Born on 7 November 1973

At A Glance

7 November 1973 at a glance

Day of the week

7 November 1973 was a Wednesday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Can the Can” by Suzi Quatro was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1973

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1973 was The Exorcist.

Star sign

The star sign for 7 November is Scorpio.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 7 November 1973 fell in the Year of the Ox.

Birthstone

The birthstone for November is Topaz.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 7 November 1973 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 7 November

• 1967 Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
• 1967 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
• 1972 United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time.
• 1973 The United States Congress overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
• 1982 Colonel Saye Zerbo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Gabriel Yoryan Somé.

Famous people born on 7 November

• Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1867–1934)
• Gervonta Davis, American boxer (born 1994)
• Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (1879–1940)
• Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)

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