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November 5
1605 - The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Parliament failed when Guy Fawkes was seized before he could execute his plan.
1781 - The Continental Congress elected John Hanson of Maryland its chairman, giving him the title of "President of the United States in Congress Assembled."
1872 - Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for trying to vote in the presidential election.
1895 - George B. Selden of Rochester, New York received the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
1912 - Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt.
1935 - Parker Brothers began marketing the board game "Monopoly".
1940 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office, defeating Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.
1968 - The first black woman representative to serve in Congress, Shirley Chisholm, was elected in New York.
1968 - Republican Richard M. Nixon defeated Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace to become the nation's 37th president.
1974 - Ella T. Grasso became the first woman to win a governor's race without succeeding her husband after winning Connecticut's governorship.
1987 - Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana several times in the 1960s and 70s, calling it a mistake. (Ginsburg ended up withdrawing his nomination.)
1992 - Malice Green, a black motorist, died after he was struck in the head 14 times with a flashlight by a Detroit police officer, Larry Nevers, outside a suspected crack house. (Nevers and his partner, Walter Budzyn, were found guilty of second-degree murder, but the convictions were overturned; they were later convicted of involuntary manslaughter.)
1994 - Former President Ronald Reagan disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
1996 - President Bill Clinton was elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican challenger Bob Dole.
1999 - A federal judge declared Microsoft Corp. a monopoly.
2003 - President George W. Bush signed a bill outlawing the procedure known by its critics as "partial-birth abortion"; less than an hour later, a federal judge in Nebraska issued a temporary restraining order against the ban. (In 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.)
2006 - Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for crimes against humanity.
2009 - A shooting rampage at the Ford Hood Army post in Texas left 13 people dead; Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was charged with the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base.
2014 - A day after large Republican gains from the election, President Barack Obama and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged to try to turn divided government into a force for good rather than gridlock, yet warned of veto shutdowns as well.
2017 - A gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire in a small South Texas church, killing more than two dozen people; the shooter, Devin Patrick Kelley, was later found dead in a vehicle after he was shot and chased by two men who heard the gunfire. (An autopsy revealed that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.)
Birthdays
21 - Sophi Knight (model)
23 - Josie Canseco (model)
24 - Madison McLaughlin (actress)
26 - Kathryn Palmer (reality star)
27 - Odell Beckham Jr. (football player)
32 - Kevin Jonas (musician)
34 - Annet Mahendru (actress)
36 - Alexa Chung (TV host)
37 - Jeremy Lelliott (actor)
39 - Luke Hemsworth (actor)
43 - Sam Page (actor)
43 - Sebastian Arcelus (actor)
45 - Ryan Adams (singer)
48 - Corin Nemec (actor)
49 - Heather Kinley (country singer)
49 - Jennifer Kinley (country singer)
51 - Sam Rockwell (actor)
51 - Seth Gilliam (actor)
52 - Judy Reyes (actress)
55 - Famke Janssen (actress)
56 - Andrea McArdle (actress)
56 - Tatum O'Neal (actress)
57 - Michael Gaston (actor)
59 - Tilda Swinton (actrses)
60 - Bryan Adams (singer)
61 - Robert Patrick (actor)
61 - Mo Gaffney (actor/comedian)
64 - Nestor Serrano (actor)
64 - Kris Jenner (reality star)
72 - Peter Noone (singer)
78 - Art Garfunkel (singer)
79 - Elke Sommer (actress)
81 - Chris Robinson (actor)
82 - Harris Yulin (actor)
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Today in Sports History - November 5
1946 - A glass backboard broke shattered for the first time in an NBA game. Chuck Connors of the Boston Celtics was the man that broke it.
1959 - The American Football League was formed with eight charter franchises: Boston Patriots (New England Patriots), Buffalo Bills, Houston Oilers (Tennessee Titans), New York Titans (New York Jets), Dallas Texans (Kansas City Chiefs), Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers and the Oakland Raiders.
1967 - The New Orleans Saints record the first win in franchise history, a 31-24 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.
1971 - The Los Angeles Lakers began a 33-game winning streak.
1977 - Marc Wilson of BYU sets an NCAA single-game record with 571 passing yards.
1978 - John Madden of the Oakland Raiders becomes the 13th coach in NFL history to win 100 games.
1981 - Mercury Morris, formerly of the Miami Dolphins, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of drug trafficking, conspiracy and possession of cocaine.
1982 - The Cleveland Cavaliers set an NBA record with their 24th straight loss.
1984 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the NFL had exceeded antitrust limits in attempting to stop the Oakland Raiders from moving to Los Angeles.
1994 - At age 45, George Foreman became the oldest heavyweight boxing champion in history when he knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA title fight in Las Vegas.
1995 - Warren Moon of the Minnesota Vikings became the sixth player in NFL history to pass for 40,000 career yards; on the same day, John Elway of the Denver Broncos became the seventh player to achieve the milestone.
1997 - The Milwaukee Brewers became the first major league baseball team in the 20th century to switch leagues, moving from the American League to the National League.
2011 - Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky is arrested on charges of 40 counts of sexual abuse of children over a 15-year period.
