Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 7

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 * 1811 – Tecumseh's War: American forces led by William Henry Harrison defeated the forces of Shawnee leader Tecumseh's growing confederation at the Battle of Tippecanoe near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana.
 * 1837 – American abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, during an attack to destroy his printing press and abolitionist materials.
 * 1861 – American Civil War: Future U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant engaged in his first combat leadership role in the Battle of Belmont in Mississippi County, Missouri.
 * 1917 – World War I: British forces captured Gaza following the retreat of the Ottoman garrison.
 * 1934 – The first specimens of the tufted jay to be scientifically described were collected in Mexico.
 * 1949 – Oil was discovered in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, leading to the construction of Neft Daşları, the world's first offshore oil platform.
 * 1987 – Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line opened (train pictured), with train services running between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh.
 * 1991 – Magic Johnson announced his retirement from professional basketball due to HIV infection.
 * 2000 – Hillary Clinton was elected a US senator, the first time a first lady had been elected to public office.
 * Born/died: | Ibn Hazm |b|994| Maldev Rathore |d|1562| William Stukeley |b|1687| Thomas Brassey |b|1805| Paul Sandby |d|1809| Lise Meitner |b|1878 Ruby Hurley |b|1909| Ellen Stewart |b|1919|