Almanac of Absurdities 11/5/10

It's Guy Fawkes Day, memorializing the failure of “The Gunpowder Plot” in 1605. Remember? Fifth of November? On this day in 1862, Abraham Lincoln removes General George McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second time...and this time he sticks with it. Birthdays: Actress Natalie Shaefer, Roy Rogers & Art Garfunkel, and it's Sadie Hawkins Day.