On This Day In Photos: November 7th In The 20th Century

Photos we found of people, places and events on November 7th in the 20th Century…

7th November 1924:  A banner being carried by workers during a procession in Moscow celebrating the 7th anniversary of the Bolshevist Revolution depicts the political death of Ramsay MacDonald.  (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

7th November 1924: A banner being carried by workers during a procession in Moscow celebrating the 7th anniversary of the Bolshevist Revolution depicts the political death of Ramsay MacDonald. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

7th November 1985:  Space Personnel floating in nongravity, during a KC-135 'Zero-G' training flight.  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

7th November 1985: Space Personnel floating in nongravity, during a KC-135 ‘Zero-G’ training flight. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

7th November 1959:  Customers at a London bookshop read the controversial bestseller 'Lolita' by Vladimir Nabokov.  (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

7th November 1959: Customers at a London bookshop read the controversial bestseller ‘Lolita’ by Vladimir Nabokov. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

President Franklin D Roosevelt (centre) speaking to two voters from his car, after casting his own vote for the Presidential election at the Old Town Hall, Hyde Park, New York, November 7th 1944. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

President Franklin D Roosevelt (centre) speaking to two voters from his car, after casting his own vote for the Presidential election at the Old Town Hall, Hyde Park, New York, November 7th 1944. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

British cellist Jacqueline du Pre (1945 - 1987) with her husband, pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, London, 7th November 1973. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

British cellist Jacqueline du Pre (1945 – 1987) with her husband, pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, London, 7th November 1973. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

7th November 1966:  American rock group The Beach Boys meet members of the press the day after a concert at the Finsbury Astoria.  (Photo by Larry Ellis/Express/Getty Images)

7th November 1966: American rock group The Beach Boys meet members of the press the day after a concert at the Finsbury Astoria. (Photo by Larry Ellis/Express/Getty Images)

7th November 1963:  Miss World Contestants visit a hairdresser before the big event.  (Photo by Terry Fincher/Express/Getty Images)

7th November 1963: Miss World Contestants visit a hairdresser before the big event. (Photo by Terry Fincher/Express/Getty Images)

7th November 1973:  British singer-songwriter and vice-president of Watford FC Elton John and Rod Stewart wearing Watford strip at Vicarage Road.  (Photo by Sydney O'Meara/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

7th November 1973: British singer-songwriter and vice-president of Watford FC Elton John and Rod Stewart wearing Watford strip at Vicarage Road. (Photo by Sydney O’Meara/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

7th November 1907:  HP Wilson (No. 47) driving along Magilligan Strand in an Austin car on the second day of the Irish Auto Club Reliability Trials.  (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

7th November 1907: HP Wilson (No. 47) driving along Magilligan Strand in an Austin car on the second day of the Irish Auto Club Reliability Trials. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

7th November 1938:  Game players at the home of New York author Fletcher Pratt, who has devised a naval game called Pratt's War Game, based on intricate mathematical formulas.  (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

7th November 1938: Game players at the home of New York author Fletcher Pratt, who has devised a naval game called Pratt’s War Game, based on intricate mathematical formulas. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

7th November 1930:  An employee at Madame Tussaud's waxworks museum on Marylebone Road, London, putting the finishing touches to a waxwork of Mickey Mouse at the keyboard.  (Photo by Douglas Miller/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

7th November 1930: An employee at Madame Tussaud’s waxworks museum on Marylebone Road, London, putting the finishing touches to a waxwork of Mickey Mouse at the keyboard. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

7th November 1934:  A  woman in a two-piece swimsuit in a scene from 'The Crazy Show' at the Brighton Hippodrome.  (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

7th November 1934: A woman in a two-piece swimsuit in a scene from ‘The Crazy Show’ at the Brighton Hippodrome. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

th November 1928:  Aviatrix Amelia Earhart (1898 - 1937), noted for her flights across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. She disappeared without trace during her attempt to fly around the world.  (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

7th November 1928: Aviatrix Amelia Earhart (1898 – 1937), noted for her flights across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. She disappeared without trace during her attempt to fly around the world. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

7th November 1936:  Rocket pioneer Dr Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882 - 1945), second from left, and his four stage rocket.  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

7th November 1936: Rocket pioneer Dr Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882 – 1945), second from left, and his four stage rocket. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

7th November 1966:  Pedestrians use marooned cars as stepping stones in the flooded streets of Florence after the River Arno had burst its banks.  (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

7th November 1966: Pedestrians use marooned cars as stepping stones in the flooded streets of Florence after the River Arno had burst its banks. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

7th November 1967:  A Viet Cong suspect holds his hands up after a Vietnamese Ranger from the 21st Vietnam Infantry Division routed him from his hiding place.  (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

7th November 1967: A Viet Cong suspect holds his hands up after a Vietnamese Ranger from the 21st Vietnam Infantry Division routed him from his hiding place. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

7th November 1956:  Leonard Barratt takes the measurements of a customer to be fitted with a bulletproof waistcoat in his second floor office of the Wilkenson's Sword Company in Pall Mall, London  (Photo by Harry Kerr/BIPs/Getty Images)

7th November 1956: Leonard Barratt takes the measurements of a customer to be fitted with a bulletproof waistcoat in his second floor office of the Wilkenson’s Sword Company in Pall Mall, London (Photo by Harry Kerr/BIPs/Getty Images)

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