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sábado, 5 de noviembre de 2011

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ON THIS DAY

On This Day: November 5

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

1605The Gunpowder Plot failed when Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English Parliament.
1872Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in a presidential election.
1912Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt.
1935Parker Brothers began marketing the board game "Monopoly."
1956Britain and France landed troops in Egypt during fighting between Egyptian and Israeli forces around the Suez Canal.
1968Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace.
1974Ella Grasso of Connecticut became the first woman elected governor in the United States without succeeding her husband.
1994Former President Ronald Reagan disclosed he had Alzheimer's disease.
1994George 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.
1996President Bill Clinton won a second term over former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole.
1999A federal judge declared Microsoft Corp. a monopoly.
2006Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for crimes against humanity.
2009A 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

Tilda Swinton, Actress
Actress Tilda Swinton turns 51 years old today.
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
Johnny Damon, Baseball player
Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Johnny Damon turns 38 years old today.
AP Photo/Charles Krupa
1940Elke Sommer, Actress, turns 71
1941Art Garfunkel, Singer, turns 70
1943Sam Shepard, Actor, playwright, turns 68
1947Peter Noone, Singer (Herman's Hermits), turns 64
1952Bill Walton, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 59
1957Kellen Winslow, Football Hall of Famer, turns 54
1958Mo Gaffney, Actress, comedian, turns 53
1959Bryan Adams, Rock singer, turns 52
1963Andrea McArdle, Actress, turns 48
1963Tatum O'Neal, Actress, turns 48
1968Sam Rockwell, Actor, turns 43
1974Ryan Adams, Country musician, turns 37
1987Kevin Jonas, Rock musician (The Jonas Brothers), turns 24

Historic Birthdays

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

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