Today’s highlights

On Nov. 5, 1872, suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the law by casting a vote in the presidential election; she was later arrested and charged with “knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote.” Found guilty at trial, she was fined $100, which she refused to pay.

On this date

1605: The “Gunpowder Plot” failed as Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English Parliament.

1912: Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt, incumbent Republican William Howard Taft and Socialist Eugene V. Debs.

1940: President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office as he defeated Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.

1968: Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Democratic Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and American Independent Party candidate George C. Wallace.

1994: George Foreman became the oldest heavyweight boxing champion at age 45, knocking out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their title bout.

2006: Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for crimes against humanity.

Today’s birthdays

Singer Art Garfunkel is 83. Singer Bryan Adams is 65. Actor Tilda Swinton is 64. Actor Tatum O’Neal is 61. Actor Seth Gilliam is 56. Actor Sam Rockwell is 56. Golfer Bubba Watson is 46.