5 Nov, 1872 - Susan B. Anthony Arrested For Voting

Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the American women's suffrage movement, cast a ballot in the presidential election, and she was later arrested for voting illegally and convicted in a trial she called "the greatest outrage history ever witnessed".

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5 Nov, 2006 - Saddam Hussein Is Sentenced To Death

Former president of Iraq Saddam Hussein, along with Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, is sentenced to death for the massacre of Shi'a Muslims in 1982.

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3 Nov, 1793 - Olympe De Gouges Executed

French social reformer and feminist Olympe de Gouges, who challenged conventional views on a number of matters, especially the role of women as citizens, was executed by guillotine.

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2 Nov, 1988 - The First Computer Worm Released

A computer science student named Robert Morris released the first computer worm onto the Internet; meant as an experiment, it brought some 6,000 computers (one-tenth of the Internet) to a halt.

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2 Nov, 1755 - Marie Antoinette Born

Marie Antoinette was born in Vienna on this day in 1755. She was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa. She married the future King of France Louis XVI which was celebrated in the Royal Chapel at Versailles on 16 May 1770; one of the principal architects of the reconciliation between France and Austria.

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2 Nov, 1930 - Haile Selassie Crowned As Emperor

Born Tafari Makonnen, he served as regent for Zauditu from 1916 to 1930. After Zauditu's death, he was crowned emperor of Ethiopia on November 2, 1930, and took the name Haile Selassie I (“Might of the Trinity”).

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2 Nov, 1976 - Jimmy Carter Elected 39th U.S. President

Jimmy Carter, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002 and Democratic former governor of Georgia, was elected 39th president of the United States this day in 1976, narrowly defeating Republican Gerald R. Ford.

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1 Nov, 996 - Bavarian Bishopric Of Freising

Holy Roman Emperor Otto III granted the Bavarian bishopric of Freising 30 “royal hides,” or about 8 square km (2,000 acres), of land in a deed that contained the first recorded use of the name Ostarrîchi, from which the name Austria is derived.

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1 Nov, 1993 - European Union Goes Into Effect

The Maastricht Treaty comes into effect, formally establishing the European Union (EU). The treaty was drafted in 1991 by delegates from the European Community meeting at Maastricht in the Netherlands and signed in 1992.

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31 Oct, 1984 - Indian prime Minister Indira Gandhi Is Assassinated

Indira Gandhi, the prime minister of India, is assassinated in New Delhi by two of her own bodyguards. Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, both Sikhs, emptied their guns into Gandhi as she walked to her office from an adjoining bungalow.

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