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Today in History: November 5


1219
The port of Damietta falls to the Crusaders after a siege.

1605
Gunpowder Plot: Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament. Plot discovered, Guy Fawkes caught, tortured and later executed along with seven others. Celebrated ever since as Guy Fawkes Day, where his effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, accompanied by fireworks.

1872
Susan B. Anthony is arrested for trying to vote.

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.

2003
Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer, pleads guilty to 48 counts of murder.

2006
Former president of Iraq Saddam Hussein, along with Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, is sentenced to death for the massacre of 148 Shi'a Muslims in 1982.

2009
The deadliest mass shooting at a US military installation occurs at Fort Hood, Texas, when US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13 and wounds 29.

2021
NFL Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers admits in interview he is unvaccinated and taking unapproved treatment after testing positive for COVID-19 and in isolation

Today in History: Born on November 5

1913
Vivien Leigh, British actress famous for her role as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind.

1942
Art Garfunkel, American singer, one half of "Simon and Garfunkel."

JOTD
Judge says "After reviewing your case Mr Smith, I have decided to give your wife $445 per week."


"Thats very fair your honor." The husband said "And every now and then I ll try to send a few bucks myself