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2A Daily News – Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Nov. 5, the 309th day of 2013. There are 56 days left in the year. This is Election Day. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 5, 1912, Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt, incumbent Republican William Howard Taft and Socialist Eugene V. Debs. On this date: In 1605, the ''Gunpowder Plot'' failed as Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English Parliament. In 1872, suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the law by attempting to cast a vote for President Ulysses S. Grant. (Anthony was convicted by a judge and fined $100, but she never paid the fine.) In 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office as he defeated Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie. In 1942, American showman George M. Cohan died in New York at age 64. In 1968, Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and American Independent candidate George C. Wallace. In 2009, a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas left 13 people dead; Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was charged with premeditated murder and attempted murder. Ten years ago: President Bush signed a bill outlawing the procedure known by its critics as ''partial-birth abortion''; less than an hour later, a federal judge in Nebraska issued a temporary restraining order against the ban. (In 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.) Five years ago: One day after being elected president, Barack Obama began filling out his new administration, selecting Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel to be White House chief of staff. A case of postelection nerves on Wall Street sent the Dow industrials plunging nearly 500 points. Today's Birthdays: Actor Chris Robinson is 75. Actress Elke Sommer is 73. Singer Art Garfunkel is 72. Actor-playwright Sam Shepard is 70. Singer Peter Noone is 66.TV personality Kris Jenner is 58. Actor Nestor Serrano (''24'') is 58. Actress-comedian Mo Gaffney is 55. Actor Robert Patrick is 55. Singer Bryan Adams is 54. Actress Tilda Swinton is 53. Actor Michael Gaston is 51. Actress Tatum O'Neal is 50. Country singer-musician Ryan Adams is 39. Rock musician Kevin Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 26. Thought for Today: ''Examine what is said, not him who speaks.'' — Arab proverb. Through a Child's Eyes… A special contest bringing Tehama County school children and local businesses together … to the delight of Daily News readers! Selected student-designed ads published in a stand-alone section of the Daily News Saturday, December 21, 2013 • Participating businesses agree to let school children in grades 2-8 create and draw a special ad for them. • Participating businesses choose the winner from the ads designed by the children. • Winning children's ads appear in a special section of The Daily News on Saturday, December 21, one for each participating business. • First and Second place winners in three separate age categories receive cash awards and special recognition in the newspaper. • Ads published are all the same size (apx. 5" wide x 3 1/4" tall) Business Operators: Deadline to commit to participate: TUES., NOV. 19 …so we can provide list of businesses to local classrooms $ 00 Business Sponsorship/Advertising cost: Includes publication in the Daily News Online Digital Edition 99 Call your Advertising Representative TODAY! DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF A part of: TEHAMA COUNTY 527-2151 advertise@redbluffdailynews.com