Today in History – Magic Johnson retires

TODAY IN HISTORY - 11/7:

1943 - Detroit Lions 0, NY Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL
1944 - FDR wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R)
1972 - Pres Nixon (R) re-elected defeating George McGovern (D)
1976 - "Gone With the Wind" televised
1991 - Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers

2000 - Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady to win public office in the United States, although actually she still was the First Lady
2001 - 35th Country Music Association Award: Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack & Toby Keith wins
2007 - 41st Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney,Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley wins

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

2006 - NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon (38) weds Belgian model and actress Ingrid Vandebosch (36) at the Hacienda de San Antonio Resort in Colima, Mexico

GOODBYE TO:

1908 - Butch Cassidy [Robert LeRoy Parker], American train and bank robber, shot by Bolivian soldiers at 42
1962 - Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC
1980 - Steve McQueen, actor (Tom Horn, Bullitt), dies at 50
2011 - Joe Frazier, Olympic Heavyweight Boxer, dies of liver cancer at 67

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