Today in History: November 5, George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight boxing champ

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 5, the 310th time of 2024. There are 56 days near successful the year. Today is Election Day successful the United States.

Today successful history:

On Nov. 5, In 1994, George Foreman became the oldest heavyweight boxing champion astatine property 45, knocking retired Michael Moorer successful the 10th circular of their rubric bout.

Also connected this date:

In 1605, the “Gunpowder Plot” failed arsenic Guy Fawkes was seized earlier helium could stroke up the English Parliament.

In 1872, suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the instrumentality by casting a ballot successful the statesmanlike election; she was aboriginal arrested and charged with “knowingly voting without having a lawful close to vote.” Found blameworthy astatine trial, she was fined $100, which she refused to pay.

In 1912, Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating Progressive Party campaigner Theodore Roosevelt, incumbent Republican William Howard Taft and Socialist Eugene V. Debs.

In 1930, novelist Sinclair Lewis became the archetypal American to triumph the Nobel Prize successful Literature.

In 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented 3rd word successful bureau arsenic helium defeated Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.

In 1968, Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Democratic Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and American Independent Party campaigner George C. Wallace.

In 1996, President Bill Clinton won a 2nd word successful the White House, defeating Republican campaigner Bob Dole.

In 2006, Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to bent for crimes against humanity.

In 2009, a shooting rampage astatine the Fort Hood Army station successful Texas near 13 radical dead; Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was aboriginal convicted of execution and sentenced to death. He has not yet been executed.

In 2017, a gunman equipped with an battle firearm opened occurrence successful a tiny South Texas church, sidesplitting much than 2 twelve people; the shooter, Devin Patrick Kelley, was aboriginal recovered dormant from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

In 2021, a crush of fans during a show by rapper Travis Scott astatine a Houston euphony festival near 10 dead, arsenic radical were squeezed truthful tightly they couldn’t breathe.

Today’s Birthdays:

• Singer Art Garfunkel is 83.
• Singer Peter Noone is 77.
• TV property Kris Jenner is 69.
• Singer Bryan Adams is 65.
• Actor Tilda Swinton is 64.
• Actor Tatum O’Neal is 61.
• Actor Judy Reyes is 57.
• Actor Seth Gilliam is 56.
• Actor Sam Rockwell is 56.
• Musician Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) is 53.
• Golfer Bubba Watson is 46.
• Olympic golden medal marathoner Eliud Kipchoge is 40.
• Retired NFL halfway Jason Kelce is 37.
• Musician Kevin Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 37.
• NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is 32.