November 5th All Events |
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| November 5th, 2007 (November 05 2007) | Death | Nils Liedholm, Swedish football midfielder and coach (born in 1922) | |
| November 5th, 2006 (November 05 2006) | Event | 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. | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
| November 5th, 2006 (November 05 2006) | Death | Bulent Ecevit, four term Turkish Prime Minister (born in 1925) | |
| November 5th, 2005 (November 05 2005) | Death | Rod Donald, New Zealand environmentalist (born in 1957) | |
| November 5th, 2005 (November 05 2005) | Death | John Fowles, English writer (born in 1926) | |
| November 5th, 2005 (November 05 2005) | Death | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (born in 1912) | |
| November 5th, 2003 (November 05 2003) | Death | Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (born in 1940) | |
| November 5th, 2002 (November 05 2002) | Death | Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (born in 1936) | |
| November 5th, 2001 (November 05 2001) | Death | Roy Boulting, English film director and producer (born in 1913) | |
| November 5th, 2001 (November 05 2001) | Death | Barry Horne , a British animal liberation activist. | |
| November 5th, 2000 (November 05 2000) | Event | Emperor Haile Selassie I is given an Imperial funeral by the Ethiopian Orthodox church | |
| November 5th, 2000 (November 05 2000) | Death | Victor Grinich, American businessman (born in 1924) | |
| November 5th, 2000 (November 05 2000) | Death | Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b.1926) | |
| November 5th, 2000 (November 05 2000) | Death | Jimmie Davis, singer and politician (born in 1899) | |
| November 5th, 1997 (November 05 1997) | Death | James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter (born in 1946) | |
| November 5th, 1997 (November 05 1997) | Death | Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-born historian of ideas (born in 1909) | |
| November 5th, 1997 (November 05 1997) | Death | Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (born in 1959) | |
| November 5th, 1996 (November 05 1996) | Event | President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan. | |
| November 5th, 1996 (November 05 1996) | Death | Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (born in 1934) | |
| November 5th, 1995 (November 05 1995) | Event | Andre Dallaire attempts to assassinate Jean Chretien; he is thwarted when the Prime Minister s wife locks the door. | |
| November 5th, 1992 (November 05 1992) | Death | Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (born in 1903) | |
| November 5th, 1991 (November 05 1991) | Death | Fred MacMurray, American actor (born in 1908) | |
| November 5th, 1991 (November 05 1991) | Death | Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born media entrepreneur (born in 1923) | |
| November 5th, 1990 (November 05 1990) | Event | Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel. | |
| November 5th, 1990 (November 05 1990) | Death | Meir Kahane, Israeli rabbi and activist (born in 1932) | |
| November 5th, 1989 (November 05 1989) | Death | Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (born in 1903) | |
| November 5th, 1987 (November 05 1987) | Event | Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years in prison. He had been sentenced to life for terrorism and treason. | |
| November 5th, 1987 (November 05 1987) | Birth | Kevin Jonas, American singer | |
| November 5th, 1987 (November 05 1987) | Death | Eamonn Andrews, Television Presenter (born in 1922) | |
| November 5th, 1986 (November 05 1986) | Event | 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. | |
| November 5th, 1986 (November 05 1986) | Birth | BoA, Korean singer | |
| November 5th, 1986 (November 05 1986) | Birth | Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer | |
| November 5th, 1986 (November 05 1986) | Death | Claude Jutra, Quebecois actor and film director (born in 1930) | |
| November 5th, 1986 (November 05 1986) | Death | Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (born in 1925) | |
| November 5th, 1985 (November 05 1985) | Birth | Kate DeAraugo, Australian Idol 2005 | |
