Today is Wednesday, November 5th, day 309 of 2025. There are 56 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On November 5, 1872, suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the law by voting in the presidential election; She was later arrested and charged with “knowingly voting without the legal right to vote.” Found guilty in court, she was fined $100, which she refused to pay.
Also on this day:
In 1605, the Gunpowder Plot failed when Guy Fawkes was captured before he could blow up the English Parliament; Fawkes and his accomplices were later found guilty of treason and hanged.
In 1912, Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt, incumbent Republican William Howard Taft, and socialist Eugene V. Debs.
In 1930, writer Sinclair Lewis became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
In 1940, Democratic incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term as president, defeating Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.
In 1968, Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Democratic Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and American Independent Party candidate George C. Wallace.
In 1994, George Foreman became boxing's oldest heavyweight champion at the age of 45, knocking out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of his title fight.
In 1996, President Bill Clinton won a second term in the White House, defeating Republican Bob Dole.
In 2006, Saddam Hussein was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging by the Iraqi High Tribunal.
In 2009, gunfire at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas left 13 people dead and more than 30 wounded; Major Nidal Hassan, an army psychiatrist, was later found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. He remains in prison on death row.
In 2017, a gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, killing more than two dozen people; the shooter, Devin Patrick Kelly, was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
In 2021, fans at a Houston music festival flooded the stage during rapper Travis Scott's performance, causing panic that left 10 people dead and many more injured.
In 2024, former Republican President Donald Trump was elected to a second term, defeating Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris; he was the second president, after Grover Cleveland in 1892, to be elected to non-consecutive terms.
Today's birthday people:
- Singer Art Garfunkel is 84 years old.
- Singer Peter Noon (Herman's Hermits) – 78 years old.
- TV presenter Kris Jenner is 70 years old.
- Singer Bryan Adams is 66 years old.
- Actress Tilda Swinton is 65 years old.
- Actor Tatum O'Neal is 62 years old.
- Actress Judy Reyes is 58 years old.
- Actor Seth Gilliam is 57 years old.
- Actor Sam Rockwell is 57 years old.
- Musician Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) is 54 years old.
- Golfer Bubba Watson is 47 years old.
- Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge is 41 years old.
- Musician Kevin Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 38 years old.