1605 - The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Parliament failed when Guy Fawkes was seized before he could execute his plan.
1781 - The Continental Congress elected John Hanson of Maryland its chairman, giving him the title of "President of the United States in Congress Assembled."
1872 - Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for trying to vote in the presidential election.
1895 - George B. Selden of Rochester, New York received the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
1912 - Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt.
1935 - Parker Brothers began marketing the board game "Monopoly".
1940 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office, defeating Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.
1968 - The first black woman representative to serve in Congress, Shirley Chisholm, was elected in New York.
1968 - Republican Richard M. Nixon defeated Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace to become the nation's 37th president.
1974 - Ella T. Grasso became the first woman to win a governor's race without succeeding her husband after winning Connecticut's governorship.
1987 - Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana several times in the 1960s and 70s, calling it a mistake. (Ginsburg ended up withdrawing his nomination.)
1992 - Malice Green, a black motorist, died after he was struck in the head 14 times with a flashlight by a Detroit police officer, Larry Nevers, outside a suspected crack house. (Nevers and his partner, Walter Budzyn, were found guilty of second-degree murder, but the convictions were overturned; they were later convicted of involuntary manslaughter.)
1994 - Former President Ronald Reagan disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
1996 - President Bill Clinton was elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican challenger Bob Dole.
1999 - A federal judge declared Microsoft Corp. a monopoly.
2003 - President George W. Bush signed a bill outlawing the procedure known by its critics as "partial-birth abortion"; less than an hour later, a federal judge in Nebraska issued a temporary restraining order against the ban. (In 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.)
2006 - Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for crimes against humanity.
2009 - A shooting rampage at the Ford Hood Army post in Texas left 13 people dead; Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was charged with the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base.
2014 - A day after large Republican gains from the election, President Barack Obama and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged to try to turn divided government into a force for good rather than gridlock, yet warned of veto shutdowns as well.
2017 - A gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire in a small South Texas church, killing more than two dozen people; the shooter, Devin Patrick Kelley, was later found dead in a vehicle after he was shot and chased by two men who heard the gunfire. (An autopsy revealed that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.)
Birthdays
21 - Sophi Knight (model)
23 - Josie Canseco (model)
24 - Madison McLaughlin (actress)
26 - Kathryn Palmer (reality star)
27 - Odell Beckham Jr. (football player)
32 - Kevin Jonas (musician)
34 - Annet Mahendru (actress)
36 - Alexa Chung (TV host)
37 - Jeremy Lelliott (actor)
39 - Luke Hemsworth (actor)
43 - Sam Page (actor)
43 - Sebastian Arcelus (actor)
45 - Ryan Adams (singer)
48 - Corin Nemec (actor)
49 - Heather Kinley (country singer)
49 - Jennifer Kinley (country singer)
51 - Sam Rockwell (actor)
51 - Seth Gilliam (actor)
52 - Judy Reyes (actress)
55 - Famke Janssen (actress)
56 - Andrea McArdle (actress)
56 - Tatum O'Neal (actress)
57 - Michael Gaston (actor)
59 - Tilda Swinton (actrses)
60 - Bryan Adams (singer)
61 - Robert Patrick (actor)
61 - Mo Gaffney (actor/comedian)
64 - Nestor Serrano (actor)
64 - Kris Jenner (reality star)
72 - Peter Noone (singer)
78 - Art Garfunkel (singer)
79 - Elke Sommer (actress)
81 - Chris Robinson (actor)
82 - Harris Yulin (actor)
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Today in Sports History - November 5
1946 - A glass backboard broke shattered for the first time in an NBA game. Chuck Connors of the Boston Celtics was the man that broke it.
1959 - The American Football League was formed with eight charter franchises: Boston Patriots (New England Patriots), Buffalo Bills, Houston Oilers (Tennessee Titans), New York Titans (New York Jets), Dallas Texans (Kansas City Chiefs), Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers and the Oakland Raiders.
1967 - The New Orleans Saints record the first win in franchise history, a 31-24 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.
1971 - The Los Angeles Lakers began a 33-game winning streak.
1977 - Marc Wilson of BYU sets an NCAA single-game record with 571 passing yards.
1978 - John Madden of the Oakland Raiders becomes the 13th coach in NFL history to win 100 games.
1981 - Mercury Morris, formerly of the Miami Dolphins, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of drug trafficking, conspiracy and possession of cocaine.
1982 - The Cleveland Cavaliers set an NBA record with their 24th straight loss.
1984 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the NFL had exceeded antitrust limits in attempting to stop the Oakland Raiders from moving to Los Angeles.
1994 - At age 45, George Foreman became the oldest heavyweight boxing champion in history when he knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA title fight in Las Vegas.
1995 - Warren Moon of the Minnesota Vikings became the sixth player in NFL history to pass for 40,000 career yards; on the same day, John Elway of the Denver Broncos became the seventh player to achieve the milestone.
1997 - The Milwaukee Brewers became the first major league baseball team in the 20th century to switch leagues, moving from the American League to the National League.
2011 - Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky is arrested on charges of 40 counts of sexual abuse of children over a 15-year period.