Today is Friday, November 5, the 309th day of 2010. There are 56 days left in the year.
1492 ― Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from the Indians of Cuba
1605 ― Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered & leader Guy Fawkes hanged
1875 ― Susan B. Anthony arrested for attempting to vote
1895 ― First U.S. patent granted for auto (George B. Selden)
1917 ― Gen. Pershing and U.S. troops see action on Western Front for first time
1917 ― Supreme Court decision (Buchanan vs. Warley) strikes down Lousiville, Ky., ordinance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas
1940 ― FDR (D) wins unprecedented third term beating Wendell Willkie (R)
1978 ― Iranian P.M. Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
1987 ― Iceberg twice the size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic
1987 ― Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana