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Today In History - November 5 |
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1895 The first U.S. patent is granted for an automobile to George Selden… In 1903, Selden's patent was challenged by Henry Ford and four other automobile manufacturers. The plaintiff's lost the law suit, but appealed the ruling. Finally, in 1911, Ford won the suit because the new automobiles were based on a different engine design – albeit an internal combustion system. After he lost the case, Selden changed the name of his car making company from the Selden Motor Car Company to the Selden Truck Sales Corporation, which was ultimately purchased by the Bethlehem Truck Company in 1930. |
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Famous Persons Born on This Date in History |
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1494 Hans Sachs 1534 Joachim Camerarius 1549 Philippe du Plessis 1563 Anna van Nassau 1654 Christian Liebe 1666 Attilio Ariosti 1764 Pieter Nieuwland 1770 Etienne P de Senancour 1779 Washington Allston 1818 Benjamin Franklin Butler 1819 Josef Rudolf Zavrtal 1849 Rui Barbosa 1855 Eugene V. Debs 1855 Leon P. Teisserenc de Bort 1857 Ida Tarbell 1866 Daniel Protheroe 1876 Raymond Duchamp-Villon 1884 James Elroy Flecker 1885 Will Durant 1887 Oscar Bossaert 1887 Paul Wittgenstein 1891 Bert McGirr 1891 Earle "Greasy" Neale 1891 Mary Dorna 1893 Raymond Loewy 1894 Eugen Zador 1901 Eddie Paynter 1902 Strom Thurmond 1905 George Bissett 1905 Joel McCrea 1906 George Lowthian Trevelyan 1911 Roy Rogers 1912 Natalie Schaeffer 1913 John McGiver 1913 Vivien Leigh 1914 Henri J. de Koster 1915 Moe Biller 1916 Len Wilkinson 1917 Claus Adam 1917 Jacob Everaers 1919 Myron Floren 1921 Gyorgy Cziffra 1923 Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro 1924 Ivan Rezak 1926 Leo Derksen 1927 Robert Abernethy 1930 Herb Edelman 1931 Ike Turner 1932 Arthur L. Liman 1934 Nick Smith 1935 Dick Davalos 1935 Jerry Amper Dadap 1935 John Nicholas Maw 1935 Lester Piggott 1938 Chris Robinson 1939 Ken Walter 1940 Ted Kulongoski 1941 Art Garfunkel 1941 Patricia Harty 1942 Elke Sommer 1943 Pablo Gomez 1943 Sam Shepard 1946 Gram Paarson 1946 Herman Brood 1946 Patricia K. Kuhl 1951 Cindy Brooks 1951 Stuart Havelock Hollingdale 1952 Bill Walton 1955 Sylvester Louis Adams 1956 Mike Score 1956 Rob Fisher 1957 David Moyse 1957 Jon-Erik Hexum 1959 Bryan Adams 1960 Mark West 1960 Rene Froger 1961 Charles O. Hobaugh 1962 Brian Wheat 1963 Andrea McArdle 1963 Hans Gilhaus 1963 Tatum O'Neal 1965 Famke Janssen 1967 Frank Pollack 1967 Grant Leury 1967 Percy Snow 1967 Steve Wagner 1968 Bob Dahl 1968 Cary Blanchard 1968 Chris Gray 1968 Malcolm Frank 1969 Jennifer Guthrie 1970 Javier Lopez 1970 Ryan Wetnight 1971 Corin "Corky" Nemec 1971 Erick Walder 1971 Sergei Berezin 1971 Todd Collins 1972 Tracy Greene 1973 Kate Anderson 1973 Rupert Grant 1974 Conrad Hamilton 1974 Jerry Stackhouse 1977 Jodi Webb 1977 Tuula Puputti |
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On This Date in History |
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1228 Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans (questions/statements), is compiled in China 1414 The Council of Constance opens 1492 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from the Indians of Cuba 1530 The St. Felix Flood ravages the Dutch coast 1556 The Battle at Panipat 1605 Gunpowder Plot 1630 Spain and England sign a peace treaty 1639 The first post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts 1725 Spain and Austria sign a secret treaty 1757 The Battle at Rossbach 1781 John Hanson is elected the first "President of U.S. in Congress assembled" 1789 Fleeing slaves, under Bonni, attack a military post on Suriname 1789 French National Meeting declares all citizens are equal under the law 1811 El Salvador's first battle against Spain for independence 1838 Honduras declares independence of the Central American Federation 1854 Crimean War: the British and French defeat a Russian force of 50,000 1862 Battle at Barbee's Crossroads 1872 Susan B. Anthony is fined for trying to vote 1872 Ulysses S. Grant is re-elected as the U.S. President 1876 Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Nyangwe 