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I wikipedia-ed my birthday like Kathy did.
Events
(I put stuff other than my birthday is election day at least once a decade)
1605 - Gunpowder Plot: A plot led by Robert Catesby to blow up the English Houses of Parliament is thwarted when Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, finds Guy Fawkes in a cellar below the Parliament building. Fawkes was later hanged, drawn and quartered for his role in the conspiracy.
1688 - Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham.
1872 - Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
1895 - George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
1935 - Parker Brothers releases the board game Monopoly.
1940 - U.S. presidential election, 1940: Democrat incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Republican challenger Wendell Willkie and becomes the United States' only third-term president.
1979 - The radio news program Morning Edition premieres on National Public Radio.
1987 - Apartheid: In South Africa, Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years in the Robben Island prison. He had been sentenced to life for treason against the white minority South Africa government.
1994 - Forty-five year old George Foreman becomes boxing's oldest heavyweight champion when he knocks out Michael Moorer.
1999 - United States v. Microsoft: U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issues a preliminary ruling that software maker Microsoft had "monopoly power".
2003 - The final installment of the Matrix Trilogy (The Matrix Revolutions) is released in theatres simultaneously around the world at 2:00 pm (GMT).
2004 - The Incredibles is released by Buena Vista Distribution in the United States.
Births
1271 - Mahmud Ghazan, Persian ruler (d. 1304)
1592 - Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)
1615 - Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1648)
1722 - William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (d. 1798)
1742 - Richard Cosway, English artist (d. 1821)
1851 - Charles Dupuy, French prime minister (d. 1923)
1854 - Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
1895 - Charles MacArthur, American author (d. 1956)
1911 - Roy Rogers, American actor (d. 1998)
1913 - Vivien Leigh, English actress (d. 1967)
1921 - Fawzia of Egypt, Queen of Iran
1931 - Ike Turner, American musician
1938 - César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer
1941 - Art Garfunkel, American musician
1943 - Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor
1945 - Peter Pace, US Marine and current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1946 - Gram Parsons, American musician (d. 1973)
1947 - Peter Noone, English musician and actor
1948 - William Daniel Phillips, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1952 - Bill Walton, American basketball player and commentator
1959 - Bryan Adams, Canadian musician
1963 - Tatum O'Neal, American actress
1968 - Sam Rockwell, American film actor
1971 - Jonny Greenwood, Guitarist (Radiohead)
1973 - Johnny Damon, baseball player
1974 - Ryan Adams, American musician
1974 - Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
Deaths
1605 - James I of England, (VI Scotland)
1701 - Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician
1752 - Carl Andreas Duker, German classical scholar (b. 1670)
1836 - Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet (b. 1810)
1879 - James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b. 1831)
1933 - Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)
1941 - Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
1942 - George M. Cohan, American musician, actor, writer, and composer (b. 1878)
1977 - Guy Lombardo, Canadian conductor (b. 1902)
1979 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
1989 - Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (b. 1903)
1990 - Meir Kahane, American rabbi and activist (b. 1932)
1991 - Fred MacMurray, American actor (b. 1908)
2003 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
Holidays
United Kingdom and New Zealand - Guy Fawkes night (also called Bonfire night; or Fireworks night): Failure of the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament in 1605 is celebrated with bonfires and fireworks.
R.C. Saints - November 5th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints:
St. Bertilia
St. Dominator
St. Domninus
St. Elizabeth
St. Felix and Eusebius
St. Fibitius
St. Galation
St. Laetus
St. Magnus
St. Sylvia
Pope Zacharias
Ancient Latvia - the festival Katrina
Events
(I put stuff other than my birthday is election day at least once a decade)
1605 - Gunpowder Plot: A plot led by Robert Catesby to blow up the English Houses of Parliament is thwarted when Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, finds Guy Fawkes in a cellar below the Parliament building. Fawkes was later hanged, drawn and quartered for his role in the conspiracy.
1688 - Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham.
1872 - Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
1895 - George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
1935 - Parker Brothers releases the board game Monopoly.
1940 - U.S. presidential election, 1940: Democrat incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Republican challenger Wendell Willkie and becomes the United States' only third-term president.
1979 - The radio news program Morning Edition premieres on National Public Radio.
1987 - Apartheid: In South Africa, Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years in the Robben Island prison. He had been sentenced to life for treason against the white minority South Africa government.
1994 - Forty-five year old George Foreman becomes boxing's oldest heavyweight champion when he knocks out Michael Moorer.
1999 - United States v. Microsoft: U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issues a preliminary ruling that software maker Microsoft had "monopoly power".
2003 - The final installment of the Matrix Trilogy (The Matrix Revolutions) is released in theatres simultaneously around the world at 2:00 pm (GMT).
2004 - The Incredibles is released by Buena Vista Distribution in the United States.
Births
1271 - Mahmud Ghazan, Persian ruler (d. 1304)
1592 - Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)
1615 - Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1648)
1722 - William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (d. 1798)
1742 - Richard Cosway, English artist (d. 1821)
1851 - Charles Dupuy, French prime minister (d. 1923)
1854 - Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
1895 - Charles MacArthur, American author (d. 1956)
1911 - Roy Rogers, American actor (d. 1998)
1913 - Vivien Leigh, English actress (d. 1967)
1921 - Fawzia of Egypt, Queen of Iran
1931 - Ike Turner, American musician
1938 - César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer
1941 - Art Garfunkel, American musician
1943 - Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor
1945 - Peter Pace, US Marine and current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1946 - Gram Parsons, American musician (d. 1973)
1947 - Peter Noone, English musician and actor
1948 - William Daniel Phillips, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1952 - Bill Walton, American basketball player and commentator
1959 - Bryan Adams, Canadian musician
1963 - Tatum O'Neal, American actress
1968 - Sam Rockwell, American film actor
1971 - Jonny Greenwood, Guitarist (Radiohead)
1973 - Johnny Damon, baseball player
1974 - Ryan Adams, American musician
1974 - Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
Deaths
1605 - James I of England, (VI Scotland)
1701 - Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician
1752 - Carl Andreas Duker, German classical scholar (b. 1670)
1836 - Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet (b. 1810)
1879 - James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b. 1831)
1933 - Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)
1941 - Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
1942 - George M. Cohan, American musician, actor, writer, and composer (b. 1878)
1977 - Guy Lombardo, Canadian conductor (b. 1902)
1979 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
1989 - Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (b. 1903)
1990 - Meir Kahane, American rabbi and activist (b. 1932)
1991 - Fred MacMurray, American actor (b. 1908)
2003 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
Holidays
United Kingdom and New Zealand - Guy Fawkes night (also called Bonfire night; or Fireworks night): Failure of the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament in 1605 is celebrated with bonfires and fireworks.
R.C. Saints - November 5th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints:
St. Bertilia
St. Dominator
St. Domninus
St. Elizabeth
St. Felix and Eusebius
St. Fibitius
St. Galation
St. Laetus
St. Magnus
St. Sylvia
Pope Zacharias
Ancient Latvia - the festival Katrina