Today in History: Turkish Army Captured Gyumri

Turkish Army Captured Gumru
Turkish Army Captured Gumru

November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. The number of days left until the end of the year is 54.

Railways

  • 7 November 1918 The military commissioners working along the railways were asked to report the status of wood and coal in the regional warehouses on a regular basis every day.
  • 7 November 1941 The tender was made for the railway from Diyarbakır and Elazığ stations to Iraq and Iran.

Events 

  • 656 – The Battle of Cemel, the first civil war between Muslims, took place.
  • 1665 – The longest living newspaper, The London Gazette, is first published.
  • 1848 - Zachary Taylor is elected president of the United States.
  • 1892 – The foundation of Darülaceze was laid in Istanbul.
  • 1893 – In the US state of Colorado, women were granted the right to vote.
  • 1916 - Woodrow Wilson is elected President of the United States.
  • 1917 – October Revolution; The Bolsheviks seized power in Russia.
  • 1917 – World War I: British forces capture Gaza under Ottoman rule.
  • 1918 – Influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa. By the end of the year, it had killed 7.542 people (20% of the population).
  • 1920 – Turkish army captured Gyumri.
  • 1921 - In Italy, Mussolini declares himself leader of the National Fascist Party.
  • 1929 – The Museum of Modern Art opened in New York.
  • 1936 – Hungarian musician Bela Bartok gave a lecture in Ankara Community Center.
  • 1942 – Turkish Revolution Institute was established.
  • 1944 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt wins the US Presidential election for the fourth time.
  • 1953 – Mosaics from the Byzantine period were found in the Zeyrek Mosque in Istanbul.
  • 1962 – In South Africa, Mandela is sentenced to 5 years in prison for illegally leaving the country.
  • 1962 – The International Marriage Consent, Minimum Age of Marriage and the Convention on the Writing of Marriages was signed. Turkey has not ratified this convention.
  • 1963 – The first legal Strike started in Bursa. 222 workers working at Bursa Municipality Bus Enterprise went on strike. The workers were members of the Motor Vehicle Workers Union.
  • 1964 – President Cemal Gürsel pardoned former President Celal Bayar, who was sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • 1972 - Richard Nixon is elected President of the United States.
  • 1980 – The period of detention in collective crimes was increased from 30 days to 90 days.
  • 1980 – Publisher İlhan Erdost died as a result of beating in Mamak Military Prison.
  • 1982 – A popular vote was held for the 1982 Constitution. The Constitution was accepted with a “YES” vote of 91,37%. Kenan Evren became the 7th President of Turkey.
  • 1986 – Directed by Zeki Ökten Wrestler The film received the International Olympic Committee Award
  • 1987 – Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba was dismissed.
  • 1988 – It has been announced that about a thousand people have been on hunger strike in prisons for a while. The strike was against the practice of wearing uniforms and chains.
  • 1991 - Basketball star Magic Johnson announced he was quitting basketball after he tested positive for HIV.
  • 1996 – Nigerian Airlines Boeing-727 passenger plane crashes into a laguna 40 miles southeast of Lagos: 143 people are killed.
  • 1999 – Yasemin Dalkılıç broke the world record in tubeless diving (68 m).
  • 2000 – Presidential elections were held in the USA. Although Democratic candidate Al Gore received more votes than Republican candidate George W. Bush, after a highly controversial period of uncertainty, George W. Bush was proclaimed President on December 12, 2000, by decision of the US Supreme Court.
  • 2001 – Commercial passenger plane Concorde resumed its flights after 15 months.
  • 2002 – In a referendum held in Gibraltar, 99 percent of the population rejected the proposal to share the sovereignty of the British colony of Gibraltar with Spain.
  • 2003 – The world's largest floating book fair MV DaulusArrived at Izmir's Alsancak Port.
  • 2020 – Coronavirus outbreak: The number of confirmed cases worldwide exceeds 50 million.