1883 Battle at El Obeid Sudan 1894 Frederick Lugards expedition reaches Nikki 1895 The first U.S. patent is granted for an automobile to George Seldon 1895 Utah accepts female suffrage 1912 Arizona, Kansas and Wisconsin vote in favor of female suffrage 1912 Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade the drinking water 1912 Woodrow Wilson defeats Theodore Roosevelt and President Taft 1913 Ludwig III is crowned the King of Bavaria 1914 Great Britain, France, and Russia declare war on Turkey 1916 Emperor Wilhelm II and French Jozef I establishes the kingdom of Poland 1917 General Pershing and the U.S. troops see action on the Western Front for first time 1917 Supreme Court decision: Buchanan Vs Warley strikes down a Louisville Kentucky ordinance that requires blacks and whites to live in separate areas 1925 Mussolini disbands the Italian socialist parties 1930 Nobel Prize for literature is awarded to Sinclair Lewis for "Babbitt" 1932 Mussolini frees 16,000 criminals 1933 The Spanish Basques vote for autonomy 1935 The Maryland Court of Appeals orders the University of Maryland to admit black student Donald Murray 1935 Parker Brothers launches the game of Monopoly 1937 Hitler informs his military leaders of his intentions of going to war 1940 President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins an unprecedented 3rd term by beating Wendell Willkie 1941 Japanese marine staff officers Suzuki and Maejima leave Pearl Harbor 1942 The Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris 1943 The Vatican is bombed 1944 Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren 1944 Canadian and British troops liberate Dinteloord 1946 John F. Kennedy is elected to the House of Representatives 1950 Philippines President Quirino ends the emergency crisis 1951 The U.S. performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1955 The New Vienna Opera House opens in Austria 1956 Britain and France land forces in Egypt 1956 The Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis is seized 1956 Israel liberates Sharm-el-Sheikh, reopening the Gulf of Aqaba 1956 Pope Pius XII publishes his encyclical Datis Nuperrime 1957 Felix Gaillard forms government in France 1961 India's Premier Nehru arrives in New York 1963 U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visits the Netherlands 1966 The U.S. performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1967 U.S. troops conquer Loc Ninh, South Vietnam 1967 Yemen president Sallal flees 1968 Richard Nixon beats Vice President Humphrey, and George C. Wallace for presidency 1971 Bolivia passes the death penalty for political kidnapping 1972 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic 1974 Walter E. Washington, becomes the first elected mayor of Washington, D.C. 1975 The British government sends troops to Belize 1975 Sao Tome and Principe adopts constitution 1976 The U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test 1978 Khomeini followers attack the British embassy office in Iran 1979 Iran government of Bazargan resigns 1979 Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares the U.S. is The Great Satan 1987 "Into the Woods" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 764 performances 1987 France performs a nuclear test 1987 An iceberg that's twice size of Rhode Island is sighted in the Antarctic 1987 Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana 1988 France performs a nuclear test 1989 The 19th New York City Women's Marathon is won by Ingrid Kristiansen: 2:25:30 1989 The 20th New York City Marathon is won by Juma Ikangaa: 2:08:01 1989 Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1991 Kiichi Miyazawa is elected the Premier of Japan 1991 Richard J. Kerr ends his term as acting director of the CIA 1992 Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to win the Chess title in Belgrade 1994 George Foreman KO's Michael Moorer for the heavyweight boxing title 1994 The space probe Ulyssus completes its first passage behind the Sun 1995 Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament 1996 Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as Rookie of the Year |
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