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4 sourced moments from November 7 in history: Marie Curie is still the only Nobel winner in two sciences (1867); The Bolsheviks seized power in the October Revolution (1917); The Tacoma Narrows Bridge twisted apart in the wind (1940), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on November 7

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1996 Space · Space Exploration

Mars Global Surveyor orbited Mars for 9 years, 1997–2006

Launched in November 1996, NASA's Mars orbiter outlived its plan fourfold, found Opportunity's landing site and died from a five-month-old command error.

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1940 Technology · Engineering

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge twisted apart in the wind

Four months after opening, a 42-mph breeze set 'Galloping Gertie' twisting until the suspension span tore itself to pieces.

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1917 History · Modern

The Bolsheviks seized power in the October Revolution

Called the October Revolution but staged in November by the modern calendar, Lenin's Bolsheviks toppled Russia's Provisional Government.

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1867 Science · Physics

Marie Curie is still the only Nobel winner in two sciences

Five people have won two Nobel Prizes, but only Marie Curie won in two different sciences, and she nearly skipped collecting the second.

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