| November 5th, 1985 (November 05 1985) | Birth | Tanaka Koki, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN) | |
| November 5th, 1985 (November 05 1985) | Death | Spencer W. Kimball, twelfth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born in 1895) | Jesus Christ Quotes |
| November 5th, 1985 (November 05 1985) | Death | Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (born in 1898) | |
| November 5th, 1984 (November 05 1984) | Birth | Nick Folk, American football player | |
| November 5th, 1984 (November 05 1984) | Birth | Tobias Enstrom, Swedish hockey player | |
| November 5th, 1983 (November 05 1983) | Event | Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured. | |
| November 5th, 1983 (November 05 1983) | Birth | Mike Hanke, German footballer | |
| November 5th, 1982 (November 05 1982) | Death | Edward Hallett Carr, historian | |
| November 5th, 1982 (November 05 1982) | Death | Jacques Tati, French actor and director (born in 1908) | |
| November 5th, 1980 (November 05 1980) | Birth | Christoph Metzelder, German footballer | |
| November 5th, 1980 (November 05 1980) | Birth | Jaime Camara, Brazilian racing driver | |
| November 5th, 1980 (November 05 1980) | Birth | Eva Gonzalez, Spanish model and beauty queen | |
| November 5th, 1979 (November 05 1979) | Event | Ayatollah Khomeini declares the USA to be "the great Satan". | |
| November 5th, 1979 (November 05 1979) | Death | Al Capp, American cartoonist (born in 1909) | |
| November 5th, 1978 (November 05 1978) | Birth | Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Greek-Cypriot songwriter and singer | |
| November 5th, 1977 (November 05 1977) | Birth | Brittney Skye, American porn star | |
| November 5th, 1977 (November 05 1977) | Birth | Richard Wright, English footballer | |
| November 5th, 1977 (November 05 1977) | Death | Rene Goscinny, French comic book writer (born in 1926) | |
| November 5th, 1977 (November 05 1977) | Death | Guy Lombardo, Canadian conductor (born in 1902) | |
| November 5th, 1975 (November 05 1975) | Death | Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1909) | |
| November 5th, 1975 (November 05 1975) | Death | Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (born in 1887) | |
| November 5th, 1975 (November 05 1975) | Death | Lionel Trilling, American critic and writer (born in 1905) | Lionel Trilling Quotes |
| November 5th, 1974 (November 05 1974) | Birth | Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy) | |
| November 5th, 1974 (November 05 1974) | Birth | Dado Prso, Croatian footballer | |
| November 5th, 1974 (November 05 1974) | Birth | Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player | |
| November 5th, 1974 (November 05 1974) | Birth | Ryan Adams, American musician | |
| November 5th, 1974 (November 05 1974) | Death | Stafford Repp, American actor (born in 1918) | |
| November 5th, 1973 (November 05 1973) | Birth | Johnny Damon, American baseball player | Johnny Damon Quotes |
| November 5th, 1973 (November 05 1973) | Birth | Alexei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player | |
| November 5th, 1973 (November 05 1973) | Birth | Daniella Westbrook, English actress | |
| November 5th, 1971 (November 05 1971) | Birth | Dana Jacobson, ESPN s First Take hostess | |
| November 5th, 1971 (November 05 1971) | Birth | Rob Jones, English footballer | |
| November 5th, 1971 (November 05 1971) | Birth | Corin Nemec, American actor | |
| November 5th, 1971 (November 05 1971) | Birth | Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead) | |
| November 5th, 1971 (November 05 1971) | Birth | Sergei Berezin, National Hockey League player | |
| November 5th, 1971 (November 05 1971) | Birth | Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer | |
| November 5th, 1971 (November 05 1971) | Death | Sam Jones, baseball player (born in 1925) | |
| November 5th, 1970 (November 05 1970) | Event | Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24). | |
| November 5th, 1970 (November 05 1970) | Birth | Javy Lopez, baseball player | |
| November 5th, 1970 (November 05 1970) | Birth | Tamzin Outhwaite, English actress | |
| November 5th, 1968 (November 05 1968) | Birth | Sam Rockwell, American film actor | |
| November 5th, 1968 (November 05 1968) | Birth | Judy Reyes, Dominican American actress | |