Births 

  • 60 – Keikō, 12th emperor of Japan in traditional succession (d. 130)
  • 630 – II. Konstans (Bearded Constantine), the last Byzantine Emperor to hold the title of Roman Consul (d. 668)
  • 994 – Ibn Hazm, Huelva, Andalusian-Arab philosopher, historian and theologian (d. 1064)
  • 1186 – Ögeday Khan, Mongol Emperor and son of Genghis Khan (d. 1241)
  • 1316 – Semyon, Grand Prince of Moscow from 1340-1353 (d. 1353)
  • 1599 – Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664)
  • 1826 – Dmitry Bakradze, Georgian historian, archaeologist and ethnographer (d. 1890)
  • 1832 – Andrew Dickson White, American diplomat, author, and educator (d. 1918)
  • 1838 – Mathias Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (d. 1889)
  • 1867 – Marie Curie, Polish-French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1934)
  • 1878 – Lise Meitner, American Nobel Prize-winning chemist and physicist who discovered nuclear fission (d. 1968)
  • 1879 – Leon Trotsky, Russian Bolshevik politician, revolutionary, and Marxist theorist (one of the leading figures of the 1917 Russian revolution) (d. 1940)
  • 1888 – Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarcho-communist revolutionary (d. 1934)
  • 1891 – Genrih Yagoda, head of the Soviet secret police during the Stalin era (d. 1938)
  • 1897 – Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and Oscar winner (d. 1953)
  • 1903 – Konrad Lorenz, Austrian ethologist (d. 1989)
  • 1913 – Albert Camus, French writer and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
  • 1918 – Billy Graham, Evangelical Christian preacher-opinion leader (d. 2018)
  • 1920 – Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish football goalkeeper (d. 2013)
  • 1921 – Jack Fleck, American golfer (d. 2014)
  • 1922 – Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi Jamaat-e-Islami leader (d. 2014)
  • 1922 – Al Hirt, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1999)
  • 1926 – Joan Sutherland, Australian coloratura soprano (d. 2010)
  • 1927 Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (d. 2013)
  • 1929 – Eric Kandel, American psychiatrist, neurologist, physiologist, behavioral biologist
  • 1929 – Lila Kaye, English actress (d. 2012)
  • 1933 – Dušan Šinigoj, Slovenian politician, former prime minister of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia.
  • 1938 – Joe Dassin, French singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
  • 1939 – Barbara Liskov, American computer scientist
  • 1940 – Dakin Matthews is an American actor, playwright, and theater director.
  • 1941 – Madeline Gins, American painter, architect, and poet (d. 2014)
  • 1943 – Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and painter
  • 1943 – Michael Spence, American economist and Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1944 – Luigi Riva is an Italian former international football player.
  • 1950 Lindsay Duncan, Scottish actress
  • 1951 - Lawrence O'Donnell, American promoter of weight loss programs
  • 1951 – İlker Yasin, Turkish sports announcer
  • 1952 – David Petraeus, American soldier and politician
  • 1954 – Kamal Haasan, Indian actor, screenwriter, producer and director
  • 1954 – Guy Gavriel Kay, Canadian fantasy writer
  • 1957 – King Kong Bundy, American male professional wrestler and actor (d. 2019)
  • 1961 – Mark Hateley, English striker
  • 1963 – John Barnes, Jamaican-born English international football player and manager
  • 1964 – Dana Plato, American actress (d. 1999)
  • 1967 – David Guetta, French DJ and producer
  • 1967 – Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish female singer and musician
  • 1968 – Vedat Özdemiroğlu, Turkish humorist
  • 1969 – Hélène Grimaud, French pianist, writer and ethologist
  • 1969 – Dionne Rose-Henley, Jamaican athlete (d. 2018)
  • 1971 – Kazım Koyuncu, Turkish musician, songwriter, actor and activist (d. 2005)
  • 1971 – Robin Finck, American guitarist
  • 1972 – Hasim Rahman, American World Heavyweight Champion boxer
  • 1973 – Yoon-jin Kim, South Korean actress
  • 1973 – Martín Palermo is an Argentine former football player.
  • 1977 – Andres Oper, Estonia national football team player
  • 1978 – Mohammed Ebuterike, former Egyptian national football player
  • 1978 – Rio Ferdinand, English football player
  • 1978 – Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch former football player
  • 1979 – Ayako Fujitani, Japanese writer and actress
  • 1979 - Amy Purdy is an American actress, model, Paralympic athlete, fashion designer, and author.
  • 1979 - Joey Ryan is an American professional wrestler.
  • 1980 – Sergio Bernardo Almirón, Argentine football player
  • 1980 – Chaine Staelens, Dutch volleyball player
  • 1981 – Gitte Aaen, Danish handball player
  • 1983 – Adam DeVine, American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and dubbing artist
  • 1984 - Jonathan Bornstein is an American football player.
  • 1984 – Amelia Vega, Dominican model
  • 1986 – Doukissa Nomikou, Greek model and TV presenter
  • 1988 – Tinie Tempah, BRIT award-winning British singer
  • 1989 – Yukiko Ebata, Japanese volleyball player
  • 1990 – Daniel Ayala, Spanish football player
  • 1990 – David De Gea, Spanish football player
  • 1996 – Lorde, New Zealand musician

