Today is the 310th day of 2016 and the 45th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1605, Guy Fawkes was arrested in a Westminster Palace cellar, and the Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I of England was thwarted.

In 1872, suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the law by voting, leading to a $100 fine.

In 1895, George B. Selden patented the first automobile.

In 1940, incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated challenger Wendell Willkie to win an unprecedented third presidential term.

In 2009, a U.S. Army major fatally shot 13 people and wounded 32 others at Fort Hood in Texas.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Ida Tarbell (1857-1944), journalist; Roy Rogers (1911-1998), actor/singer; Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), actress; Art Garfunkel (1941- ), singer; Sam Shepard (1943- ), playwright/actor; Bill Walton (1952- ), basketball player/commentator; Bryan Adams (1959- ), singer-songwriter; Tilda Swinton (1960- ), actress; Famke Janssen (1965- ), actress; Sam Rockwell (1968- ), actor; Ryan Adams (1974- ), singer-songwriter; Bubba Watson (1978- ), golfer; Kevin Jonas (1987- ), musician.

TODAY'S FACT: In August of 2015, women in Saudi Arabia were allowed to register to vote and to run for political office for the first time in the nation's history.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1994, 45-year-old George Foreman knocked out 26-year-old Michael Moorer to become the oldest boxer to win the heavyweight championship.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "How defeated and restless the child that is not doing something in which it sees a purpose, a meaning!" -- Ida Tarbell

TODAY'S NUMBER: 3 -- nation-states that still deny women the right to vote in national elections (Vatican City, Brunei and United Arab Emirates).

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (Oct. 30) and first quarter moon (Nov. 7).

Today is the 309th day of 2016 and the 44th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb in Egypt.

In 1979, the Iran hostage crisis began when militants loyal to Ayatollah Khomeini took 66 American hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli gunman.

In 2008, Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois became the first African-American to be elected president of the United States.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Will Rogers (1879-1935), humorist/writer/actor; Walter Cronkite (1916-2009), journalist; Art Carney (1918-2003), actor; Doris Roberts (1925-2016), actress; C.K. Williams (1936-2015), poet; Laura Bush (1946- ), first lady; Kathy Griffin (1960- ), comedian; Jeff Probst (1961- ), TV host; Sean "Diddy" Combs (1969- ), rapper/producer; Matthew McConaughey (1969- ), actor; Vince Wilfork (1981- ), football player.

TODAY'S FACT: The peripheral rooms of King Tutankhamen's burial chamber had been looted before Howard Carter's discovery in 1922, while the room in which Tut was actually buried remained completely intact.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2001, the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the New York Yankees 3-2 in Game 7 to win the World Series, making the 4-year-old franchise the fastest expansion team to win the MLB championship.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." -- Will Rogers

TODAY'S NUMBER: 444 -- days that 52 of the American hostages in Iran were held captive, until Jan. 20, 1981.

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (Oct. 30) and first quarter moon (Nov. 7).

Today is the 308th day of 2016 and the 43rd day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2 with a dog named Laika aboard. Laika was the first creature to be sent into orbit.

In 1964, residents of Washington, D.C., were eligible to vote in the presidential election for the first time since the city was established in 1800.

In 1992, Democrat Bill Clinton defeated incumbent Republican George Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot to win the U.S. presidency.

In 2014, One World Trade Center opened in New York City.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), poet/journalist; Walker Evans (1903-1975), photographer; Charles Bronson (1921-2003), actor; Michael Dukakis (1933- ), politician; Larry Holmes (1949- ), boxer; Anna Wintour (1949- ), fashion journalist; Roseanne Barr (1952- ), comedian/actress; Kate Capshaw (1953- ), actress; Dennis Miller (1953- ), comedian; Phil Simms (1955- ), football player/sportscaster; Dolph Lundgren (1957- ), actor; Evgeni Plushenko (1982- ), figure skater.

TODAY'S FACT: Though he didn't receive a single electoral vote, third-party candidate Ross Perot won 18.9 percent of the popular vote nationally in 1992.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1990, opposing quarterbacks David Klingler of Houston and Matt Vogler of Texas Christian University achieved a combined 80 completions, 1,253 passing yards and 12 touchdowns. Houston won 56-35.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "These struggling tides of life that seem / In wayward, aimless course to tend, / Are eddies of the mighty stream / That rolls to its appointed end." -- William Cullen Bryant, "The Crowded Street"

TODAY'S NUMBER: 162 -- days Sputnik 2 was in orbit. Laika, its canine passenger, died within hours of the launch due to overheating.

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (Oct. 30) and first quarter moon (Nov. 7).