Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date

1605

The "Gunpowder Plot" attempted by Guy Fawkes failed when he was captured before he could blow up the English Parliament. Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated every November 5th in Britain to celebrate his failure.

1844

In California, a grizzly bear underwent a successful cataract operation at the Zoological Garden.

1872

Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in a presidential election. (She never paid the fine.)

1895

George B. Selden of Rochester, N.Y., received the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

1895

George B. Selden received the first U.S. patent for an automobile. He sold the rights for $200,000 four years later.

1911

Italy officially annexed Tripoli.

1912

Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating Progressive Republican Theodore Roosevelt and incumbent Republican William Howard Taft.

1935

The game "Monopoly" was introduced by Parker Brothers Company.

1940

President Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office, beating Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.

1944

Lord Moyne, a British official, was assassinated by the Zionist Stern gang in Cairo, Egypt.

1946

John F. Kennedy was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives at the age of 29.

1955

The Vienna State Opera House in Austria formally opened.

1956

Britain and France landed troops in Egypt during fighting between Egyptian and Israeli forces around the Suez Canal. A cease-fire was declared two days later.

1959

The American Football League was formed.

1963

Archaeologists found the remains of a Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland.

1968

Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace.

1974

Ella T. Grasso was elected governor of Connecticut, the first woman to win gubernatorial office without succeeding her husband.

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.

1986

The White House reaffirmed the U.S. ban on the sale of weapons to Iran.

1987

In South Africa, Goban Mbeki was released after serving 24 years in the Robben Island prison. He had been sentenced to life for treason against the white minority government of South Africa.

1994

Former President Reagan disclosed he had Alzheimer's disease.

1994

George Foreman, 45, became boxing's oldest heavyweight champion by knocking out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas.

1996

Voters returned President Clinton to the White House for a second term but kept Congress in Republican control.

1998

A study showed strong genetic evidence that Thomas Jefferson fathered at least one child by his slave, Sally Hemings.

1998

The U.N. announced that the Taliban militia had killed up to 5,000 civilians in a takeover of an Afghani town.

1998

In the U.S., Chairman Henry Hyde of the Judiciary Committee asked President Clinton to answer 81 questions for the House impeachment inquiry.

1999

U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson declared Microsoft Corp. a monopoly, saying the software giant's aggressive actions were ''stifling innovation'' and hurting consumers.

1999

Dennis Rodman (NBA) and Carmen Electra were both arrested and charged with battery and domestic violence in a hotel in Miami Beach, FL.

1999

A 12-day conference on global warming, attended by delegates from 170 nations, ended in Bonn, Germany.

2001

It was announced that European aircraft manufacturer Airbus and Dubai-based Emirates airlines set up a joint venture specializing in airline services.

2009

At Fort Hood, near Kileen, TX, Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 30 others.

1989

Pianist Vladimir Horowitz died in New York at age 85.

1990

Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Kach movement, was shot to death after a speech at a New York Hotel. His assassin, Egyptian El Sayyid, was later convicted of the murder and was sentenced to life in prison for his part in the World Trade Center bombing.

1992

Malice Green, a black motorist, was beaten to death in Detroit during a struggle with police. Two officers were later convicted in his death and sentenced to prison.