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By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu

TODAY IN HISTORY – 5th Nov, 2025 – Africa News World

 

History helps us understand what worked and what didn’t in the past, so we can make better decisions in the present and future.

It really helps us in understanding our world. Studying history gives us context about how societies, cultures, and nations have evolved over time, helping us make sense of the world we live in today.

 

A look at some historical moments in the past

On this day in 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term

Still on this day in 1956, Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.

Again, on this day in 2007, the Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.

It was on this day in 2013 that India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.

According to Today in History, 2024, Donald Trump becomes the first president of the United States to be elected to a non-consecutive second term in 132 years, since Grover Cleveland won the 1892 election.

 

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