On This Day In History: November 5, 2014 Birthdays: 1913 Vivien Leigh, British actress who won an Oscar for Gone With the Wind 1935 Lester Piggot, Champion jockey; rode his first Derby winner at 18 1935 Nicholas Maw, Composer 1941 Art Garfunkel, Singer/actor and former partner of Paul Simon 1943 Steve Miller, Of the Steve Miller Band 1959 Bryan Adams, Canadian born Rock singer & record breaking chart artist 1963 Tatum ONeal, Child star of the 70s & daughter of Ryan ONeal Events: 1912 The British Board of Film Censors was appointed 1927 Britains first set of traffic lights came into operation in Wolverhampton 1940 Theodore Roosevelt was elected to a record third term as President 1963 A repeat census is conducted in Nigeria 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman, to be elected to the US House of Representatives 1979 The trial began in Dublin, of the two men accused of the murder of Lord Mountbatten 1991 Robert Maxwell the publishing tycoon, was found dead, floating in the sea 20 miles off Tenerife 1999 President Obasanjo visits Sierra Leone as disarmament and demobilisation there get to a slow start. 1999 International trade fair opens in Lagos attracting eleveni foreign countries and over 1,000 local participants 2012 Widespread flooding in Nigeria kills 363 people and displaces 2.1 million
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