On Nov. 5, 1968, Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace.
On Nov. 5, 1857, Ida Tarbell, the American journalist best known for her study of the Standard Oil Company, was born. Following her death on Jan. 6, 1944, her obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1605 | The Gunpowder Plot failed when Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English Parliament. |
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| 1872 | Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in a presidential election. |
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| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt. |
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| 1935 | Parker Brothers began marketing the board game "Monopoly." |
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| 1956 | Britain and France landed troops in Egypt during fighting between Egyptian and Israeli forces around the Suez Canal. |
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| 1968 | Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace. |
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| 1974 | Ella Grasso of Connecticut became the first woman elected governor in the United States without succeeding her husband. |
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| 1994 | Former President Ronald Reagan disclosed he had Alzheimer's disease. |
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| 1994 | George Foreman became boxing's oldest heavyweight champion at age 45 by knocking out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. |
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| 1996 | President Bill Clinton won a second term over former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. |
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| 1999 | A federal judge declared Microsoft Corp. a monopoly. |
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| 2006 | Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for crimes against humanity. |
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| 2009 | A shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas left 13 people dead; Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was charged in the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. |
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Current Birthdays
Actress Tilda Swinton turns 51 years old today.
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Johnny Damon turns 38 years old today.
AP Photo/Charles Krupa
| 1940 | Elke Sommer, Actress, turns 71 |
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| 1941 | Art Garfunkel, Singer, turns 70 |
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| 1943 | Sam Shepard, Actor, playwright, turns 68 |
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| 1947 | Peter Noone, Singer (Herman's Hermits), turns 64 |
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| 1952 | Bill Walton, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 59 |
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| 1957 | Kellen Winslow, Football Hall of Famer, turns 54 |
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| 1958 | Mo Gaffney, Actress, comedian, turns 53 |
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| 1959 | Bryan Adams, Rock singer, turns 52 |
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| 1963 | Andrea McArdle, Actress, turns 48 |
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| 1963 | Tatum O'Neal, Actress, turns 48 |
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| 1968 | Sam Rockwell, Actor, turns 43 |
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| 1974 | Ryan Adams, Country musician, turns 37 |
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| 1987 | Kevin Jonas, Rock musician (The Jonas Brothers), turns 24 |
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Historic Birthdays
| 79 | Anna Leonowens 11/5/1834 - 1/19/1914
English writer and governess to children of king Mongkut of Siam |
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| 86 | Paul Sabatier 11/5/1854 - 8/14/1941
French chemist |
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| 70 | Eugene V. Debs 11/5/1855 - 10/20/1926
American socialist labor leader |
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| 74 | Will Hays 11/5/1879 - 3/7/1954
American politician and president of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association (1922-45) |
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| 96 | Will Durant 11/5/1885 - 11/7/1981
American writer |
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| 92 | Raymond Loewy 11/5/1893 - 7/14/1986
French-born American industrial designer |
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| 71 | Martin Dies 11/5/1901 - 11/14/1972
American politician; first chairman of House Committee on Un-American Activities |
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| 53 | Vivien Leigh 11/5/1913 - 7/8/1967
British film and stage actress |
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Ida Tarbell11/5/1857 - 1/6/1944American journalist.Go to obituary »
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