Tukuk-OS📅 November 5
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 5? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2013 — The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe.
- 2009 — U.S. Army major Nidal Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base, killing 13.
- 2003 — American serial killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of first-degree murder.
- 1995 — Aline Chrétien (pictured) thwarted André Dallaire's attempt to assassinate her husband, Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, by locking the bedroom door in 24 Sussex Drive, their official residence in Ottawa.
- 1990 — Israeli ultra-nationalist rabbi Meir Kahane (pictured) was assassinated in a New York City hotel by an Arab gunman.
- 1952 — An earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a major tsunami that affected the Kuril Islands and other parts of the Pacific Ocean.
1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquakeKamchatka PeninsulaKuril Islands
- 1950 — Korean War: The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded in preventing a Chinese breakthrough at the Battle of Pakchon.
Korean War27th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)Battle of Pakchon
- 1944 — World War II: Allied forces began a military campaign on Japanese-occupied Singapore.
- 1943 — World War II: An unknown aircraft dropped four bombs on Vatican City, which maintained neutrality during the war.
- 1916 — An armed confrontation in Everett, Washington, between local authorities and members of the Industrial Workers of the World resulted in seven deaths.
Everett massacreEverett, WashingtonIndustrial Workers of the World
- 1854 — Crimean War: Despite being severely outnumbered, and fighting in heavy foggy conditions, the allied armies of the United Kingdom and France defeated the Russians in present-day Inkerman, Ukraine.
- 1757 — Seven Years' War: Prussian forces led by Frederick the Great defeated the allied French and Habsburg armies at the Battle of Rossbach.
- 1605 — The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during a search of the Palace of Westminster, foiled the Gunpowder Plot, which planned to blow up the House of Lords.
- 1556 — At the Second Battle of Panipat, forces of the Mughal emperor Akbar captured Hemu, the Hindu emperor of north India.
- 1138 — Lý Anh Tông was enthroned as the emperor of Đại Việt at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.
Births
- 2002 — Matty Beniers, American ice hockey player
- 1998 — Takehiro Tomiyasu, Japanese footballer
- 1995 — Trey Lyles, Canadian basketball player
- 1994 — Astou Ndour-Fall, Senegalese-Spanish basketball player
- 1993 — Dastonbek Otabolaev, Uzbekistani karateka
- 1992 — Odell Beckham Jr., American football player
- 1992 — Marco Verratti, Italian footballer
- 1991 — Flume, Australian DJ and producer
- 1991 — Jon Gray, American baseball player
- 1991 — Shōdai Naoya, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1989 — D. J. Kennedy, American basketball player
- 1988 — Yannick Borel, French fencer
Deaths
- 2024 — Ben Baldanza, American economist and business executive (born 1961)
- 2024 — Elwood Edwards, American voice actor (born 1949)
- 2023 — Pat E. Johnson, American martial artist and actor (born 1939)
- 2022 — Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer and actor (born 1987)
- 2021 — Marília Mendonça, Brazilian singer (born 1995)
- 2020 — Geoffrey Palmer, English actor (born 1927)
- 2015 — George Barris, American engineer and car designer (born 1925)
- 2015 — Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (born 1923)
- 2015 — Soma Edirisinghe, Sri Lankan businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1939)
- 2015 — Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (born 1925)
- 2015 — Hans Mommsen, German historian and academic (born 1930)
- 2014 — Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (born 1921)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: All Jesuit Saints and Blesseds
- Christian feast day: Saint Domninus of Grenoble
- Christian feast day: Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg
- Christian feast day: Berthild of Chelles
- Christian feast day: Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist
- Christian feast day: Galation
- Christian feast day: Blessed Gomidas Keumurdjian
- Christian feast day: Blessed Guido Maria Conforti
- Christian feast day: Blessed Hryhoriy Lakota
- Christian feast day: November 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Bank Transfer Day (United States)
- Colón Day (Panama)
- Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), and its related observances: West Country Carnival (English West Country)
- Cinco de noviembre (Negros, Philippines)
- Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka, India)
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