Today is Saturday, November 5, the 310th day of 2016. There are 56 days left in the year.
1414 — Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens
1492 — Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from the Indians of Cuba
1811 — El Salvador’s first battle against Spain for independence
1838 — Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
1872 — Susan B Anthony fined $100 for trying to vote for Ulysses S Grant
1875 — Susan B Anthony arrested for attempting to vote
1895 — First U.S. patent granted for auto (George B Selden)
1912 — Woodrow Wilson (D) beats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) & President Taft (R)
1913 — Ludwig III crowned king of Bavaria