Deaths 

  • 1599 – Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon, pioneer of plastic and reconstructive surgery (b. 1545)
  • 1633 – Cornelis Drebbel, Dutch engineer and inventor (b. 1572)
  • 1766 – Jean-Marc Nattier, French painter (b. 1685)
  • 1862 – Bahadir Shah II, last Ruler of the Mughal Empire, poet, musician, and calligrapher (b. 1775)
  • 1906 – Todor Burmov, first Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1834)
  • 1913 – Alfred Russel Wallace, English naturalist, geographer, anthropologist, and biologist (b. 1823)
  • 1944 – Richard Sorge, Soviet spy (b. 1895)
  • 1947 – Sándor Garbai, Hungarian politician (b. 1879)
  • 1958 – Aka Gündüz, Turkish journalist and writer (b. 1886)
  • 1959 – Victor McLaglen, English actor (b. 1886)
  • 1962 – Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and cousin of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1884),
  • 1965 – Besim Atalay, Turkish linguist, writer and politician (b. 1882)
  • 1971 – Sami Ayanoğlu, Turkish theater, film actor, director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)
  • 1974 – Eric Linklater, Scottish writer (b. 1899)
  • 1980 – İlhan Erdost, Turkish publisher (b. 1944)
  • 1980 – Steve McQueen, American actor (b. 1930)
  • 1988 – Osman Nebioğlu, Turkish educator, writer and publisher (b. 1912)
  • 1990 – Lawrence Durrell, English writer (b. 1912)
  • 1991 – Gaston Monnerville, French politician (b. 1897)
  • 1992 – Alexander Dubček, Czechoslovak statesman (b. 1921)
  • 2004 – Cahit Uçuk, Turkish story and novelist (one of the first female writers of the Republican era) (b. 1909)
  • 2004 – Howard Keel, American actor (b. 1919)
  • 2005 – Sulhi Dölek, Turkish writer and screenwriter (b. 1948)
  • 2008 – Phạm Văn Rạng, South Vietnamese former national football player (b. 1934)
  • 2011 – Joe Frazier, American boxer and World heavyweight professional boxing champion (b. 1944)
  • 2013 – Amparo Rivelles, Spanish film actor (b. 1925)
  • 2013 – Manfred Rommel, German politician (b. 1928)
  • 2014 – Kajetan Kovic, Slovenian writer, painter, translator and journalist (b. 1931)
  • 2015 – Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic-American actor and writer (b. 1947)
  • 2016 – Leonard Cohen, Canadian poet and musician (b. 1934)
  • 2016 – Janet Reno, American lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
  • 2017 – Roy Halladay, American professional Major League (MLB) baseball player (b. 1977)
  • 2017 – Brad Harris, American actor, stuntman, and producer (b. 1933)
  • 2017 – Hans-Michael Turistg, German actor (b. 1938)
  • 2017 – Hans Schäfer, former German football player (b. 1927)
  • 2018 – Francis Lai, French composer (b. 1932)
  • 2019 – Remo Bodei, Italian philosopher (b. 1938)
  • 2019 – Maria Perego, Italian animator and producer (b. 1923)
  • 2019 – Margarita Salas, Spanish biochemist and scientist (b. 1938)
  • 2019 – Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Indian novelist, poet, children's book author and academic (b. 1938)
  • 2020 – Cyril Colbeau-Justin, French filmmaker (b. 1970)

Holidays and special occasions 

  • Storm: November Storm
21 Diyarbakir

Bus Services Increased on the Elidolu and Dicle University Route

Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality increased the number of services of the G1 line, which operates on the Elidolu and Dicle University route, where there is a high density. The Transportation Department has increased the number of services of the GXNUMX line, which operates on the Elidolu and Dicle University route, in order to provide faster transportation for citizens and [more…]

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