What happened on November 5? There are more than 282 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About November 5
November 5 is the 310th day of the year 2024. There are 56 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 45th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Gem, Kansas 67734 sunrise occured at 07:15 AM and sunset occured at 05:38 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Scorpio. The modern birthstone for this month is Topaz while the mystical birthstone is Pearl.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 85 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For November 5
- 1138Ly Anh Tong is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, starting a 37-year reign.
- 1499Publication 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.
- 1530The St. Felix’s Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
- 1605The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during a search of the Palace of Westminster, foils Robert Catesby’s plot to destroy the House of Lords and all within it.
- 1688The Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham.
- 1743Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury are organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.
- 1757Seven Years’ War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
- 1768Treaty 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.
- 1780French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
- 1811Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado, rang the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement
- 1831Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
- 1838The Federal Republic of Central America begins to disintegrate when Nicaragua separates from the Federation.
- 1854Crimean War: The Battle of Inkerman.
- 1862American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.
- 1862Indian 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.
- 1872Women’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.
- 1895George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
- 1911After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
- 1913King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
- 1916The 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.
- 1916The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
- 1917October 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).
- 1917St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- 1925Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first “super-spy” of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
- 1937Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring “living space” for the German people.
- 1943Bombing of the Vatican.
- 1945Colombia joins the United Nations.
- 1950Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
- 1967The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. Survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.
- 1970Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
- 1983Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
- 1986USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
- 1987Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason.
- 1990Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
- 1995André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister’s wife locks the door.
- 1996President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
- 2003Green River Killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of murder.
- 2006Saddam 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.
- 2007China’s first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
- 2009US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13 and wounds 29 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a US military installation.
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Who Were Born On November 5?
- 1271Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304)
- 1494Hans Sachs, German mastersinger (d. 1576)
- 1549Philippe de Mornay, French writer (d. 1623)
- 1592Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)
- 1613Isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691)
- 1615Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1648)
- 1667Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (d. 1719)
- 1701Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (d. 1785)
- 1715John Brown, English writer (d. 1766)
- 1722William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English duelist (d. 1798)
- 1742Richard Cosway, English artist (d. 1821)
- 1818Benjamin Franklin Butler, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1893)
- 1835Moritz Szeps, Austrian journalist (d. 1902)
- 1846Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)
- 1850Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919)
- 1851Charles Dupuy, French prime minister (d. 1923)
- 1854Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist and banking executive (d. 1920)
- 1854Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
- 1855Eugene V. Debs, American socialist leader (d. 1926)
- 1855Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (d. 1913)
- 1857Ida Tarbell, American journalist (d. 1944)
- 1873Edwin Flack, Australian athlete (d. 1935)
- 1881George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (d. 1961)
- 1884James Flecker, English writer (d. 1915)
- 1885Will Durant, American historian (d. 1981)
- 1887Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (d. 1961)
- 1890Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter (d. 1977)
- 1892J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (d. 1964)
- 1894Beardsley Ruml, American economist and tax plan author (d. 1960)
- 1895Charles MacArthur, American author (d. 1956)
- 1895Walter Gieseking, French pianist (d. 1956)
- 1900Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (d. 1972)
- 1900Natalie Schafer, American actress (d. 1991)
- 1904Cooney Weiland, Canadian hockey player (d. 1985)
- 1905Joel McCrea, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1906Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer (d. 1944)
- 1906Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (d. 2004)
- 1910General Sir John Hackett, Australian-British soldier, author (d. 1997)
- 1911Baby Marie Osborne, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1911Roy Rogers, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1913John McGiver, American actor (d. 1975)
- 1913Vivien Leigh, English actress (d. 1967)
- 1914Alton Tobey, American artist (d. 2005)
