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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.
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 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 - 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 in 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 - 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 , 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed; the others are reprieved.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 - 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 , 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 D. Roosevelt is elected to a third term as President of the United States .1942 - The Second Battle of El Alamein is won by the British in El Alamein , Egypt .1945 - Colombia joins the United Nations .1956 - Nat King Cole becomes the second African-American (after jazz pianist/singer Hazel Scott in 1950 ) to host an American television program: "The Nat King Cole Show" on NBC .1967 - The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb .1968 - United States presidential election, 1968 : Republican Richard Nixon wins the American presidency, in what turned out to be a decades-long realignment election .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 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 .2000 - Emperor Haile Selassie I is given an Imperial funeral by the Ethiopian Orthodox church2006 - 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.
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 )1887 - Paul Wittgenstein , Austrian-born pianist (d. 1961 )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 2005 )
1920 - Douglass North , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate1921 - Georges Cziffra , Hungarian pianist (d. 1994 )1921 - Fawzia of Egypt , Queen of Iran
1922 - Violet Barclay , American illustrator1931 - Ike Turner , American musician (d. 2007 )1934 - Victor Argo , American actor (d. 2004 )1935 - Lester Piggott , British jockey1935 - 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 actor1938 - 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 actress1940 - Ted Kulongoski , American politician, governor of Oregon
1941 - Art Garfunkel , American musician1943 - 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 Staff1945 - 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 politician1948 - 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 actor1949 - Jimmie Spheeris , American singer-songwriter (d. 1984 )
1950 - Thorbjørn Jagland , former Norwegian prime minister1952 - Bill Walton , American basketball player and commentator1952 - 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 & Commentator1955 - Bernard Chazelle , French computer scientist
1955 - Nestor Serrano , American actor
1957 - Jon-Erik Hexum , American actor (d. 1984 )1958 - Don Falcone , American musician and producer1958 - Robert Patrick , American actor
1959 - Bryan Adams , Canadian musician1960 - Tilda Swinton , English actress1961 - Gina Mastrogiacomo , American actress (d. 2001 )1961 - David Bryson , American guitarist and vocalist (Counting Crows )
1962 - Abédi Pelé , Ghanaian footballer1962 - Marcus J. Ranum , American computer/network security innovator
1963 - Andrea McArdle , American actress1963 - Tatum O'Neal , American actress
1963 - Brian Wheat , American musician (Tesla )
1964 - Tim Blake Nelson , American actor1965 - Famke Janssen , Dutch model and actress1965 - Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte , titular Bulgarian royal family
1966 - Georgia Apostolou , Greek actress1966 - Nayim , Spanish footballer
1967 - Marcelo D2 , Brazilian rapper1967 - Judy Reyes , Dominican American actress
1968 - Sam Rockwell , American film actor1968 - Aitana Sánchez-Gijón , Spanish actress
1970 - Javy López , baseball player1970 - Tamzin Outhwaite , English actress
1971 - Dana Jacobson , ESPN's First Take hostess1971 - 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 player1973 - 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 pornographic actress1977 - Richard Wright , English footballer
1979 - Michalis Hatzigiannis , Greek/Cypriot songwriter and singer1980 - Christoph Metzelder , German footballer1980 - Jaime Camara , Brazilian racing driver
1980 - Eva González , Spanish model and beauty queen
1983 - Mike Hanke , German footballer1983 - Andrew Hayden-Smith , British TV presenter and actor1984 - Nick Folk , American football player1984 - Tobias Enström , Swedish hockey player
1985 - Kate DeAraugo , Australian singer (Young Divas )1985 - Koki Tanaka , Japanese rapper (KAT-TUN )
1986 - BoA , Korean singer1986 - Kasper Schmeichel , Danish footballer
1987 - Kevin Jonas , American guitarist
Deaths
1370 - Casimir III the Great king 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 (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 (b. 1892 )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. (b. 1952 )
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 and poet (b. 1925 )2007 - Nils Liedholm , Swedish football midfielder and coach (b. 1922 )
Holidays and observances
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