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 this day in history french government-Ferry resigns  

1882  On November - 05 bedrich Smetana's "Ma Vlast," premieres  

1883  On November - 05 battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army  

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

1884  James Elroy Flecker, English poet/dramatist (Hassan) on November - 05.  

1885  On this day in history will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization)  

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

1887  Oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand on November - 05.  

1889  Idaho's constitution is adopted on this day in history.  

1891  Bert McGirr, cricketer (played in NZ's 1st Test series) on November - 05.  

1893  Raymond Loewy, US industrial designer on this day in history.  

1894  Frederick Lugards expedition reaches Nikki on November - 05.  

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 November - 05.  

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

1895  On November - 05 1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden)  

1895  Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer on November - 05.  

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

1899  Forrest Lewis, actor (Monster of Piedras Blancas) on this day in history.  

1901  On November - 05 eddie Paynter, cricketer (England batting hero in Bodyline series)  

1902  On November - 05 strom Thurmond, (Sen-R-SC, 1955- )  

1905  On November - 05 george Bissett, cricketer (successful S African quick in 1927-28)  

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

1911  On November - 05 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 November - 05.  

1911  Italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica on this day in history.  

1911  On November - 05 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 November - 05 woodrow Wilson (D) beats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) & President Taft (R)  

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

1912  Arizona, Kansas & Wisconsin vote for female suffrage on this day in history.  

1912  Natalie Schaeffer, Rumson NJ, actress (Lovey Howell-Gilligan's Island) on November - 05.  

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1271  On November - 05 birth of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304)  

1494  On November - 05 birth of hans Sachs, composer  

1534  On November - 05 birth of joachim Camerarius, German botanist/physician (horticulture catalog)  

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

1549  Philippe de Mornay, French writer (d. 1623) was born on November - 05.  

1563  On November - 05 birth of anna van Nassau, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna of Saksen  

1592  On this day in history 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 November - 05 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 this day in history death of lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (b. 1599)  

1669  On this day in history john Coccejus, German/Neth reformed theologist, dies at about 66  

1675  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship designer, dies at 52 on November - 05.  

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