Historical Events
- Cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from Staten Island for Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned four weeks later
Famous Deaths
- Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (b. 1833)
1872 Highlights
About November 7, 1872
Day of the Week: Thursday
How Long Ago? 150 years, 6 months and 24 days
Leap Year: Yes
Star Sign: Scorpio
Augusto Pinochet
Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Kim Jong-un
Nicolae Ceausescu
Pol Pot