- 1917Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007)
- 1917Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (d. 2000)
- 1919Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher (d. 1978)
- 1919Myron Floren, American accordianist (d. 2005)
- 1920Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1921Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist (d. 1994)
- 1921Queen Fawzia of Egypt
- 1922Cecil Underwood, American politician (d. 2008)
- 1922Violet Barclay, American illustrator (d. 2010)
- 1928Donald Madden, American theatre, television, and film actor (d. 1983)
- 1931Ike Turner, American musician (d. 2007)
- 1934Victor Argo, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1935Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novellist
- 1935Lester Piggott, British jockey
- 1936Michael Dertouzos, Greek-born American computer scientist (d. 2001)
- 1936Uwe Seeler, German footballer
- 1937Chan Sek Keong, Singaporian jurist
- 1937Harris Yulin, American actor
- 1938César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer
- 1938Jim Steranko, American graphic artist
- 1938Joe Dassin, French-speaking American singer (d. 1980)
- 1939Lobsang Tenzin, the 5th Samdhong Rinpoche, Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) of the Tibetan Government-in-exile
- 1940Elke Sommer, German actress
- 1940Ted Kulongoski, American politician
- 1941Art Garfunkel, American musician
- 1941Yoshiyuki Tomino, Japanese Mecha anime creator
- 1942Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
- 1943Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-born American TV chef (d. 2007)
- 1943Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor
- 1945Aleka Papariga, Greek politician
- 1945Peter Pace, American military officer
- 1946Gram Parsons, American musician (d. 1973)
- 1946Herman Brood, Dutch musician and artist (d. 2001)
- 1947Peter Noone, English musician (Herman’s Hermits)
- 1947Quint Davis, American festival producer
- 1947Rubén Juárez, Argentine bandoneonist (d. 2010)
- 1948Bernard-Henri Lévy, French public intellectual
- 1948Bob Barr, American politician
- 1948Hridayananda dasa Goswami, ISKCON guru
- 1948Peter Hammill, British musician (Van der Graaf Generator)
- 1948William Daniel Phillips, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1949Armin Shimerman, American actor
- 1949Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
- 1950Thorbjørn Jagland, Norwegian statesman
- 1952Bill Walton, American basketball player and commentator
- 1952Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer
- 1952Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist
- 1953Florentino V. Floro, Filipino judge
- 1953Joyce Maynard, American writer
- 1955Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist
- 1955Karan Thapar, Indian journalist and political analyst
- 1955Kris Jenner, American television personality, socialite, and businesswoman
- 1955Nestor Serrano, American actor
- 1956Denise Jannah, Dutch Suriname-born jazz vocalist
- 1957Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1958Don Falcone, American musician and producer
- 1958Mo Gaffney, American actress and comedian
- 1958Robert Patrick, American actor
- 1959Bryan Adams, Canadian musician
- 1960René Froger, Dutch singer
- 1960Tilda Swinton, English actress
- 1961Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (d. 2001)
- 1962Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer
- 1962Marcus J. Ranum, American computer software designer
- 1963Andrea McArdle, American actress
- 1963Brian Wheat, American musician (Tesla)
- 1963Hans Gillhaus, Dutch footballer and director of football
- 1963Tatum O'Neal, American actress
- 1964Helga van Niekerk, South African radio presenter
- 1965Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress
- 1965Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte of Bulgaria
- 1966Georgia Apostolou, Greek actress
- 1966James Allen, British journalist
- 1966Nayim, Spanish footballer
- 1967Judy Reyes, Dominican American actress
- 1967Marcelo D2, Brazilian rapper
- 1968Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress
- 1968Sam Rockwell, American film actor
- 1970Javy López, baseball player
- 1970Tamzin Outhwaite, English actress
- 1971Chris Addison, English comedian
- 1971Corin Nemec, American actor
- 1971Dana Jacobson, American sportscaster
- 1971Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer
- 1971Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead)
- 1971Rob Jones, English footballer
- 1971Sergei Berezin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1973Alexei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1973Danniella Westbrook, English actress
- 1973Johnny Damon, American baseball player
- 1974Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy)
- 1974Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer
- 1974Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
- 1974Ryan Adams, American musician
- 1975Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer-songwriter
- 1976Jeff Klein, American musician
- 1976Sebastian Arcelus, American voice actor
- 1977Brittney Skye, American pornographic actress
- 1977Maarten Tjallingii, Dutch racing cyclist
- 1977Richard Wright, English footballer
- 1979Colin Grzanna, German rugby player
- 1979David Suazo, Honduran footballer
- 1979Michalis Hatzigiannis, Greek/Cypriot songwriter and singer
- 1979Romi Dames, Japanese/American actress
- 1980Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
- 1980Eva González, Spanish model and beauty queen
- 1980Jaime Camara, Brazilian racing driver
- 1981Ümit Ergirdi, Turkish footballer
- 1981Paul Chapman, Australian rules footballer
- 1981Thomas Müller, German actor
- 1982Rob Swire, Australian record producer, singer and keyboardist (Pendulum)
- 1983Alexa Chung, British TV presenter and former fashion model
- 1983Andrew Hayden-Smith, British TV presenter and actor
- 1983Mike Hanke, German footballer
- 1984Nick Folk, American football player
- 1984Nikolai Zherdev, Ukrainian-Russian hockey player
- 1984Tobias Enström, Swedish hockey player
- 1985Kate DeAraugo, Australian singer (Young Divas)
- 1985Koki Tanaka, Japanese singer (KAT-TUN)
- 1985Michel Butter, Dutch long-distance runner
- 1986BoA, Korean singer
- 1986Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
- 1987Kevin Jonas, American guitarist (Jonas Brothers)
- 1987O. J. Mayo, American basketball player
- 1988Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer
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Who Died On November 5?
