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This day in history: 5 November

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395 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 5 November.
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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.

Holidays and observances

Bank Transfer Day (United States)

Christian feast day: All Jesuit Saints and Blesseds

Christian feast day: Berthild of Chelles

Christian feast day: Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg

Christian feast day: Blessed Gomidas Keumurdjian

Christian feast day: Blessed Guido Maria Conforti

Christian feast day: Blessed Hryhoriy Lakota

Christian feast day: Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist

Christian feast day: Galation

Christian feast day: November 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Saint Domninus of Grenoble

Cinco de noviembre (Negros, Philippines)

Events

2024Donald 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.

2021The Astroworld Festival crowd crush results in 10 deaths and 25 people being hospitalized

2017Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 and injures 22 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

2015An 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.

2015Rona Ambrose takes over after Stephen Harper as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

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

2010JS Air Flight 201 crashes after takeoff from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing all 21 aboard.

2009U.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.

2007China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.

2007The Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.

2006Saddam 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.

1996Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.

1996Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly.

1995André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.

1991Tropical Storm Thelma causes flash floods in the Philippine city of Ormoc, killing more than 4,900 people.

1990Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.

1986USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao, China; the first US naval visit to China since 1949.

1983The Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.

1970The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).

1968Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.

1956Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.

1955After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.

1950Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.

1945The three-day anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania commence.

1943World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.

1940Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.

1940World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.

1925Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.

1917Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

1914World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

1913King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.

1912Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.

1911After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

1898Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

1895George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

1881In 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 co

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.

1862American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

Born on this day

2002Matty Beniers, American ice hockey player

1998Takehiro Tomiyasu, Japanese footballer

1995Trey Lyles, Canadian basketball player

1994Astou Ndour-Fall, Senegalese-Spanish basketball player

1993Dastonbek Otabolaev, Uzbekistani karateka

1992Marco Verratti, Italian footballer

1992Odell Beckham Jr., American football player

1991Flume, Australian DJ and producer

1991Jon Gray, American baseball player

1991Shōdai Naoya, Japanese sumo wrestler

1989D. J. Kennedy, American basketball player

1988Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer

1988Yannick Borel, French fencer

1987Jason Kelce, American football player

1987Kevin Jonas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor

1987O. J. Mayo, American basketball player

1986BoA, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer and actress

1986Ian Mahinmi, American basketball player

1986Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer

1986Nodiko Tatishvili, Georgian singer

1985Annet Mahendru, American actress

1985Kate DeAraugo, Australian singer-songwriter

1984Baruto Kaito, Estonian sumo wrestler

1984Eliud Kipchoge, Kenyan long-distance runner

1984John Sutton, Australian rugby league player

1984Jon Cornish, Canadian football player

1984Nick Tandy, English racing driver

1984Nikolay Zherdev, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player

1984Tobias Enström, Swedish ice hockey player

1983Alexa Chung, English model and television host

1982Rob Swire, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

1981Paul Chapman, Australian footballer

1980Andrei Korobeinik, Estonian computer programmer, businessman and politician

1980Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor

1979David Suazo, Honduran footballer and coach

1979Keith McLeod, American basketball player

1979Michalis Hatzigiannis, Cypriot singer-songwriter and producer

1979Romi Dames, Japanese-American actress

1978Bubba Watson, American golfer

1978Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (died 2011)

Died on this day

2024Ben Baldanza, American economist and business executive (born 1961)

2024Elwood Edwards, American voice actor (born 1949)

2023Pat E. Johnson, American martial artist and actor (born 1939)

2022Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer and actor (born 1987)

2021Marília Mendonça, Brazilian singer (born 1995)

2020Geoffrey Palmer, English actor (born 1927)

2015Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (born 1925)

2015George Barris, American engineer and car designer (born 1925)

2015Hans Mommsen, German historian and academic (born 1930)

2015Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (born 1923)

2015Soma Edirisinghe, Sri Lankan businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1939)

2014Abdelwahab Meddeb, Tunisian-French author, poet, and scholar (born 1946)

2014Lane Evans, American lawyer and politician (born 1951)

2014Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (born 1921)

2014Wally Grant, American ice hockey player (born 1927)

2013Charles Mosley, English genealogist and author (born 1948)

2013Charlie Trotter, American chef and author (born 1959)

2013Habibollah Asgaroladi, Iranian politician (born 1932)

2013Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor and screenwriter (born 1934)

2013Stuart Williams, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1930)

2013Tony Iveson, English soldier and pilot (born 1919)

2012Bob Kaplan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1936)

2012Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (born 1908)

2012Leonardo Favio, Argentinian actor, singer, director and screenwriter (born 1938)

2012Louis Pienaar, South African lawyer and diplomat, Minister of Internal Affairs (born 1926)

2012Olympe Bradna, French-American actress and dancer (born 1920)

2011Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, director, and poet (born 1926)

2010Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (born 1943)

2010Jill Clayburgh, American actress and singer (born 1944)

2010Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (born 1931)

Quote of the day

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”

Marcus Aurelius

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