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November 04, 2009
This Day in History: Nov. 5:
1605: The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Parliament failed. 1872: Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for trying to vote in the presidential election (she was trying to vote for President Grant).
1895: George B. Selden of Rochester, N.Y., received the first U.S. patent for an automobile. 1940: President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office when he defeated Wendell L. Willkie. 1968: The first black woman representative to serve in Congress, Shirley Chisholm, was elected. 1974: Ella T. Grasso became the first woman to win a gubernatorial office without succeeding her husband. 1994: At 45, George Foreman, became the oldest heavyweight champion when he knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. -- from Infoplease website
Famous birthdays today (besides yours): American Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs, 1855; Cowboy actor Roy Rogers, 1911; Actress Vivien Leigh, 1913; Actor Chris Robinson ("General Hospital"), 1938; Actress Elke Summer, 1940; Singer Art Garfunkel, 1941; Actor-playwright Sam Shepard, 1943; Singer Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, 1947; Actor Nestor Serrano ("24"), 1955; Actor Robert Patrick ("The X-Files"), 1958; Singer Bryan Adams, 1959; Actress Tatum O'Neal, 1963; Singer Angelo Moore of Fishbone, 1965; Actress Judy Reyes ("Scrubs"), 1967; Country singers Jennifer and Heather Kinley of The Kinleys, 1970; Guitarist-keyboardist Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, 1971; Actor Corin Nemec ("Parker Lewis Can't Lose"), 1971; Singer-guitarist Ryan Adams, 1974; Guitarist Kevin Jonas of The Jonas Brothers, 1987. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites
Posted by Lynn at November 4, 2009 12:48 PM