On this day: November 5

POSTED: 09:11 PM PST Nov 04, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Nov 04, 2012 

Guy Fawkes is caught red-handed, Susan B. Anthony votes, George Foreman becomes the oldest Heavyweight Champion ever, Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death, and tragedy strikes Fort Hood, all on this day.

OTD November 5 - Johnny Horton
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Columbia Records

1960: Country singer Johnny Horton, whose best-known songs include "The Battle of New Orleans" and "North to Alaska," dies at the age of 35 in a car crash in Milano, Texas.

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