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November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 56 days remaining until the end of the year.
[edit] Events
- 1138 – Ly Anh Tong is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, starting a 37-year reign.
- 1499 – Publication of the Catholicon in Tréguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary was written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.
- 1530 – The St. Felix's Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
- 1605 – Gunpowder Plot: A conspiracy led by Robert Catesby to blow up the English Houses of Parliament is thwarted when Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, finds Guy Fawkes in a cellar below the House of Lords.
- 1688 – The Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham.
- 1743 – Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury are organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.
- 1757 – Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
- 1768 – Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
- 1780 – French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
- 1831 – Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
- 1838 – The Federal Republic of Central America begins to disintegrate when Nicaragua separates from the Federation.
- 1854 – Crimean War: The Battle of Inkerman.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.
- 1862 – Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
- 1872 – Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
- 1895 – George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
- 1911 – After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
- 1913 – King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
- 1916 – The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
- 1916 – The Everett Massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
- 1917 – October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian Calendar, subsequent period references show an October 23 date).
- 1917 – St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- 1937 – Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people.
- 1942 – The Second Battle of El Alamein is won by the British in El Alamein, Egypt.
- 1945 – Colombia joins the United Nations.
- 1967 – The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. Survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.
- 1970 – Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
- 1983 – Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
- 1986 – USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China — the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
- 1987 – Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason.
- 1990 – Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
- 1995 – André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
- 1996 – President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
- 2003 – Green River Killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of murder.
- 2006 – Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the massacre of the 148 Shi'as in 1982.
- 2007 – China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
- 2009 – US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13 and wounds 30 at Fort Hood, Texas in the largest mass shooting at a US military installation.
[edit] Births
- 1271 – Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304)
- 1494 – Hans Sachs, German mastersinger (d. 1576)
- 1549 – Philippe de Mornay, French writer (d. 1623)
- 1592 – Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)
- 1613 – Isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691)
- 1615 – Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1648)
- 1667 – Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (d. 1719)
- 1701 – Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (d. 1785)
- 1715 – John Brown, English writer (d. 1766)
- 1722 – William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English duelist (d. 1798)
- 1742 – Richard Cosway, English artist (d. 1821)
- 1818 – Benjamin Franklin Butler, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1893)
- 1835 – Moritz Szeps, Austrian journalist (d. 1902)
- 1846 – Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)
- 1850 – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919)
- 1851 – Charles Dupuy, French prime minister (d. 1923)
- 1854 – Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
- 1854 – Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist and banking executive (d. 1920)
- 1855 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (d. 1913)
- 1855 – Eugene V. Debs, American socialist leader (d. 1926)
- 1857 – Ida Tarbell, American journalist (d. 1944)
- 1873 – Edwin Flack, Australian athlete (d. 1935)
- 1881 – George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (d. 1961)
- 1884 – James Flecker, English writer (d. 1915)
- 1885 – Will Durant, American historian (d. 1981)
- 1887 – Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (d. 1961)
- 1890 – Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter (d. 1977)
- 1892 – J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (d. 1964)
- 1894 – Beardsley Ruml, American economist and tax plan author (d. 1960)
- 1895 – Walter Gieseking, French pianist (d. 1956)
- 1895 – Charles MacArthur, American author (d. 1956)
- 1900 – Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (d. 1972)
- 1900 – Natalie Schafer, American actress (d. 1991)
- 1904 – Cooney Weiland, Canadian hockey player (d. 1985)
