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November 5th
On this day,
1492
Christopher
Columbus learns of maize (corn) from the
Indians of Cuba
1781 John Hanson elected 1st "President of the US in Congress assembled" 1872 Susan B Anthony fined $100 for trying to vote for Ulysses S Grant 1875 Susan B Anthony arrested for attempting to vote 1895 1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden) 1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) beats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) & President Taft (R) 1917 Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time 1917 Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Lousiville KY ordinance requiring blacks & whites to live in separate areas 1935 Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly 1940 President FDR (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R) 1946 John F Kennedy (D-MA) elected to House of Representatives 1968 Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) & George C Wallace for Presidency 1973 BART starts San Francisco-Daly City train shuttle service 1987 Iceberg twice the size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic 1987 Supreme Court nominee Douglas H Ginsburg admitted using marijuana 1988 Cornell confirms grad student source of worst computer sabotage
Births
1818
Benjamin
F Butler
Union general/presidential candidate
(anti-monopoly)
1855 Eugene V Debs labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate 1911 Roy Rogers Cincinnati Ohio, cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show) 1942 Art Garfunkel NYC, singer/actor (Sounds of Silence, Carnal Knowledge)
Deaths
1977
Guy
Lombardo orchestra leader (Auld Lang
Syne), dies in Houston at 75
1979 Al Capp cartoonist (Lil' Abner), dies at 70 1989 Barry Sadler singer (Green Berets), dies at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn 1991 Fred MacMurray actor (My Three Sons), dies at 84
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