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, 1605 - Gunpowder Plot

Celebrated with fireworks as Guy Fawkes Day, this English holiday marks the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, when Roman Catholics led by Robert Catesby tried to blow up Parliament, the king, and his family this day in 1605.

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5 Nov, 1994 - George Foreman Becomes Oldest Heavyweight Champ

George Foreman, age 45, becomes boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion when he defeats 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas.

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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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3 Nov, 1998 - Another Section Of Great Wall Of China Discovered

Announced on this day in 1998 was the discovery in the Hui Autonomous Region of Ningxia of a previously unknown 15.5-mile (25-km) segment of the Great Wall of China, which runs a total of about 4,500 miles (7,300 km).

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3 Nov, 1956 - The Wizard Of Oz Aired

The film The Wizard of Oz (1939) aired on television for the first time and was seen by an estimated 45 million viewers; its repeated airings on TV helped make the movie an enduring classic.

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3 Nov, 1957 - Soviet Union Launches A dog Into Space

The Soviet Union launches the first animal into space—a dog name Laika—aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft. Laika, part Siberian husky, lived as a stray on the Moscow streets before being enlisted into the Soviet space program.

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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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