November 5 is America's Day. On this day in history: 1605 - A plot to blow up the English Houses of Parliament was thwarted when a justice of the peace found Guy Fawkes and barrels of gunpowder in a cellar below the Parliament building. 1688 - The Glorious Revolution began in England when William of Orange landed at Brixham. 1872 - Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in the presidential election. 1895 - George B. Selden was granted the first U.S. patent for an... read more
