November 5th, 2009

November 5th in History

1996:
U.S. presidential election, 1996: Democrat incumbent Bill Clinton defeats Republican challenger Bob Dole to win his second term.

1992:
In Detroit, Michigan, black motorist Malice Green is beaten to death by policemen Larry Nevers and Walter Budzyn during a struggle.

1979:
Ayatollah Khomeini declares the USA to be "the great Satan".

1962:
A mining accident kills 21 miners at the government-owned Kings Bay Coal Company on Svalbard, leading the Norweigian government to close the mine.

1916:
The Kingdom of Poland proclaimed by the November 5th Act of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.