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November 5

4 sourced moments from November 5 in history: The Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament was foiled (1605); Susan B. Anthony voted illegally and was arrested (1872); The first U.S. patent for a gasoline-driven automobile was granted (1895), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on November 5

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1955 Culture & Arts · Film & TV

Doc Brown dreamed up the flux capacitor (in fiction)

On a fictional autumn morning in 1955, a bumped head gave cinema its most beloved piece of made-up physics: the flux capacitor.

1895 Technology · Transportation

The first U.S. patent for a gasoline-driven automobile was granted

On November 5, 1895, patent attorney George Selden won a sweeping U.S. patent on the automobile—without ever building one.

1872 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

Susan B. Anthony voted illegally and was arrested

On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony cast a ballot in Rochester, daring the state to prosecute a woman for voting.

1605 History · Modern

The Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament was foiled

In the early hours of November 5, 1605, a search beneath the House of Lords found Guy Fawkes guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder.