total entries

★ Born on this day 4 entries

1867
Madame Marie Curie, discovered radium.
US Science & Technology 159 yrs ago
1918
Billy Graham, televangelist.
US Religion 108 yrs ago
1922
Al Hirt
US 104 yrs ago
1943
Joni Mitchell
US 83 yrs ago

► Events on this day 5 entries

1805
Lewis and Clark first sighted the Pacific Ocean.
US 221 yrs ago
1811
Battle of Tippecanoe, gives Harrison a presidential slogan.
US Politics & Government 215 yrs ago
1874
First cartoon to use the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party appears in Harper's Weekly. It was drawn by Thomas Nast.
US Politics & Government 152 yrs ago
1875
Verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea.
ZA 151 yrs ago
1885
Canada completes its own transcontinental railway.
CA Geography & Exploration 141 yrs ago

▶ Also today 1 entry

▶Sadie Hawkins Day (the ladies take the initiative!)