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On This Day: November 5

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On Nov. 5, 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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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.

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On This Date

1605	The Gunpowder Plot failed when Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English Parliament.
1872	Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in a presidential election.
1912	Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt.
1935	Parker Brothers began marketing the board game "Monopoly."
1956	Britain and France landed troops in Egypt during fighting between Egyptian and Israeli forces around the Suez Canal.
1968	Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace.
1974	Ella Grasso of Connecticut became the first woman elected governor in the United States without succeeding her husband.
1994	Former President Ronald Reagan disclosed he had Alzheimer's disease.
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.
1996	President Bill Clinton won a second term over former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole.
1999	A federal judge declared Microsoft Corp. a monopoly.
2006	Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for crimes against humanity.
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.

Current Birthdays

Actress Tilda Swinton turns 51 years old today.

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Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Johnny Damon turns 38 years old today.

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1940	Elke Sommer, Actress, turns 71
1941	Art Garfunkel, Singer, turns 70
1943	Sam Shepard, Actor, playwright, turns 68
1947	Peter Noone, Singer (Herman's Hermits), turns 64
1952	Bill Walton, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 59
1957	Kellen Winslow, Football Hall of Famer, turns 54
1958	Mo Gaffney, Actress, comedian, turns 53
1959	Bryan Adams, Rock singer, turns 52
1963	Andrea McArdle, Actress, turns 48
1963	Tatum O'Neal, Actress, turns 48
1968	Sam Rockwell, Actor, turns 43
1974	Ryan Adams, Country musician, turns 37
1987	Kevin Jonas, Rock musician (The Jonas Brothers), turns 24

Historic Birthdays

Ida Tarbell11/5/1857 - 1/6/1944American journalist.Go to obituary »

79	Anna Leonowens 11/5/1834 - 1/19/1914 English writer and governess to children of king Mongkut of Siam
86	Paul Sabatier 11/5/1854 - 8/14/1941 French chemist
70	Eugene V. Debs 11/5/1855 - 10/20/1926 American socialist labor leader
74	Will Hays 11/5/1879 - 3/7/1954 American politician and president of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association (1922-45)
96	Will Durant 11/5/1885 - 11/7/1981 American writer
92	Raymond Loewy 11/5/1893 - 7/14/1986 French-born American industrial designer
71	Martin Dies 11/5/1901 - 11/14/1972 American politician; first chairman of House Committee on Un-American Activities
53	Vivien Leigh 11/5/1913 - 7/8/1967 British film and stage actress