November 05

Wednesday 05, 2003:

The final installment of the Matrix Trilogy (The Matrix Revolutions) is released in theatres simultaneously around the world at 2:00 pm(GMT).

Friday 05, 1999:

United States v. Microsoft: US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issues a preliminary ruling that software maker Microsoft had "monopoly power".

Thursday 05, 1998:

The journal Nature publishes a genetic study showing compelling evidence that Thomas Jefferson fathered a son, Eston Hemings Jefferson, by his slave Sally Hemings.

Tuesday 05, 1996:

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

Saturday 05, 1994:

Forty-five year old George Foreman becomes boxing's oldest heavyweight champion when he knocks out Michael Moorer.

Thursday 05, 1992:

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

Monday 05, 1990:

Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.

Thursday 05, 1987:

Apartheid: In South Africa, Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years in the Robben Island prison. He had been sentenced to life for treason against the white minority South Africa government.

Monday 05, 1979:

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

Thursday 05, 1970:

Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).

Tuesday 05, 1968:

U.S. presidential election, 1968: Republican challenger Richard M. Nixon defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey and American Independent Party candidate George C. Wallace.

Monday 05, 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.

Tuesday 05, 1940:

U.S. presidential election, 1940: Democrat incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Republican challenger Wendell Willkie and becomes the United States' first third-term president.

Friday 05, 1937:

World War II: Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people.

Tuesday 05, 1935:

Parker Brothers releases the board game Monopoly.

Wednesday 05, 1930:

Sinclair Lewis is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Monday 05, 1917:

St. Tikhon of Moscow was elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Sunday 05, 1916:

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

Thursday 05, 1914:

United Kingdom annexes Cyprus, and together with France declares war on the Ottoman Empire.

Wednesday 05, 1913:

The insane king Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumed the title Ludwig III.

Tuesday 05, 1912:

U.S. presidential election, 1912: Democratic challenger Woodrow Wilson wins a landslide victory over Republican incumbent William Howard Taft.

Sunday 05, 1911:

After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

Tuesday 05, 1895:

George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

Tuesday 05, 1872:

Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.

Wednesday 05, 1862:

Indian Wars: In Minnesota, more than 300 Santee Sioux are found guilty of rape and murder of white settlers and are sentenced to hang.

Monday 05, 1838:

The United States of Central America began to disintegrate when Honduras separated from the federation.

Friday 05, 1688:

Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham.

Saturday 05, 1605:

Gunpowder Plot: A plot by Guy Fawkes to blow up the English Houses of Parliament is foiled when Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, finds Fawkes in a cellar below the Parliament building

Monday 05, 1556:

Fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mogul Army defeats Hindu forces of General Hemu to ensure Akbar the throne of India.

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