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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
- 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (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 - St. Felix's Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands
- 1605 - Gunpowder Plot: A plot 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 Parliament building.
- 1688 - Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham.
- 1743 - Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury were organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.
- 1757 - Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire in the Battle of Rossbach.
- 1768 - Treaty of Fort Stanwix - The purpose of the conference was 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 force under Colonel LaBalme is 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 separated from the federation.
- 1854 - The Battle of Inkerman is fought during the Crimean War.
- 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, more than 300 Santee Sioux are found guilty of rape and murder of white settlers and are sentenced to hang.
- 1872 - Women's suffrage: 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 - The insane 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 IWW organizers and local police.
- 1917 - October Revolution: In Tallinn, Esthonia, Communist leader Jaan Anwelt 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 - World War II: Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people.
- 1940 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to a third term as President of The United States of America.
- 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. The survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb.
- 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 (FFG-46), USS Reeves (DLG-24) and USS Oldendorf (DD-972) 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 in prison. He had been sentenced to life 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 Jean Chrétien; 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.
- 2000 - Emperor Haile Selassie I is given an Imperial funeral by the Ethiopian Orthodox church
- 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.
[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, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (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, double Olympic gold medallist in 1896. (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)
- 1890 - Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter (d. 1977)
- 1892 - J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (d. 1964)
- 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 Olympic champion fencer (d. 1944))
- 1911 - Roy Rogers, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1913 - Vivien Leigh, English actress (d. 1967)
- 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 The Lawrence Welk Show (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1921 - Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist (d. 1994)
- 1921 - Fawzia of Egypt, Queen of Iran
- 1922 - Violet Barclay, American illustrator
- 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 internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (d. 2001)
- 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, comic book writer-artist-historian, publisher, and film production illustrator
- 1940 - Elke Sommer, German actress
- 1941 - Art Garfunkel, American musician
- 1943 - Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-born American TV chef (d. 2007)
- 1943 - Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor
- 1945 - Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- 1945 - Aleka Papariga, Greek politician
- 1946 - Herman Brood, Dutch musician and artist (d. 2001)
- 1946 - Gram Parsons, American musician (d. 1973)
- 1947 - Peter Noone, English musician (Herman's Hermits)
- 1948 - Mel Ab-Owain, Welsh politician
- 1948 - Peter Hammill, British musician
- 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, former Norwegian prime minister
- 1952 - Bill Walton, American basketball player and commentator
- 1952 - Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer
- 1952 - Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist
- 1953 - Florentino V. Floro, Filipino dwarf judge
- 1953 - Joyce Maynard, American writer
- 1955 - Karan Thapar, Foremost Indian Journalist, Political Analyst & Commentator
- 1955 - Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist
- 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)
- 1961 - David Bryson, American guitarist and vocalist (Counting Crows)
- 1962 - Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer
- 1962 - Marcus J. Ranum, American computer/network security innovator
- 1963 - Andrea McArdle, American actress
- 1963 - Tatum O'Neal, American actress
- 1964 - Tim Blake Nelson, American actor
- 1965 - Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress
- 1965 - Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte, titular Bulgarian royal family
- 1966 - Georgia Apostolou, Greek actress
- 1966 - Nayim, Spanish footballer
- 1967 - Marcelo D2, Brazilian rapper
- 1968 - Sam Rockwell, American film actor
- 1968 - Judy Reyes, Dominican American actress
- 1968 - Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress
- 1970 - Javy López, baseball player
- 1970 - Tamzin Outhwaite, English actress
- 1971 - Dana Jacobson, ESPN's First Take hostess
- 1971 - Rob Jones, English footballer
- 1971 - Corin Nemec, American actor
- 1971 - Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead)
- 1971 - Sergei Berezin, National Hockey League player
- 1971 - Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer
- 1973 - Johnny Damon, American baseball player
- 1973 - Alexei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1973 - Daniella Westbrook, English actress
- 1974 - Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy)
- 1974 - Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer
- 1974 - Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
- 1974 - Ryan Adams, American musician
- 1977 - Brittney Skye, American porn star
- 1977 - Richard Wright, English footballer
- 1979 - Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Greek-Cypriot songwriter and singer
- 1980 - Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
- 1980 - Jaime Camara, Brazilian racing driver
- 1980 - Eva González, Spanish model and beauty queen
- 1983 - Mike Hanke, German footballer
- 1983 - Andrew Hayden-Smith, TV presenter and actor
- 1984 - Nick Folk, American football player
- 1984 - Tobias Enstrom, Swedish hockey player
- 1985 - Kate DeAraugo, Australian Idol 2005
- 1985 - Tanaka Koki, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN)
- 1986 - BoA, Korean singer
- 1986 - Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
- 1987 - Kevin Jonas, American guitarist, member of the Jonas Brothers
[edit] Deaths
- 1370 - Casimir III the Great king of Poland
- 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 (bc. 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, second 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)
- 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, country music singer (b.1925)
- 1960 - Mack Sennett, Canadian producer and director (b. 1880)
- 1964 - Lansdale Sasscer, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District (b. 1893)
- 1964 - Buddy Cole, American jazz pianist and orchestra leader (b. 1916)
- 1971 - Sam Jones, baseball player (b. 1925)
- 1974 - Stafford Repp, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1975 - Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1909)
- 1975 - Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (b. 1887)
- 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)
- 1982 - Edward Hallett Carr, historian
- 1982 - Jacques Tati, French actor and director (b. 1908)
- 1985 - Spencer W. Kimball, twelfth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1895)
- 1985 - Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898)
- 1986 - Claude Jutra, Québécois actor and film director (b. 1930)
- 1986 - Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1925)
- 1987 - Eamonn Andrews, Television Presenter (b. 1922)
- 1989 - Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (b. 1903)
- 1990 - Meir Kahane, Israeli rabbi and activist (b. 1932)
- 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-born historian of ideas (b. 1909)
- 1997 - Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)
- 2000 - Victor Grinich, American businessman (b. 1924)
- 2000 - Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b.1926)
- 2000 - Jimmie Davis, singer and politician (b. 1899)
- 2001 - Roy Boulting, English film director and producer (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Barry Horne, a British animal liberation activist.
- 2002 - Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936)
- 2003 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
- 2005 - Rod Donald, New Zealand environmentalist (b. 1957)
- 2005 - John Fowles, English writer (b. 1926)
- 2005 - Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (b. 1912)
- 2006 - Bülent Ecevit, four term Turkish Prime Minister (b. 1925)
- 2007 - Nils Liedholm, Swedish football midfielder and coach (b. 1922)
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