Tuesday, Nov 5, 2024
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1891 - Birth of Earle (Greasy) Neale NFL coach (Philadelphia Eagles).
1894 - Birth of Eugen Zador Bataszek, Hungary, Hungarian/American composer (Diana).
1895 - First US patent granted for auto (George B Selden).
1905 - Birth of Joel McCrea South Pasadena California; actor (Marshal-Wichita Town).
1911 - Birth of Roy Rogers in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show).
1911 - Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing first transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, New York, Sept 17).
1911 - Italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica.
1912 - Birth of Natalie Schaeffer Rumson New Jersey, actress (Lovey Howell - Gilligan's Island).
1912 - Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beats Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) and President Taft (Republican).
1913 - Birth of John McGiver New York City; actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show).