- 1905 – Joel McCrea, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1906 – Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (d. 2004)
- 1906 – Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer (d. 1944)
- 1910 – General Sir John Hackett, Australian-British soldier, author (d. 1997)
- 1911 – Roy Rogers, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1911 – Baby Marie Osborne, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1913 – Vivien Leigh, English actress (d. 1967)
- 1913 – John McGiver, American actor (d. 1975)
- 1914 – Alton Tobey, American artist (d. 2005)
- 1917 – Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher (d. 1978)
- 1919 – Myron Floren, American accordianist (d. 2005)
- 1920 – Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1921 – Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist (d. 1994)
- 1921 – Queen Fawzia of Egypt
- 1922 – Violet Barclay, American illustrator (d. 2010)
- 1922 – Cecil Underwood, American politician (d. 2008)
- 1931 – Ike Turner, American musician (d. 2007)
- 1934 – Victor Argo, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1935 – Lester Piggott, British jockey
- 1935 – Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novellist
- 1936 – Michael Dertouzos, Greek-born American computer scientist (d. 2001)
- 1937 – Chan Sek Keong, Singaporian jurist
- 1937 – Harris Yulin, American actor
- 1938 – Joe Dassin, French-speaking American singer (d. 1980)
- 1938 – César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer
- 1938 – Jim Steranko, American graphic artist
- 1939 – Lobsang Tenzin, the 5th Samdhong Rinpoche, Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) of the Tibetan Government-in-exile
- 1940 – Elke Sommer, German actress
- 1940 – Ted Kulongoski, American politician
- 1941 – Art Garfunkel, American musician
- 1942 – Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
- 1943 – Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-born American TV chef (d. 2007)
- 1943 – Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor
- 1945 – Peter Pace, American military officer
- 1945 – Aleka Papariga, Greek politician
- 1946 – Herman Brood, Dutch musician and artist (d. 2001)
- 1946 – Gram Parsons, American musician (d. 1973)
- 1947 – Quint Davis, American festival producer
- 1947 – Rubén Juárez, Argentine bandoneonist (d. 2010)
- 1947 – Peter Noone, English musician (Herman's Hermits)
- 1948 – Bob Barr, American politician
- 1948 – Peter Hammill, British musician (Van der Graaf Generator)
- 1948 – Hridayananda dasa Goswami, ISKCON guru
- 1948 – Bernard-Henri Lévy, French public intellectual
- 1948 – William Daniel Phillips, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1949 – Armin Shimerman, American actor
- 1949 – Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
- 1950 – Thorbjørn Jagland, Norwegian statesman
- 1952 – Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer
- 1952 – Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist
- 1952 – Bill Walton, American basketball player and commentator
- 1953 – Florentino V. Floro, Filipino judge
- 1953 – Joyce Maynard, American writer
- 1955 – Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist
- 1955 – Karan Thapar, Indian journalist and political analyst
- 1955 – Nestor Serrano, American actor
- 1957 – Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1958 – Don Falcone, American musician and producer
- 1958 – Robert Patrick, American actor
- 1959 – Bryan Adams, Canadian musician
- 1960 – Tilda Swinton, English actress
- 1961 – Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (d. 2001)
- 1962 – Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer
- 1962 – Marcus J. Ranum, American computer software designer
- 1963 – Andrea McArdle, American actress
- 1963 – Tatum O'Neal, American actress
- 1963 – Brian Wheat, American musician (Tesla)
- 1964 – Helga van Niekerk, South African radio presenter
- 1965 – Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress
- 1965 – Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte of Bulgaria
- 1966 – James Allen, British journalist
- 1966 – Georgia Apostolou, Greek actress
- 1966 – Nayim, Spanish footballer
- 1967 – Marcelo D2, Brazilian rapper
- 1967 – Judy Reyes, Dominican American actress
- 1968 – Sam Rockwell, American film actor
- 1968 – Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress
- 1970 – Javy López, baseball player
- 1970 – Tamzin Outhwaite, English actress
- 1971 – Sergei Berezin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1971 – Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead)
- 1971 – Dana Jacobson, American sportscaster
- 1971 – Rob Jones, English footballer
- 1971 – Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer
- 1971 – Corin Nemec, American actor
- 1973 – Johnny Damon, American baseball player
- 1973 – Danniella Westbrook, English actress
- 1973 – Alexei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1974 – Ryan Adams, American musician
- 1974 – Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy)
- 1974 – Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer
- 1974 – Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
- 1975 – Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer-songwriter
- 1976 – Sebastian Arcelus, American voice actor
- 1976 – Jeff Klein, American musician
- 1977 – Brittney Skye, American pornographic actress
- 1977 – Richard Wright, English footballer
- 1979 – Romi Dames, Japanese/American atress
- 1979 – Colin Grzanna, German rugby player
- 1979 – Michalis Hatzigiannis, Greek/Cypriot songwriter and singer
- 1980 – Jaime Camara, Brazilian racing driver
