# What happened on November 5 in history?

**Date:** November 5  
**Events recorded:** 53  
**Years spanned:** 1009 – 2024  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/november/5/

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## Featured Event

**2013** — India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Orbiter_Mission)

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## Events on this date

- **1009** — Berber forces led by Sulayman ibn al-Hakam defeat the Umayyad caliph Muhammad II of Córdoba in the Battle of Qantish. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbers))
- **1138** — Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BD_Anh_T%C3%B4ng))
- **1499** — The Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicon_(trilingual_dictionary)))
- **1556** — Second Battle of Panipat: Fighting begins between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and the forces of the Muslim emperor Akbar. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Panipat))
- **1605** — Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot))
- **1688** — Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham to challenge the rule of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England))
- **1757** — Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War))
- **1768** — The Treaty of Fort Stanwix is signed, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Stanwix_(1768)))
- **1780** — French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_de_La_Balme))
- **1811** — Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado rings the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mat%C3%ADas_Delgado))
- **1828** — Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence))
- **1834** — Founding of the Free University of Brussels by Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_University_of_Brussels_(1834%E2%80%931969)))
- **1862** — American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1862** — American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to death. Thirty-eight are ultimately hanged and the others reprieved. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_suffrage_in_the_United_States))
- **1881** — In New Zealand, 1600 armed volunteers and constabulary field forces led by Minister of Native Affairs John Bryce march on the pacifist Māori settlement at Parihaka, evicting upwards of 2000 residents, and destroying the settlement in the context of the New Zealand land confiscations. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand))
- **1895** — George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._Selden))
- **1898** — Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negrenses))
- **1911** — After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire))
- **1912** — Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson))
- **1913** — King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%2C_King_of_Bavaria))
- **1914** — World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1916** — The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Poland_(1917%E2%80%931918)))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_massacre))
- **1917** — Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Tikhon_of_Moscow))
- **1925** — Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage))
- **1940** — World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1940** — Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt))
- **1943** — World War II: Bombing of the Vatican. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Rome_in_World_War_II))
- **1945** — The three-day anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania commence. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_anti-Jewish_riots_in_Tripolitania))
- **1950** — Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War))
- **1955** — After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_State_Opera))
- **1956** — Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis))
- **1968** — Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon))
- **1970** — The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Assistance_Command%2C_Vietnam))
- **1983** — The Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byford_Dolphin))
- **1986** — USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao, China; the first US naval visit to China since 1949. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Rentz))
- **1990** — Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Kahane))
- **1991** — Tropical Storm Thelma causes flash floods in the Philippine city of Ormoc, killing more than 4,900 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Thelma))
- **1995** — André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Dallaire))
- **1996** — Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Pakistan))
- **1996** — Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton))
- **2006** — Saddam Hussein, the 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 their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shia Muslims. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein))
- **2007** — China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang'e_1))
- **2007** — The Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)))
- **2009** — U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidal_Hasan))
- **2010** — JS Air Flight 201 crashes after takeoff from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing all 21 aboard. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS_Air_Flight_201))
- **2013** — India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Orbiter_Mission))
- **2015** — An iron ore tailings dam bursts in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, flooding a valley, causing mudslides in the nearby village of Bento Rodrigues and causing at least 17 deaths and two missing. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_ore))
- **2015** — Rona Ambrose takes over after Stephen Harper as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rona_Ambrose))
- **2017** — Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 and injures 22 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutherland_Springs_church_shooting))
- **2021** — The Astroworld Festival crowd crush results in 10 deaths and 25 people being hospitalized ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroworld_Festival_crowd_crush))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump))

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## Notable births on November 5

- **2002** — **Matty Beniers** — American ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matty_Beniers))
- **1998** — **Takehiro Tomiyasu** — Japanese footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takehiro_Tomiyasu))
- **1995** — **Trey Lyles** — Canadian basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey_Lyles))
- **1994** — **Astou Ndour-Fall** — Senegalese-Spanish basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astou_Ndour-Fall))
- **1992** — **Odell Beckham Jr.** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odell_Beckham_Jr.))
- **1992** — **Marco Verratti** — Italian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Verratti))
- **1991** — **Flume** — Australian DJ and producer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flume_(musician)))
- **1991** — **Jon Gray** — American baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Gray))
- **1991** — **Shōdai Naoya** — Japanese sumo wrestler ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Ddai_Naoya))
- **1989** — **D. J. Kennedy** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._Kennedy))

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## Notable deaths on November 5

- **2024** — **Ben Baldanza** — American economist and business executive (born 1961) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Baldanza))
- **2024** — **Elwood Edwards** — American voice actor (born 1949) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwood_Edwards))
- **2023** — **Pat E. Johnson** — American martial artist and actor (born 1939) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_E._Johnson))
- **2022** — **Aaron Carter** — American singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer and actor (born 1987) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Carter))
- **2021** — **Marília Mendonça** — Brazilian singer (born 1995) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADlia_Mendon%C3%A7a))
- **2020** — **Geoffrey Palmer** — English actor (born 1927) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Palmer_(actor)))
- **2015** — **George Barris** — American engineer and car designer (born 1925) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Barris_(auto_customizer)))
- **2015** — **Nora Brockstedt** — Norwegian singer (born 1923) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Brockstedt))
- **2015** — **Soma Edirisinghe** — Sri Lankan businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1939) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_Edirisinghe))
- **2015** — **Czesław Kiszczak** — Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (born 1925) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czes%C5%82aw_Kiszczak))

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