November 5
1605 - The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Parliament failed as Guy Fawkes was seized.
1872 - Susan B. Anthony was 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 - Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt, incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft and Socialist Eugene Debs.
1930 - Novelist Sinclair Lewis became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1940 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented third term in office when he defeated Republican Wendell L. Willkie.
1968 - Republican Richard M. Nixon was elected president, defeating Democrat Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and American Independent Party candidate George C. Wallace.
1968 - Shirley Chisholm was elected as the first Black woman to serve in Congress.
1974 - Ella T. Grasso became the first woman to win a gubernatorial race without succeeding her husband.
1996 - President Bill Clinton was elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican Bob Dole.
2006 - Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for crimes against humanity.
2009 - A shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas left 13 people dead; Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was later convicted of murder and sentenced to death. He has not yet been executed.
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 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
2021 - A crush of fans during a performance by rapper Travis Scott at a Houston music festival left 10 dead, as people were squeezed so tightly they couldn’t breathe.
Birthdays
23 - Roxanne Perez (professional wrestler)
23 - Alex Hook (actress)
26 - Hailey Grice (model)
28 - Josie Canseco (model)
29 - Madeleine White (model)
32 - Odell Beckham Jr. (football player)
37 - Kevin Jonas (musician)
37 - Jason Kelce (football player)
40 - Eliud Kipchoge (runner)
41 - Alexa Chung (TV host/model)
44 - Luke Hemsworth (actor)
46 - Bubba Watson (golfer)
56 - Sam Rockwell (actor)
56 - Seth Gilliam (actor)
57 - Judy Reyes (actress)
61 - Tatum O'Neal (actress)
64 - Tilda Swinton (actress)
65 - Bryan Adams (singer)
69 - Kris Jenner (reality star)
77 - Peter Noone (singer)
83 - Art Garfunkel (singer)
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Today in Sports History - November 5
1933 - The Chicago Bears 30-game unbeaten streak ends with a loss to the Patriots.
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.
1955 - Jean Beliveau (Montreal Canadiens) scored the 2nd fastest hat trick. He did it in 44 seconds.
1959 - The American Football League was formed.
1966 - BYU quarterback Virgil Carter sets new NCAA single-game records with 513 passing yards and 599 yards of total offence in 53-33 win against Texas Western in Provo, Utah.
1967 - The New Orleans Saints win their first game in franchise history, beating the Philadelphia Eagles 31-24.
1977 - BYU quarterback Marc Wilson throws for 571 yards to establish a new NCAA single-game record.
1981 - Mercury Morris (former Miami Dolphin) was sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficking, conspiracy, and possession of cocaine.
1982 - The Cleveland Cavaliers set an NBA record with their 24th consecutive 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 when he knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA title fight in Las Vegas.
1995 - Warren Moon (Minnesota Vikings) became the 6th player in NFL history to pass for 40,000 career yards.
1995 - John Elway (Denver Broncos) became the 7th player in NFL history to pass for 40,000 career yards.
1997 - The Milwaukee Brewers became the first major league baseball team to switch leagues during the 20th century. They moved from the American League to the National League.
2011 - Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky is arrested on 40 counts of sexual abuse over a 15-year period.
2022 - Alex Ovechkin scores the 787th goal of his career for the Washington Capitals, surpassing Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings for the most goals scored for a single team in NHL history.
2022 - The Houston Astros win their second World Series championship, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in six games.
