Today in History: November 7, Magic Johnson announces he has HIV

Today is Thursday, Nov. 7, the 312th time of 2024. There are 54 days near successful the year.

Today successful history:

On Nov. 7, 1991, hoops prima Magic Johnson announced that helium had tested affirmative for HIV and was retiring.

Also connected this date:

In 1916, Jeannette Rankin of Montana won predetermination to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the archetypal pistillate elected to either enclosure of Congress.

In 1917, Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took spot arsenic forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional authorities of Alexander Kerensky.

In 1940, Washington state’s archetypal Tacoma Narrows Bridge, nicknamed “Galloping Gertie,” collapsed into Puget Sound during a windstorm conscionable 4 months aft opening to traffic.

In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented 4th word successful office, defeating Republican Thomas E. Dewey.

In 1972, President Richard Nixon was reelected successful a landslide implicit Democrat George McGovern.

In 1989, L. Douglas Wilder won the governor’s contention successful Virginia, becoming the archetypal elected Black politician successful U.S. history; David N. Dinkins was elected New York City’s archetypal Black mayor.

In 2011, a assemblage successful Los Angeles convicted Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, of involuntary manslaughter for supplying a almighty anesthetic implicated successful the entertainer’s 2009 death. (Murray was sentenced to 4 years successful prison. He served 2 years and was released successful October 2013.)

In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden clinched triumph implicit President Donald Trump arsenic a triumph successful Pennsylvania pushed Biden implicit the threshold of 270 Electoral College votes. Trump refused to concede.

Today’s Birthdays:

• Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Kaat is 86.
• Former Singer Johnny Rivers is 82.
• Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 81.
• Retired Army wide and erstwhile CIA Director David Petraeus is 72.
• Actor Christopher Knight (TV: “The Brady Bunch”) is 67.
• DJ-producer David Guetta is 57.
• Actor Yunjin Kim is 51.
• Rock vocalist Lorde is 28.