Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
November 5
| 1219 | The port of Damietta falls to the Crusaders after a siege. | |
| 1556 | The Emperor Akbar defeats the Hindus at Panipat and secures control of the Mogul Empire. | |
| 1605 | Guy Fawkes is betrayed and arrested in an attempt to blow up the British Parliament in the "Gunpowder Plot." Ever since, England has celebrated Guy Fawkes Day. | |
| 1653 | The Iroquois League signs a peace treaty with the French, vowing not to wage war with other tribes under French protection. | |
| 1757 | Frederick II of Prussia defeats the French at Rosbach in the Seven Years War. | |
| 1768 | William Johnson, the northern Indian Commissioner, signs a treaty with the Iroquois Indians to acquire much of the land between the Tennessee and Ohio rivers for future settlement. | |
| 1814 | Having decided to abandon the Niagara frontier, the American army blows up Fort Erie. | |
| 1840 | Afghanistan surrenders to the British army. | |
| 1854 | British and French defeat the Russians at Inkerman, Crimea. | |
| 1862 | President Abraham Lincoln relieves General George McClellan of command of the Union armies and names Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside commander of the Army of the Potomac. | |
| 1872 | Susan B. Anthony is arrested for trying to vote. | |
| 1911 | Calbraith P. Rodgers ends first transcontinental flight–49 days from New York to Pasadena, Calif. | |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson is elected 28th president of the United States. | |
| 1914 | France and Great Britain declare war on Turkey. | |
| 1917 | General John Pershing leads U.S. troops into the first American action against German forces. | |
| 1930 | Sinclair Lewis becomes the first American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature for his novel Babbit. | |
| 1935 | Parker Brothers company launches "Monopoly," a game of real estate and capitalism. | |
| 1940 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected for third term. | |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon is elected 37th president of the United States. | |
| 1968 | Shirley Chisholm of Brooklyn, New York, becomes the first elected African American woman to serve in the House of Representatives. | |
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Born on November 5 |
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| 1855 | Eugene V. Debs, American Socialist leader and first president of the American Railway Union. | |
| 1885 | Will Durant, historian and author. | |
| 1913 | Vivien Leigh, British actress famous for her role as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. | |
| 1918 | George Sheehan, cardiologist well known for his book Running and Being. | |
| 1942 | Art Garfunkel, American singer, one half of "Simon and Garfunkel." | |
| 1943 | Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor. | |
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