November 5

A quick look at Today in History, check out some Celebrity Birthdays, and find out what Days of the Year to celebrate.

TODAY IN HISTORY:

1844 – In California, a grizzly bear underwent a successful cataract operation at the Zoological Garden.

1872 – Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the Presidential election. She never paid the fine.

1895 – George B. Selden received the first U.S. patent for a gasoline-powered automobile. Four years later he sold the rights for $200,000.

1912 – Woodrow Wilson was elected as the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.

1918 – Women in Michigan were allowed to vote after the suffrage amendment was passed in the state legislature. Michigan became the 7th state to allow women to vote.

1935 – Parker Brothers Company introduced the board game “Monopoly”.

1940 – President Franklin Roosevelt was the first and only President to be elected to a third term in office.

1946 – At the age of 29, John F. Kennedy was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

1968 – Richard M. Nixon was elected as the 37th President of the United States, defeating Vice President Hubert Humphry.

1974 – Meteorologist Bill Steffen began forecasting West Michigan weather when he made his debut on WZZM TV-13. He later became the Chief Meteorologist at WOOD TV-8.

1977 – George W. Bush married Laura Welch in Midland, TX.

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.

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 for the crime.

1994 – Former President Ronald Reagan announced that he was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

1994 – George Foreman, age 45, knocked out Michael Moorer, age 26, in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas, NV. With the victory, Foreman became boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion.

1996 – Bill Clinton was re-elected President of the United States.

1998 – Chairman Henry Hyde of the Judiciary Committee asked President Bill Clinton to answer 81 questions for the House impeachment inquiry.

1999 – U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled that Microsoft Corp. was a monopoly.

2002 – Democrat Jennifer Granholm was elected as the first female Governor of Michigan.

2004 – The Disney/Pixar movie “The Incredibles” premiered in theaters.

2007 – Members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike shutting down production of more than 60 TV shows.

2007 – The Android mobile operating system was unveiled by Google.

2009 – U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murdered 13 and wounded 32 at Fort Hood, TX in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.

2015 – Collins Dictionary declaired “binge-watch” to be their “Word of the Year”.

2024 – Donald Trump becomes the first president of the United States to be elected to a non-consecutive second term in 132 years, since Grover Cleveland won the 1892 election.

BIRTHDAYS:

Jim Steranko – 87 years old (1938) – Author and illustrator

Ted Kulongoski – 85 years old (1940) – Soldier, lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Oregon

Art Garfunkel – 84 years old (1941) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist

Peter Pace – 80 years old (1945) – General

Quint Davis – 78 years old (1947) – Director and producer

Bob Barr – 77 years old (1948) – Lawyer and politician

William Daniel Phillips – 77 years old (1948) – Physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Armin Shimerman – 76 years old (1949) – Actor

James Kennedy – 75 years old (1950) – Psychologist and author

Joyce Maynard – 72 years old (1953) – Journalist, author and academic

Jeffrey Sachs – 71 years old (1954) – Economist and academic

Kris Jenner – 70 years old (1955) – Talent manager and businesswoman

Nestor Serrano – 70 years old (1955) – Actor

John Harwood – 69 years old (1956) – Journalist

Jeff Watson – 69 years old (1956) – Guitarist and songwriter

Don Falcone – 67 years old (1958) – Keyboard player, songwriter and producer

Mo Gaffney – 67 years old (1958) – Actress and screenwriter

Robert Patrick – 67 years old (1958) – Actor

Mark West – 65 years old (1960) – Basketball player

Michael Gaston – 63 years old (1962) – Actor

Marcus J. Ranum – 63 years old (1962) – Computer scientist and author

Andrea McArdle – 62 years old (1963) – Actress and singer

Tatum O'Neal – 62 years old (1963) – Actress and author

Brian Wheat – 62 years old (1963) – Bass player and songwriter

Atul Gawande – 60 years old (1965) – Surgeon and journalist

Angelo Moore – 60 years old (1965) – Singer and musician

Judy Reyes – 58 years old (1967) – Actress and producer

Seth Gilliam – 57 years old (1968) – Actor

Sam Rockwell – 57 years old (1968) – Actor

Pat Kilbane – 56 years old (1969) – Actor, comedian, director and screenwriter

Javy López – 55 years old (1970) – Puerto Rican-American baseball player

Corin Nemec – 54 years old (1971) – Actor, producer and screenwriter

Johnny Damon – 52 years old (1973) – Baseball player

Ryan Adams – 51 years old (1974) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jerry Stackhouse – 51 years old (1974) – Basketball player and sportscaster

Sebastian Arcelus – 49 years old (1976) – Actor

Bubba Watson – 47 years old (1978) – Golfer

Romi Dames – 46 years old (1979) – Japanese-American actress

Keith McLeod – 46 years old (1979) – Basketball player

Leah Culver – 43 years old (1982) – Computer scientist and programmer, co-founder of Pownce

Bryan LaHair – 43 years old (1982) – Baseball player

Annet Mahendru – 40 years old (1985) – Actress

Ian Mahinmi – 39 years old (1986) – Basketball player

Kevin Jonas – 38 years old (1987) – Singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor

Jason Kelce – 38 years old (1987) – Football player

O. J. Mayo – 38 years old (1987) – Basketball player

D. J. Kennedy – 36 years old (1989) – Basketball player

Jon Gray – 34 years old (1991) – Baseball player

Odell Beckham Jr. – 33 years old (1992) – Football player

Jordan Bone – 28 years old (1997) – Basketball player

Matty Beniers – 23 years old (2002) – Ice hockey player

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For additional information check out websites like: www.on-this-day.com, www.born-today.com, www.famousbirthdays.com, www.daysoftheyear.com, and www.nationaldaycalendar.com.