A U.S. Army psychiatrist opened fire at Fort Hood, killing 13 people and wounding 30 others
Major Nidal Hasan's shooting rampage at the Texas military base became one of the deadliest attacks on a U.S. military installation. Hasan was later c...
November 5 in History
Significant events that happened on this day.
Historical Events
2009
1996
Bill Clinton became the first Democratic president re-elected to a second term since FDR
Clinton defeated Republican Bob Dole and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot, ending a 52-year drought for two-term Democratic presidents. His victory c...
1994
George Foreman became the oldest heavyweight boxing champion at age 45
Twenty years after losing his title to Muhammad Ali, Foreman knocked out Michael Moorer to reclaim the heavyweight crown. The improbable comeback made...
1968
Richard Nixon was elected as the 37th President of the United States
MajorNixon staged one of history's greatest political comebacks, winning the presidency after losing to JFK in 1960 and a California gubernatorial race in...
1955
Doc Brown invented the flux capacitor after slipping and hitting his head on a sink
According to the Back to the Future timeline, Emmett "Doc" Brown had his eureka moment for time travel while hanging a clock in his bathroom. This fic...
1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first and only U.S. president elected to a third term
MajorBreaking the two-term tradition established by George Washington, FDR won an unprecedented third term during World War II. He would go on to win a fou...
1930
Sinclair Lewis became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
The author of "Main Street" and "Babbitt" was honored for his satirical portrayals of American life and culture. In his acceptance speech, he criticiz...
1912
Woodrow Wilson was elected as the 28th President of the United States
Wilson won a three-way race against incumbent William Howard Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt, who ran as a third-party candidate. The spl...
1895
George B. Selden received the first U.S. patent for an automobile
The Rochester patent lawyer was granted a patent for a "road engine" powered by a "liquid hydrocarbon engine." Ironically, Selden never built a succes...
1872
Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in the U.S. presidential election
MajorThe pioneering suffragist cast her ballot in Rochester, New York, challenging laws that prohibited women from voting. She was later tried, convicted,...
1733
John Peter Zenger was arrested for publishing criticism of New York's colonial governor
The printer's arrest and subsequent trial became a landmark case for freedom of the press in America. His acquittal in 1735 established truth as a def...
1605
Guy Fawkes was caught trying to blow up the British Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder
MajorThe infamous Gunpowder Plot was foiled when authorities discovered Fawkes guarding explosives beneath the House of Lords, intending to assassinate Kin...