- 1370King Casimir III the Great of Poland (b. 1310)
- 1515Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (b. 1474)
- 1559Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter (b. 1476)
- 1660Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
- 1660Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (b. 1599)
- 1701Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician (b. c. 1659)
- 1714Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (b. 1633)
- 1752Carl Andreas Duker, German classical scholar (b. 1670)
- 1758Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686)
- 1828Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia (b. 1759)
- 1836Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet (b. 1810)
- 1879James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b. 1831)
- 1923Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French novelist (b. 1880)
- 1930Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1858)
- 1933Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)
- 1933Walther von Dyck, German mathematician (b. 1856)
- 1941Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
- 1942George M. Cohan, American musician, actor, writer, and composer (b. 1878)
- 1944Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873)
- 1951Reggie Walker, South African athlete (b. 1889)
- 1955Maurice Utrillo, French artist (b. 1883)
- 1956Art Tatum, American musician (b. 1909)
- 1960Johnny Horton, American country music singer (b. 1925)
- 1960Mack Sennett, Canadian producer and director (b. 1880)
- 1960Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1964Buddy Cole, American jazz pianist and orchestra leader (b. 1916)
- 1964Lansdale Sasscer, American politician (b. 1893)
- 1968Christina Kalogerikou, Greek actress (b. 1885)
- 1971Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 1974Stafford Repp, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1975Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (b. 1887)
- 1975Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1909)
- 1975Lionel Trilling, American critic and writer (b. 1905)
- 1977Guy Lombardo, Canadian conductor (b. 1902)
- 1977René Goscinny, French comic book writer (b. 1926)
- 1979Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
- 1981Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa Lama, Tibetan religious figure (b. 1924)
- 1982E. H. Carr, British historian (b. 1892)
- 1982Jacques Tati, French actor and director (b. 1908)
- 1985Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898)
- 1985Spencer W. Kimball, American religious figure (b. 1895)
- 1986Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1925)
- 1986Claude Jutra, Québécois actor and film director (b. 1930)
- 1987Eamonn Andrews, Irish television presenter (b. 1922)
- 1989Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (b. 1903)
- 1991Fred MacMurray, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1991Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born media entrepreneur (b. 1923)
- 1992Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (b. 1903)
- 1996Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
- 1997Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)
- 1997Isaiah Berlin, Latvian historian (b. 1909)
- 1997James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter (b. 1946)
- 2000Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b. 1926)
- 2000Jimmie Davis, American singer and politician (b. 1899)
- 2000Victor Grinich, American businessman (b. 1924)
- 2001Barry Horne, British animal activist (b. 1952)
- 2001Milton William Cooper, American writer, shortwave broadcaster (b. 1943)
- 2001Roy Boulting, English film director and producer (b. 1913)
- 2002Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936)
- 2003Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
- 2004Donald Jones, American Dutch actor and dancer (b. 1932)
- 2005John Fowles, English writer (b. 1926)
- 2005John Rice, known as the shortest living twin with Greg Rice until his death, at 2 ft. 10 in. tall (b. 1951)
- 2005Link Wray,American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and singer (b. 1929)
- 2005Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (b. 1912)
- 2006Bülent Ecevit, Turkish politician (b. 1925)
- 2007Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and coach (b. 1922)
- 2009Félix Luna, Argentine historian (b. 1925)
- 2010Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet and politician (b. 1943)
- 2010Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, Mexican drug lord and co-leader (Gulf Cartel) (b. 1962)
- 2010Henriette van Lynden-Leijten, Dutch diplomat and ambassador (b. 1950)
- 2010Jill Clayburgh, American actress (b. 1944)
- 2010Shirley Verrett, American operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1931)
- 2011Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer, composer, lyricist, music director, and filmmaker from Assam (b. 1926)
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