This Day in History
05 Nov 1228
Wu MeKuan a collection of 48 Zen koans compiled in China
05 Nov 1414
Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens
05 Nov 1499
Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). Breton-French-Latin dictionary written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc was first Breton and French dictionary
05 Nov 1530
St Felix Flood ravages Dutch coast and destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands
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Woodrow Wilson wins landslide victory
Democrat Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th president of the United States with Thomas R. Marshall as vice president. In a landslide Democratic victory Wilson...
King James learns of Gunpowder Plot
Early in the morning King James I of England learns that a plot to explode the Parliament building has been foiled hours before he was scheduled to sit with t...
George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ
On November 5 1994 George Foreman age 45 becomes boxings oldest heavyweight champion when he defeats 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round of...
The order is given Bomb Pearl Harbor
On November 5 1941 the Combine Japanese Fleet receive Top-Secret Order No. 1 In 34 days time Pearl Harbor is to be bombed along with Mayala the Dutch East...
George W Bush marries Laura Welch in Midland Texas
On November 5 1977 31-year-old future President George W. Bush marries 33-year-old Laura Welch at the First United Methodist Church in her hometown of Midland...
300 Santee Sioux sentenced to hang in Minnesota
In Minnesota more than 300 Santee Sioux are found guilty of raping and murdering Anglo settlers and are sentenced to hang. A month later President Abrah...
Writers strike stalls production of TV shows movies
Members of the Writers Guild of America East and Writers Guild of America Westlabor organizations representing television film and radio writers...
Richard Nixon elected president
Winning one of the closest elections in U.S. history Republican challenger Richard Nixon defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Because of the strong showing...
Lincoln removes General McClellan from Army of the Potomac
A tortured relationship ends when President Abraham Lincoln removes General George B. McClellan from command of the Army of the Potomac. McClellan ably built th...
1872 A fine mess for Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was fined 100 for trying to vote in the presidential election (she was trying to vote for President Grant)....
400 Years of Celebration After Plotters Fail to Kill a King
November 5 1605 Seething after years of persecution over their religion a group of 13 English Catholics decided on this day to take action. Ext...
1862 Ambrose Burnside replaces McClellen as head of Army of Potomac
Served as the Governor of Rhode Island from 1866 to 1869. During the American Civil War he was a general in the Union Army where he led successful campaigns in...
1930 3rd Academy Awards: "All Quiet on the Western Front", George Arliss (Disraeli) and Norma Shearer (The Divorcee) win
The first British actor to win an Academy Award with his role as ...
1967 The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb.
Best known as a member of the Bee Gees which was co-founded with his fraternal twin brother Maurice and older brother Barry....
1985 CBS premieres "Stone Pillow", a dramatic made-for-TV movie starring Lucille Ball as a homeless woman
One of the most popular and influential stars in the United States during her lifetime....
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