On this day — November 7 in African history

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Carl Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American to lead a major U.S. city.

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the withdrawal of British, French, and Israeli forces from Egyptian territory during the Suez Crisis.

Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali seized power in Tunisia in a bloodless coup, having doctors declare longtime President Habib Bourguiba medically unfit to rule.