On This Day November 7th

 OTD

November 7th is the three hundredth eleventh day of the year, and there are 54 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

1492 – The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known impact date, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside Ensisheim, Alsace, France.

1504 – Christopher Columbus returns from his fourth and last voyage.

1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.

1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States was founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.

1811 – Tecumseh's War: Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.

1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly is considered the first significant use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.

1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Morehouse.

1916 – Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

1918 – The 1918 influenza epidemic spread to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.

1933 – Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.

1957 – Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.

1991 – Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.

 

Birthdays

1186 – Ögedei Khan, Mongol ruler, 2nd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1241)

1619 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (d. 1692)

1728 – James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer (d. 1779)

1832 – Andrew Dickson White, American historian, academic, and diplomat, co-founded Cornell University (d. 1918)

1867 – Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)

1915 – Philip Morrison, American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2005)

1922 – Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1999)

1927 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (d. 2013)

1976 – Rob Caggiano, American guitarist and producer

1983 – Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and singer

1986 – David Nelson, American football player

 

Holiday Highlight

 Hug a Bear Day (A Stuffed Bear)

The origins of Hug a Bear Day are unknown. But the 1560s verb ‘to hug’ was derived from the Old Norse term ‘hugga,’ which meant ‘to soothe.’ The phrase is also said to be related to the German word ‘hegen,’ which means ‘to cherish.’ ‘To enclose with a hedge’ was the original meaning. The teddy bear plushie is also a part of National Hug a Bear Day. The ancient Egyptians are credited with the invention of soft toys.

Although no stuffed toys have been discovered in Egypt, drawings on monuments imply they did have animal toys. Stuffed animals as we know them today were first introduced in 1830, although they were created by hand, out of cloth and straw. In 1880, Germany began producing stuffed animals that were very similar to the cute toys that we still buy today.

In the early 20th century, the toy industry grew tremendously. Richard Steiff created a soft stuffed bear in 1903 that was unlike any other rag doll before it, being composed of fluffy furlike cloth. Morris Michtom, inspired by a drawing of President “Teddy” Roosevelt with a bear cub, produced the first teddy bear at the same time in the United States.

 

 

 

Holidays And Observance

 International Inuit Day

International Merlot Day

International Project Management Day  

International Stout Day  

Little League Girls Day

National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day

National Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day

National Cash Back Day  

National Gin Day

National Hug a Bear Day - (A Stuffed Bear!)

National Men Make Dinner Day  

Notary Public Day

Return Day  

 

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