On this day 5th November

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Some notable facts about this date, for more, visit http://www.onthisday.com

Facts

1492 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba

1556 Battle at Panipat: Mogollegers beat hindu leader Hemu

1605 Gunpowder Plot: Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament. Plot discovered, Guy Fawkes caught, tortured and later executed along with seven others. Celebrated ever since as Guy Fawkes Day, where his effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, accompanied by fireworks.
https://steemit.com/history/@stimp1024/guy-fawkes-and-the-gun-powder-plot

1937 Adolf Hitler informs his military leaders in a secret meeting of his intentions of going to war

1956 Britain and France land airborne forces at Port Said in Egypt, escalating the Suez Crisis

1979 Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares US "The Great Satan"

Deaths

1370 Kazimierz III, the Great, King of Poland (1333-70), dies at 61

1879 James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (speed of light), dies of abdominal cancer at 48

1942 George M Cohan, father of musical comedy, dies of cancer at 64

1972 Reginald Owen, British actor (Mary Poppins, Sherlock Holmes), dies at 85

1991 Robert Maxwell, British billionaire publisher (NY Daily News), dies at 68

1992 Arpad E Elo, Hungarian physicist (chess classification system), dies

2012 Stalking Cat [Dennis Avner], American body modifier, dies at 54

Born on this day

1960 Tilda Swinton, British actress (We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Chronicles of Narnia), born in London, England


James Clerk Maxwell


Arpad E Elo

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