12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for November 5, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1605 – The Gunpowder Plot to blow up England’s Parliament is foiled; Guy Fawkes is captured.
- 1688 – William of Orange lands at Torbay, launching England’s “Glorious Revolution.”
- 1872 – Susan B. Anthony casts a ballot in Rochester, NY, and is later arrested and fined $100.
- 1912 – Woodrow Wilson wins the U.S. presidency in a four-way race.
- 1930 – Sinclair Lewis is announced as the first American Nobel laureate in Literature.
- 1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected to an unprecedented third term.
- 1964 – NASA’s Mariner 3 launches toward Mars but fails after its shroud doesn’t jettison.
- 1968 – Richard Nixon wins the U.S. presidential election.
- 1974 – Ella T. Grasso is elected governor of Connecticut, the first U.S. woman elected governor in her own right.
- 2006 – Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death by an Iraqi court (verdict issued Nov. 5).
- 2007 – The Writers Guild of America strike begins, halting film and TV production.
- 2009 – Mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, leaves 13 dead and dozens wounded.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1941 – Art Garfunkel, singer (Simon & Garfunkel) (84).
- 1955 – Kris Jenner, media personality/producer (70).
- 1959 – Bryan Adams, rock singer-songwriter/photographer (66).
- 1960 – Tilda Swinton, actor (Academy Award winner) (65).
- 1968 – Sam Rockwell, actor (Academy Award winner) (57).
- 1987 – Kevin Jonas, musician/TV host (Jonas Brothers; Claim to Fame) (38).
- 1992 – Odell Beckham Jr., NFL wide receiver (33).
Today’s Deaths:
- 1879 – James Clerk Maxwell, physicist who unified electricity and magnetism (48).
- 1956 – Art Tatum, jazz pianist (47).
- 1960 – Mack Sennett, pioneer of slapstick film (Keystone Kops) (80).
- 1982 – Jacques Tati, French filmmaker/actor (“Monsieur Hulot”) (75).
- 1989 – Vladimir Horowitz, virtuoso classical pianist (86).
- 2005 – Link Wray, rock guitarist behind “Rumble” (76).
- 2010 – Jill Clayburgh, stage and screen actor (66).
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