Page 3: Historical Events In November - 05

1876  On this day in history raymond Duchamp-Villon, cubist sculptor (Head of Baudeaire)   

1879  On this day in history james Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48   

1881  On November - 05 french government-Ferry resigns   

1882  On this day in history bedrich Smetana's "Ma Vlast," premieres   

1883  Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army on November - 05.   

1883  William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle on November - 05.   

1884  James Elroy Flecker, English poet/dramatist (Hassan) on this day in history.   

1885  Will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization) on November - 05.   

1887  On this day in history ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship   

1887  On November - 05 oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand   

1889  Idaho's constitution is adopted on November - 05.   

1891  On November - 05 bert McGirr, cricketer (played in NZ's 1st Test series)   

1893  On November - 05 raymond Loewy, US industrial designer   

1894  Frederick Lugards expedition reaches Nikki on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history henri E J A de Page, Belgian private law scholar   

1895  Inventor George B. Selden receives a patent on a "road engine," the first gas-powered automobile on this day in history.   

1895  The first US patent granted for auto (George B Selden) on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history 1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden)   

1895  Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer on this day in history.   

1898  Gerhart Hauptmanns "Fuhrmann Henschel," premieres in Berlin on November - 05.   

1899  On this day in history forrest Lewis, actor (Monster of Piedras Blancas)   

1901  Eddie Paynter, cricketer (England batting hero in Bodyline series) on November - 05.   

1902  Strom Thurmond, (Sen-R-SC, 1955- ) on this day in history.   

1905  George Bissett, cricketer (successful S African quick in 1927-28) on this day in history.   

1906  George Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing first transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, Sept 17)   

1911  First transcontinental airplane flight arrives at Pasadena, CA from New York. The flight lasted a whopping 82 hours, 4 minutes on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica   

1911  On this day in history italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica   

1911  On this day in history roy Rogers, Cincinnati Ohio, cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show)   

1912  On this day in history woodrow Wilson (D) beats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) & President Taft (R)   

1912  Woodrow Wilson is elected U.S. President, beating challenger Theodore Roosevelt and incumbent William Howard Taft on November - 05.   

1912  Arizona, Kansas & Wisconsin vote for female suffrage on November - 05.   

1912  On November - 05 natalie Schaeffer, Rumson NJ, actress (Lovey Howell-Gilligan's Island)   

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1271  On this day in history birth of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304)   

1494  On November - 05 birth of hans Sachs, composer   

1534  Joachim Camerarius, German botanist/physician (horticulture catalog) was born on November - 05.   

1549  Philippe du Plessis, France, author was born on this day in history.   

1549  On this day in history birth of philippe de Mornay, French writer (d. 1623)   

1563  On this day in history birth of anna van Nassau, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna of Saksen   

1592  On November - 05 birth of charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)   

1613  Isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.   

1370  Kazimierz III, the Great, king of Poland (1333-70), dies at 61 on November - 05.   

1515  On this day in history mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli, Italian painter, dies at 41   

1559  Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1603  Irini Fedorovna, Russian daughter of Boris Godunov, dies on November - 05.   

1660  On November - 05 death of lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (b. 1599)   

1669  John Coccejus, German/Neth reformed theologist, dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1675  On November - 05 kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship designer, dies at 52   

1680  On this day in history gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57