November 5

1605 – Guy Fawkes is discovered hiding under Parliament in London along with enough barrels of gunpowder to blow the building to smithereens.

1688 – Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham to challenge the rule of King James II of England, the beginning of the ‘Glorious Revolution’, one result being the establishment of the English Bill Of Rights, a direct predecessor and inspiration to an improvement; the U.S. Bill Of Rights

1768 – The Treaty of Fort Stanwix is signed between the Iroqois and the British, which adjusted and set the boundary line between Indian lands and the Colonies along the Ohio River to the Tennessee River at the end of the French and Indian War

1831 – Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia for rebellion and insurrection.

1862 – In Minnesota, 303 Santee Lakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites during the U.S.-Dakota War, and are sentenced to death. 38 are ultimately hanged by direct order of President Lincoln, and the others reprieved

1872 – Suffragette Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, in defiance of New York state law, and is later fined $100.

1895 – George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile

1912 – Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States

1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.

1968 – Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.

1986 – The Frigate USS Rentz, Cruiser USS Reeves and Destroyer USS Oldendorf pay a port call at Tsing Tao, China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.

1996 – Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.

2006 – Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, is sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the 1982 massacre of 148 Shia Muslims.

2007 – The Android ‘smart phone’ operating system is unveiled by Google.

2009 – Shouting Allahu Ackbar, U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13 soldiers and wounds another 32 at Fort Hood, Texas. He is later tried, convicted and sentenced to death, which has yet to be executed.

2017 – Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 people and wounds another 20 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas before being confronted, engaged and wounded by Stephen Willford and finally committing suicide.

2021 – A crowd crush during the first night of the 2021 Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park in Houston, Texas results in the death of 10 people with 25 more injured