Today In History
Today is Friday, Nov. 5, the 309th day of 2021. There are 56 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 2017: A gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire in a small South Texas church, killing more than two dozen people; the shooter, Devin Patrick Kelley, was later found dead in a vehicle after he was shot and chased by two men who heard the gunfire. (An autopsy revealed that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.)
ON THIS DATE
› 1605: The “Gunpowder Plot” failed as Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English Parliament.
› 1872: Suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the law by attempting to cast a vote for President Ulysses S. Grant. (Anthony was convicted by a judge and fined $100, but she never paid the penalty.)
› 1935: Parker Brothers began marketing the board game “Monopoly.”
› 1989: Death claimed singer-songwriter Barry Sadler in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, at age 49.
› 1994: Former President Ronald Reagan disclosed he had Alzheimer’s disease.
› 2003: President
George W. Bush signed a bill outlawing the procedure known by its critics as “partial-birth abortion”; less than an hour later, a federal judge in Nebraska issued a temporary restraining order against the ban. (In 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.)
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Harris Yulin is 84. Actor Chris Robinson is 83. Actor Elke Sommer is 81. Singer Art Garfunkel is 80. Singer Peter Noone is 74. TV personality Kris Jenner is
66. Actor Nestor Serrano is 66. Actor-comedian Mo Gaffney is 63. Actor Robert Patrick is 63. Singer Bryan Adams is 62. Actor Tilda Swinton is 61. Actor Michael Gaston is 59. Actor Tatum O’Neal is 58. Actor Andrea McArdle is 58. Rock singer Angelo Moore (Fishbone) is
56. Actor Judy Reyes is
54. Actor Seth Gilliam is
53. Rock musician Mark Hunter (James) is 53. Actor Sam Rockwell is
53. Actor Corin Nemec is
50. Rock musician Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) is 50. Country singer-musician Ryan Adams is 47. Actor Sam Page is 46. Actor Sebastian Arcelus is 45. Actor Luke Hemsworth is 41. Actor Annet Mahendru is 36. Actor Landon Gimenez is 18.