november 7 in history: what happened that day

American Whitcomb Leo Judson in 1891 patented the first known prototype of a zipper.

In 1902 in Tula, on the initiative of the local doctor Fyodor Arkhangelsky, opened the first sobering-up in Russia called "Shelter for the intoxicated."

On this day, but in 1917, the October Revolution took place in Russia.

And in 1928, the Grozny-Tuapse oil pipeline with a length of 618 kilometers came into operation.

On November 7, British antiquarian, one of the founders of field archaeology William Stukley (1687), Russian politician, revolutionary, activist of the communist movement Leon Trotsky (1879), theater and film actress, pop artist, People's Artist of the RSFSR Rina Zelena (1901), Soviet scientist, academician, designer of rocket and space complexes, twice Hero of Socialist Labor Mikhail Yangel (1911).