Today:
1605 – The Gunpowder Plot: A plot led by Guy Fawkes to blow up the English Parliament and King James I is foiled.
1688 – William of Orange sets sail for England, marking the beginning of the Glorious Revolution.
1831 – Nat Turner, leader of a slave rebellion in the United States, is tried and convicted in Virginia.
1854 – The Battle of Inkerman takes place during the Crimean War, resulting in an Anglo-French victory over Russia.
1895 – George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
1912 – Woodrow Wilson is elected as the 28th President of the United States.
1937 – Adolf Hitler informs his military leaders of his plans to acquire more Lebensraum (living space) for the German people.
1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected as President of the United States for a third term.
1968 – Richard Nixon wins the presidential election in the United States, defeating incumbent Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
2007 – Android, the mobile operating system, is unveiled by Google.