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This day in history: November 7

1. 1949

   Oil was discovered in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, leading to the construction of Neft Daşları, the world's first offshore oil platform.

2. 1972

   A ship collision with the Sidney Lanier Bridge in the U.S. state of Georgia resulted in a bridge collapse, which killed ten people.

3. 1987

   Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line opened, with train services running between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh.

4. 1987

   Tunisian prime minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed and replaced President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him medically unfit for the duties of the office.

5. 1991

   Magic Johnson announced his retirement from professional basketball due to HIV infection.

6. 1996

   NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

7. 2000

   Hillary Clinton was elected as a US senator from New York, the first time a first lady had been elected to public office.

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