Check out some of the events that took place on this day in history:

1605 The Gunpowder Plot

Celebrated with fireworks as Guy Fawkes Day, today is the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, when Roman Catholics led by Robert Catesby tried to blow up Parliament, the king, and his family.

1940 An Unprecedented Third Term

Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented third term as the President of the United States.

BORN ON THIS DAY

  • 1913 – Vivien Leigh, the actress
  • 1955 – Kris Jenner, the reality TV star
  • 1960 – Tilda Swinton, the actress
  • 1986 – Kasper Schmeichel, the Danish footballer

DIED ON THIS DAY