Guy Fawkes was arrested while attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London, England.
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was released in North America for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
Parker Brothers released the Monopoly board game.
The 15th-century Breton-French-Latin dictionary called the Catholicon was published.
The first television show with an African American host, 'The Nat King Cole Show,' aired on NBC.
Sinclair Lewis won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel 'Babbitt.'
