Daily Almanac: Nov. 5, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 8:17 a.m.
SET: 6:36 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 63 °F
LOW: 60 °F

Today is…

• American Football Day
• Book Lovers Day
• National Doughnut Appreciation Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1872 In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time and is later fined $100
• 1912 Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft
• 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President to be elected to a third term

Births On This Day:

• 1931 Ike Turner
American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
• 1941 Art Garfunkel
American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor

Deaths On This Day:

• 1879 James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish physicist
• 1979 Al Capp
American cartoonist