November 5 in History
1838
November 5, 1838:Honduras declares its independence from the United Provinces of Central America.
1872
November 5, 1872:The American women’s suffrage activist, Susan B. Anthony votes in the presidential election and gets arrested later for illegal voting.
1889
November 5, 1889:The Cumberland Presbyterian Church ordains Louisa Woosley, making her the first woman to become an ordained minister in the Presbyterian denomination.
1930
November 5, 1930:Sinclair Lewis becomes the first winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature from the United States.
1935
November 5, 1935:Parker Brothers, a game company, starts marketing the game, Monopoly.
1940
November 5, 1940:American President Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected into office for his third term.
1955
November 5, 1955:“Fidelio” by Beethoven is performed for the reopening of the rebuilt Vienna State Opera which was destroyed during World War II.
1956
November 5, 1956:The first television variety show to be hosted by an African-American, the “Nat King Cole Show” premieres on NBC.
1994
November 5, 1994:45-year-old George Foreman beats Michael Moorer to become the WBA and IBF heavyweight champion.
2013
November 5, 2013:The unmanned Mars Orbiter Mission is launched by India as its first interplanetary spacecraft.