Historical timeline for November 7

António Costa resigns as Prime Minister of Portugal following news of an investigation in a corruption scandal implicating members of his cabinet.

Joe Biden is confirmed elected as the 46th president of the United States, defeating incumbent Donald Trump.

Shamshad TV is attacked by gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.

An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.

The Jokela school shooting in Jokela, Tuusula, Finland, takes place, resulting in the death of nine people.

Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day state of emergency as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.

The controversial US presidential election is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, electing George W. Bush as the 43rd President of the United States.

ADC Airlines Flight 086 crashes into the Lagos Lagoon in Epe, Lagos State, Nigeria, killing all 144 people on board.

NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.

WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first internet radio broadcast.

Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.

Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.

David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.

Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.

East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.

In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service.

Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Poland on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war

United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.