Today in History: November 5, Susan B. Anthony defies law and casts vote for president
In the current era is Wednesday Nov the th day of There are days left in the year In the present day in history On Nov suffragist Susan B Anthony defied the law by casting a vote in the presidential electoral contest she was later arrested and charged with knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote Discovered guilty at trial she was fined which she refused to pay Also on this date In the Gunpowder Plot failed as Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English Parliament Fawkes and his co-conspirators were later convicted of treason and hanged Related Articles At least dead injured in UPS plane crash and explosion at Kentucky airport FBI fires additional agents who participated in assessing Trump AP sources say Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warns of mass chaos in skies if shutdown continues You could smell the onions Man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent says it was a protest Prosecutors say it s a crime Scientists spot the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole In Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected president defeating Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt incumbent Republican William Howard Taft and Socialist Eugene V Debs In novelist Sinclair Lewis became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature In Democratic incumbent Franklin D Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term as president defeating Republican challenger Wendell L Willkie In Republican Richard M Nixon won the presidency defeating Democratic Vice President Hubert H Humphrey and American Independent Party candidate George C Wallace In George Foreman became the oldest heavyweight boxing champion at age knocking out Michael Moorer in the th round of their title bout In President Bill Clinton won a second term in the White House defeating Republican Bob Dole In Saddam Hussein was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to death by hanging In a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas left people dead and wounded more than Maj Nidal Hasan an Army psychiatrist was later convicted of murder and sentenced to death He remains in prison on death row In a gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire in the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs Texas killing more than two dozen people the shooter Devin Patrick Kelley was later identified dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound In Fans at a Houston music festival surged toward the stage during a performance by rapper Travis Scott triggering panic that left people dead and several more injured In Republican former President Donald Trump was elected to a second term defeating Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris he was the second president after Grover Cleveland in to be elected to a nonconsecutive term In the current era s Birthdays Singer Art Garfunkel is Singer Peter Noone Herman s Hermits is TV personality Kris Jenner is Singer Bryan Adams is Actor Tilda Swinton is Actor Tatum O Neal is Actor Judy Reyes is Actor Seth Gilliam is Actor Sam Rockwell is Musician Jonny Greenwood Radiohead is Golfer Bubba Watson is Olympic gold medal marathoner Eliud Kipchoge is Musician Kevin Jonas The Jonas Brothers is
