Notable Birthdays for November 5
Charles Chauncy (1592-1672) - Second President of Harvard.
Washington Allston (1779-1843) - Painter considered a pioneer of America's Romantic movement of landscape painting.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) - Author and poet of Poems of Passion.
Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) - Union leader and a co-founder of Industrial Workers of the World.
Ida Tarbell (1857-1944) - Pioneer of investigative journalism.
Will Durant (1885-1981) - American historian and philosopher (d. 1981)
Natalie Schafer (1900-1991) - Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island.
Marie Osborne Yeats (1911-2010) - Silent film actress considered the first major child actor.
Roy Rogers (1911-1998) - Main actor/host of The Roy Rogers Show.
Myron Floren (1919-2005) - Accordionist on the Lawrence Welk Show.
Violet Barclay (1922-2010) - Pioneer for female comic artists.
Ike Turner (1931-2007) - Singer-songwriter and former husband of Tina Turner.
Clifford Irving (1930-2017) - Novelist and investigative reporter who wrote the hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes.
Herb Edelman (1933-1996) - Best known for playing the character Stan (ex husband of Dorothy) on Golden Girls.
Art Garfunkel (1941-Still Living) - Singer who is half of the duo Simon and Garfunkel.
Loleatta Holloway (1946-2011) - Singer known for her disco hits Love Sensation and Hit And Run.
Jeff Watson (1956-Still Living) - Lead guitarist for the rock band Night Ranger.
Robert Patrick (1958-Still Living) - Actor known for being the villian in movies.
Alan G. Poindexter (1961-2012) - NASA astronaut.
Marcus J. Ranum (1962-Still Living) - Computer scientist credited with building the first email server for the White House.
Tatum O'Neal (1963-Still Living) - Youngest actress to win an Academy Award.
Angelo Moore (1965-Still Living) - Independent saxophonist who has recorded with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Gwen Stefani.
Bubba Watson (1978-Still Living) - Champion PGA golfer.
Kevin Jonas (1987-Still Living) - Singer-songwriter and member of the band Jonas Brothers.
Memorable Events for November 5
1639 - The first post office is set up in the Massachusetts colonies.
1773 - John Hancock is elected as moderator at a Boston town meeting and says anyone who supports the Tea Act is an "Enemy to America."
1780 - French-American forces are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
1781 - John Hanson is elected first resident of US in Congress.
1862 - President Lincoln removes George McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
1862 - 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to death.
1872 - Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time in defiance of the law and is later fined $100.
1872 - President Ulysses Grant is re-elected a second term.
1889 - Louisa Woosley is the women to be ordained as a minister in any Presbyterian church.
1895 - The first U.S. patent for an automobile is awarded to George Selden.
1912 - Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th President of the U.S.
1917 - U.S. troops see action on Western Front for first time.
1940 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first only President to be elected to a third term.
1955 - Marty McFly returns to November 5 in Back to the Future.
1956 - NBC debuts The Nat King Cole Show and becomes the first program hosted by a Black American.
1967 - U.S. troops conquer Loc Ninh South (Vietnam).
1968 - Richard Nixon becomes the 37th President of the U.S.
1970 - In their weekly report, Vietnam announces the lowest American soldier death toll in five years.
1978 - John Madden (Oakland Raiders) becomes 13th NFL coach to win 100.
1994 - George Foreman knocks out Michael Moorer.
1996 - Bill Clinton is re-elected a second term as President of the U.S.
2007 – Google unveils the Android operating system.