7 November 1586

Hillary Clinton was elected as a US senator from New York, the first time a first lady had been elected to public office.

NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Magic Johnson announced his retirement from professional basketball due to HIV infection.

Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line opened, with train services running between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh.

Tunisian prime minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed and replaced President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him medically unfit for the duties of the office.

A ship collision with the Sidney Lanier Bridge in the U.S. state of Georgia resulted in a bridge collapse (pictured), which killed ten people.

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.

The first specimens of the tufted jay (pictured) to be scientifically described were collected in Mexico.

World War I: British forces captured Gaza following the retreat of the Ottoman garrison.

In the congressional elections, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.

Between 20 and 30 people were killed in the Liceu bombing, a terrorist attack by the Spanish anarchist Santiago Salvador.

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.

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.

Jereboam O. Beauchamp murdered Kentucky legislator Solomon P. Sharp; Beauchamp later became the first person legally executed in the state.

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.

O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, a dialogue cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for Leipzig, was first performed.

The Third Council of Constantinople convened to settle the Christological controversies of monoenergism and monothelitism.

António Costa resigns as Prime Minister of Portugal following news of an investigation in a corruption scandal implicating members of his cabinet.

Joe Biden is confirmed elected as the 46th president of the United States, defeating incumbent Donald Trump.

Shamshad TV is attacked by gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.

An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.

The Jokela school shooting in Jokela, Tuusula, Finland, takes place, resulting in the death of nine people.

Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day state of emergency as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

The controversial US presidential election is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, electing George W. Bush as the 43rd President of the United States.