On November 7, 2000, Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to represent New York in the U.

This date in 2000 was a pivotal moment in U.

On November 7, 1989, in New York, former Manhattan borough president David Dinkins, a Democrat, is elected New York City’s first African American mayor, while in Virginia, Lieutenant Governor Douglas Wilder, also a Democrat, becomes the first elected African American state governor in American history.

On November 7, 1980, the actor Steve McQueen, one of Hollywood’s leading men of the 1960s and 1970s and the star of such action thrillers as Bullitt and The Great Escape, dies at the age of 50 in Mexico, where he was undergoing an experimental treatment for cancer.

Lord Lucan vanished on this day after his wife was attacked and their nanny murdered. But where did he go?

Richard Nixon defeats Senator George McGovern (D-South Dakota) and is re-elected President of the United States.

On November 7, 1966, British rock sensations The Beatles walk into London’s Indica Gallery, where avant-garde Japanese artist Yoko Ono is preparing for the opening of her her solo exhibit.

On November 7, 1943, Roberta Joan Anderson—later known to the world as Joni Mitchell—is born in Fort MacLeod, Alberta, Canada.

On November 7, 1932, the Supreme Court hands down its decision in the matter of Powell v.

On November 7, 1916, Montana suffragist Jeannette Rankin is elected to the U.