Today in History – November 5 in History
What happened on this day in history – November 5 in History around the world
1219 | The port of Damietta falls to the Crusaders after a siege. | |
1556 | The Emperor Akbar defeats the Hindus at Panipat and secures control of the Mogul Empire. | |
1605 | Guy Fawkes is betrayed and arrested in an attempt to blow up the British Parliament in the “Gunpowder Plot.” Ever since, England has celebrated Guy Fawkes Day. | |
1653 | The Iroquois League signs a peace treaty with the French, vowing not to wage war with other tribes under French protection. | |
1757 | Frederick II of Prussia defeats the French at Rosbach in the Seven Years War. | |
1768 | William Johnson, the northern Indian Commissioner, signs a treaty with the Iroquois Indians to acquire much of the land between the Tennessee and Ohio rivers for future settlement. | |
1814 | Having decided to abandon the Niagara frontier, the American army blows up Fort Erie. | |
1840 | Afghanistan surrenders to the British army. | |
1854 | British and French defeat the Russians at Inkerman, Crimea. | |
1862 | President Abraham Lincoln relieves General George McClellan of command of the Union armies and names Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside commander of the Army of the Potomac. | |
1872 | Susan B. Anthony is arrested for trying to vote. | |
1911 | Calbraith P. Rodgers ends first transcontinental flight–49 days from New York to Pasadena, Calif. | |
1912 | Woodrow Wilson is elected 28th president of the United States. | |
1914 | France and Great Britain declare war on Turkey. | |
1917 | General John Pershing leads U.S. troops into the first American action against German forces. | |
1930 | Sinclair Lewis becomes the first American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature for his novel Babbit. | |
1935 | Parker Brothers company launches “Monopoly,” a game of real estate and capitalism. | |
1940 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected for third term. | |
1968 | Richard Nixon is elected 37th president of the United States. | |
1968 | Shirley Chisholm of Brooklyn, New York, becomes the first elected African American woman to serve in the House of Representatives. | |
1995 | Andre Dallaire’s attempt to assassinate Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien is foiled when the minister’s wife locks the door. | |
2003 | Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer, pleads guilty to 48 counts of murder. | |
2006 | Former president of Iraq Saddam Hussein, along with Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, is sentenced to death for the massacre of 148 Shi’a Muslims in 1982. | |
2007 | Chang’e 1, China’s first lunar satellite, begins its orbit of the moon. | |
2009 | The deadliest mass shooting at a US military installation occurs at Fort Hood, Texas, when US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13 and wounds 29. | |
Born on November 5 | ||
1855 | Eugene V. Debs, American Socialist leader and first president of the American Railway Union. | |
1885 | Will Durant, historian and author. | |
1913 | Vivien Leigh, British actress famous for her role as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind. | |
1918 | George Sheehan, cardiologist well known for his book Running and Being. | |
1942 | Art Garfunkel, American singer, one half of “Simon and Garfunkel.” | |
1943 | Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor. | |
1945 | Peter Pace, first USMC general appointed to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. | |
1946 | Gram Parsons, influential singer, songwriter, guitarist; member of The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers and International Submarine Band. | |
1947 | Peter Noone, singer, songwriter, musician, best known as Herman of Herman’s Hermits. | |
1948 | William Daniel Phillips, shared 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to laser cooling, including his invention of the Zeeman slower technique for slowing the movement of gaseous atoms. | |
1963 | Tatum O’Neal, actress; youngest person ever to win a competitive Academy award, for her performance at age 10 in Paper Moon (1973). | |
1973 | Peter Emmerich, illustrator; in 2001 created the iconic “Mickey Salutes America” image featuring Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse. | |
1987 | Kevin Jonas II, musician, actor; oldest member of the pop rock group Jonas Brothers. |