Historical Events In November - 05

1876  On November - 05 raymond Duchamp-Villon, cubist sculptor (Head of Baudeaire)  

1879  James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1881  French government-Ferry resigns on this day in history.  

1882  Bedrich Smetana's "Ma Vlast," premieres on November - 05.  

1883  Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army on this day in history.  

1883  William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

1885  Will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization) on this day in history.  

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

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

1889  On November - 05 idaho's constitution is adopted.  

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

1893  On this day in history raymond Loewy, US industrial designer  

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

1895  The first US patent granted for auto (George B Selden) on November - 05.  

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

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

1898  On this day in history gerhart Hauptmanns "Fuhrmann Henschel," premieres in Berlin  

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

1901  Eddie Paynter, cricketer (England batting hero in Bodyline series) on this day in history.  

1902  On this day in history strom Thurmond, (Sen-R-SC, 1955- )  

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

1906  George Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary on November - 05.  

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  On November - 05 first transcontinental airplane flight arrives at Pasadena, CA from New York. The flight lasted a whopping 82 hours, 4 minutes.  

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

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

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

1912  Woodrow Wilson (D) beats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) & President Taft (R) on November - 05.  

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

1912  On November - 05 arizona, Kansas & Wisconsin vote for female suffrage  

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

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1271  Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304) was born on November - 05.  

1494  On this day in history birth of hans Sachs, composer  

1534  On this day in history birth of joachim Camerarius, German botanist/physician (horticulture catalog)  

1549  On this day in history birth of philippe du Plessis, France, author  

1549  On November - 05 birth of philippe de Mornay, French writer (d. 1623)  

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

1592  Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672) was born on November - 05.  

1613  On November - 05 birth of isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691)  

1370  On this day in history kazimierz III, the Great, king of Poland (1333-70), dies at 61  

1515  Mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli, Italian painter, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

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

1603  On this day in history irini Fedorovna, Russian daughter of Boris Godunov, dies  

1660  On this day in history death of lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (b. 1599)  

1669  On November - 05 john Coccejus, German/Neth reformed theologist, dies at about 66  

1675  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship designer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1680  Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57 on November - 05.