- 1980 – Eva González, Spanish model and beauty queen
- 1980 – Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
- 1981 – Paul Chapman, Australian footballer
- 1981 – Ümit Ergirdi, Turkish footballer
- 1981 – Thomas Müller, German actor
- 1982 – Rob Swire, Australian record producer, singer and keyboardist (Pendulum)
- 1983 – Alexa Chung, British TV presenter and former fashion model
- 1983 – Mike Hanke, German footballer
- 1983 – Andrew Hayden-Smith, British TV presenter and actor
- 1984 – Tobias Enström, Swedish hockey player
- 1984 – Nick Folk, American football player
- 1984 – Nikolai Zherdev, Ukrainian-Russian hockey player
- 1985 – Kate DeAraugo, Australian singer (Young Divas)
- 1985 – Koki Tanaka, Japanese singer (KAT-TUN)
- 1986 – BoA, Korean singer
- 1986 – Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
- 1987 – Kevin Jonas, American guitarist (Jonas Brothers)
- 1987 – O. J. Mayo, American basketball player
- 1988 – Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer
[edit] Deaths
- 1370 – King Casimir III the Great of Poland (b. 1310)
- 1515 – Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (b. 1474)
- 1559 – Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter (b. 1476)
- 1660 – Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (b. 1599)
- 1660 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
- 1701 – Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician (b. c. 1659)
- 1714 – Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (b. 1633)
- 1752 – Carl Andreas Duker, German classical scholar (b. 1670)
- 1758 – Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686)
- 1828 – Maria Fyodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia (b. 1759)
- 1836 – Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet (b. 1810)
- 1879 – James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b. 1831)
- 1923 – Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French novelist (b. 1880)
- 1930 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1858)
- 1933 – Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)
- 1933 – Walther von Dyck, German mathematician (b. 1856)
- 1941 – Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
- 1942 – George M. Cohan, American musician, actor, writer, and composer (b. 1878)
- 1944 – Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873)
- 1951 – Reggie Walker, South African athlete (b. 1889)
- 1955 – Maurice Utrillo, French artist (b. 1883)
- 1956 – Art Tatum, American musician (b. 1909)
- 1960 – Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1960 – Johnny Horton, American country music singer (b. 1925)
- 1960 – Mack Sennett, Canadian producer and director (b. 1880)
- 1964 – Buddy Cole, American jazz pianist and orchestra leader (b. 1916)
- 1964 – Lansdale Sasscer, American politician (b. 1893)
- 1971 – Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 1974 – Stafford Repp, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1975 – Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (b. 1887)
- 1975 – Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1909)
- 1975 – Lionel Trilling, American critic and writer (b. 1905)
- 1977 – René Goscinny, French comic book writer (b. 1926)
- 1977 – Guy Lombardo, Canadian conductor (b. 1902)
- 1979 – Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
- 1981 – Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa Lama, Tibetan religious figure (b. 1924)
- 1982 – E. H. Carr, British historian (b. 1892)
- 1982 – Jacques Tati, French actor and director (b. 1908)
- 1985 – Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898)
- 1985 – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious figure (b. 1895)
- 1986 – Claude Jutra, Québécois actor and film director (b. 1930)
- 1986 – Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1925)
- 1987 – Eamonn Andrews, Irish television presenter (b. 1922)
- 1989 – Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (b. 1903)
- 1991 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1991 – Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born media entrepreneur (b. 1923)
- 1992 – Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (b. 1903)
- 1996 – Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
- 1997 – James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter (b. 1946)
- 1997 – Isaiah Berlin, Latvian historian (b. 1909)
- 1997 – Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)
- 2000 – Jimmie Davis, American singer and politician (b. 1899)
- 2000 – Victor Grinich, American businessman (b. 1924)
- 2000 – Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b. 1926)
- 2001 – Roy Boulting, English film director and producer (b. 1913)
- 2001 – Milton William Cooper, American writer, shortwave broadcaster (b. 1943)
- 2001 – Barry Horne, British animal activist (b. 1952)
- 2002 – Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936)
- 2003 – Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
- 2005 – John Fowles, English writer (b. 1926)
- 2005 – Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (b. 1912)
- 2006 – Bülent Ecevit, Turkish politician (b. 1925)
- 2007 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and coach (b. 1922)
- 2009 – Félix Luna, Argentine historian (b. 1925)
- 2010 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress (b. 1944)
- 2010 – Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet and politician (b. 1943)
- 2010 – Shirley Verrett, American operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1931)
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