Events for November 07

November 7, 1878

Margaret Cousins, suffragist and Indias first female magistrate, is born in Boyle, Co. Roscommon

Margaret Cousins, born Margaret Gillespie, was a notable suffragist and social activist. She was born in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland, on October 07, 1878.

November 7, 1881

Peadar Ó Dubhda, teacher of Irish and translator, born

Patriot, musician, politician, musician, and author of the first translation the Bible into Irish

November 7, 1990

Captain Ian C. Cameron, a bagpiper, composer, and author dies, Edinburgh

Captain Ian C. Cameron, a bagpiper, an author and a longtime member of the Piobaireachd Society died at age 72, from a virulent form of lung disease

November 7, 1975

The Scottish Daily News ceased publication only six months after launch.

The Scottish Daily News (SDN) was a left-of-centre daily newspaper published in Glasgow between 5 May and 8 November 1975. It was hailed as Britain’s first worker-controlled, mass-circulation daily, formed as a workers’ cooperative by 500 of the 1,846 journalists, photographers, engineers, and print workers who were made redundant in April 1974 by Beaverbrook Newspapers when the Scottish Daily Express closed its printing operations in Scotland and moved to Manchester.