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\"GunpowderPlot\"<\/a>Associated Press<\/p>\n

On Nov. 5, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office, beating Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie
\n1605 The Gunpowder Plot failed when Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English Parliament.
\n1872 Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in a presidential election.
\n1912 Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt.
\n1935 Parker Brothers began marketing the board game “Monopoly.”
\n1956 Britain and France landed troops in Egypt during fighting between Egyptian and Israeli forces around the Suez Canal.
\n1968 Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace.
\n1974 Ella Grasso of Connecticut became the first woman elected governor in the United States without succeeding her husband.
\n1994 Former President Ronald Reagan disclosed he had Alzheimer’s disease.
\n1994 George Foreman became boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion at age 45 by knocking out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas.
\n1996 President Bill Clinton won a second term over former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole.
\n1999 A federal judge declared Microsoft Corp. a monopoly.
\n2006 Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for crimes against humanity.
\n2009 A shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas left 13 people dead; Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was charged in the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base.<\/p>\n

Today’s Birthdays:
\nActress Tilda Swinton turns 55 years old today.
\nElke Sommer Actress 75
\nArt Garfunkel Singer 74
\nSam Shepard Actor, playwright 72
\nPeter Noone Singer (Herman’s Hermits) 68
\nBill Walton Basketball Hall of Famer 63
\nKellen Winslow Football Hall of Famer 58
\nMo Gaffney Actress, comedian 57
\nBryan Adams Rock singer 56
\nAndrea McArdle Actress 52
\nTatum O’Neal Actress 52
\nSam Rockwell Actor 47
\nJohnny Damon Baseball player 42
\nRyan Adams Country musician 41
\nKevin Jonas Rock musician (The Jonas Brothers) 28
\nTV personality Kris Jenner turns 60 years old today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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