Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Sills' 3-year old son was still in daycare on the base, which was in lock-down following a mass shooting earlier in the day.
Appropriate ceremonies will be held at this American cemetery near Verdun, France, on Armistice Day where thousands of American soldiers are buried shown Nov. 5, 1931.
A guard on duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery in Virginia in Nov. 5, 1937.
Charles Mullinix of Bethesda, Md., makes a final appeal for Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's reelection, Nov. 5, 1940.
In the ancient town of Lewes, Sussex, England, the residents celebrate the Gunpowder Plot, or Guy Fawkes Night, Nov. 5, 1945. The whole town turned out in fancy dress costume, and to the sound of trumpet and drums, marched in procession from early evening until midnight, when they set fire to the "Guy", on a hill outside the town.
The next president and the next first lady of the United States, Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower, shown in New York City on Nov. 5, 1952, after victory in the election was assured. They are listening to the great ovation from the campaign workers crowding the Grand Ballroom of the Commodore Hotel where they appeared after Gov. Adlai Stevenson conceded defeat.
Driver Morey Ross tunes in a TV set mounted on rear of his seat in the cab he drives in Chicago, Nov. 5, 1963 for the Flash Cab Co. His passenger is Doris Topps. The cab company has installed the five-inch screen TV sets in 40 of its 285 cabs and expects to add another 60. A company official says drivers with TV receivers in their vehicles report bigger tips.
Sandra Good, roommate of Lynette Fromme who is on trial for the attempted assassination of President Ford in Sacramento, talked to reporters during a trial recess, Nov. 5, 1975. After Ms. Fromme fired her court-appointed co-counsel, Ms. Good told reporters that Miss Fromme wanted Charles Manson and other Manson followers to represent her.
This was the scene in the newsroom of the Daily News in New York City on Sunday, Nov. 5, 1978 as editorial staffs worked feverishly to prepare a edition on Monday. Editor Michael O’Neill of the Daily News, discusses layout of a page. Staffs reported to work after the papers reached tentative agreements with all striking unions.
A triumphant Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy, greet supporters at his election night headquarters in Los Angeles, Nov. 5, 1980. Reagan defeated President Jimmy Carter in a landslide for the presidency.
U.S. President George H. Bush gives the thumbs-up to a crowd of students and guests at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, Sunday, Nov. 5, 1989. Bush's former prep school, during ceremonies to mark the 200th anniversary of George Washington's visit to the school.
Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein stands in the dock after being sentenced to death during his trial held under tight security in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, Sunday Nov. 5, 2006. Iraq's High Tribunal on Sunday found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity and sentence him to die by hanging.