Historical Events for 7th November 2022

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1861 - Battle of Belmont, fought in Mississippi County, Missouri begins, first combat test for Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant, Union victory (US Civil War)
1885 - Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie
1917 - British capture Gaza, Palestine, from Turks
1942 - Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world hour record 45.798km in Vigorelli, Milan, Italy
1984 - STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds
1985 - Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice
2001 - 35th Country Music Association Award: Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack and Toby Keith win
2009 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Pounced, California Flag, Dancing In Silks, Vale of York, Goldikova, Furthest Land, Conduit, Zenyatta
2015 - Sierra Leone is declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (death toll 4,000)
2020 - Kamala Harris makes US history as the 1st woman and 1st woman of color to be elected to the vice presidency (date election called)

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