Tuesday, Nov 5, 2024
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1990 - American rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
1990 - Disney's Yacht Club Resort hotel opens in Walt Disney World in Florida.
1991 - David Duke, a white supremacist running as a Republican, loses the Louisiana Governor's race to Democratic candidate Edwin Edwards, by an overwhelming margin.
1994 - A letter by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan is released that announces he has Alzheimer's disease.
1996 - U.S. presidential election: Democrat incumbent Bill Clinton defeats Republican challenger Bob Dole to win his second term.
1999 - US District Judge Thomas Jackson issues his 207-page Findings of Fact, ruling that Microsoft has monopoly power over personal computer operating systems, and uses that power to harm American consumers.
2002 - In U.S. elections, the Republican Party maintains control of the House of Representatives and regains control of the United States Senate.
2003 - Gary Ridgway, the "Green River Killer", confesses to murdering 48 women.