| November 5th, 1968 (November 05 1968) | Birth | Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Spanish actress | |
| November 5th, 1967 (November 05 1967) | Event | The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb. | |
| November 5th, 1966 (November 05 1966) | Birth | Georgia Apostolou, Greek actress | |
| November 5th, 1966 (November 05 1966) | Birth | Nayim, Spanish footballer | |
| November 5th, 1965 (November 05 1965) | Event | State of Emergency declared in Rhodesia after collapse of negotiations with Great Britain over Rhodesian independence (UDI would follow six days later). | |
| November 5th, 1965 (November 05 1965) | Birth | Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress | |
| November 5th, 1965 (November 05 1965) | Birth | Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte, titular Bulgarian royal family | |
| November 5th, 1964 (November 05 1964) | Birth | Tim Blake Nelson, American actor | |
| November 5th, 1964 (November 05 1964) | Death | Lansdale Sasscer, U.S. Congressman for Maryland s 5th District (born in 1893) | |
| November 5th, 1964 (November 05 1964) | Death | Buddy Cole, American jazz pianist and orchestra leader (born in 1916) | |
| November 5th, 1963 (November 05 1963) | Birth | Andrea McArdle, American actress | |
| November 5th, 1963 (November 05 1963) | Birth | Tatum O Neal, American actress | |
| November 5th, 1962 (November 05 1962) | Event | An accident kills 21 miners at the government-owned Kings Bay Coal Company on Svalbard, leading the Norwegian government to close the mine. | |
| November 5th, 1962 (November 05 1962) | Birth | Abedi Pele, Ghanaian footballer | |
| November 5th, 1962 (November 05 1962) | Birth | Marcus J. Ranum, American computer/network security innovator | |
| November 5th, 1961 (November 05 1961) | Birth | Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (died in 2001) | |
| November 5th, 1961 (November 05 1961) | Birth | David Bryson, American guitarist and vocalist (Counting Crows) | |
| November 5th, 1960 (November 05 1960) | Birth | Tilda Swinton, English actress | |
| November 5th, 1960 (November 05 1960) | Death | Ward Bond, American actor (born in 1903) | |
| November 5th, 1960 (November 05 1960) | Death | Johnny Horton, country music singer (b.1925) | |
| November 5th, 1960 (November 05 1960) | Death | Mack Sennett, Canadian producer and director (born in 1880) | |
| November 5th, 1959 (November 05 1959) | Birth | Bryan Adams, Canadian musician | |
| November 5th, 1958 (November 05 1958) | Birth | Don Falcone, American musician and producer | |
| November 5th, 1958 (November 05 1958) | Birth | Robert Patrick, American actor | |
| November 5th, 1957 (November 05 1957) | Birth | Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (died in 1984) | |
| November 5th, 1956 (November 05 1956) | Death | Art Tatum, American musician (born in 1909) | |
| November 5th, 1955 (November 05 1955) | Birth | Karan Thapar, Foremost Indian Journalist, Political Analyst & Commentator | |
| November 5th, 1955 (November 05 1955) | Birth | Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist | |
| November 5th, 1955 (November 05 1955) | Birth | Nestor Serrano, American actor | |
| November 5th, 1955 (November 05 1955) | Death | Maurice Utrillo, French artist (born in 1883) | |
| November 5th, 1954 (November 05 1954) | Event | Japan and Burma sign in Rangoon a separate treaty of peace to end the formal state of war. | |
| November 5th, 1953 (November 05 1953) | Birth | Florentino V. Floro, Filipino dwarf judge | |
| November 5th, 1953 (November 05 1953) | Birth | Joyce Maynard, American writer | |
| November 5th, 1952 (November 05 1952) | Birth | Bill Walton, American basketball player and commentator | |
| November 5th, 1952 (November 05 1952) | Birth | Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer | |
| November 5th, 1952 (November 05 1952) | Birth | Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist | |
| November 5th, 1951 (November 05 1951) | Death | Reggie Walker, South African athlete (born in 1889) | |
| November 5th, 1950 (November 05 1950) | Birth | Thorbjorn Jagland, former Norwegian prime minister | |
| November 5th, 1949 (November 05 1949) | Birth | Armin Shimerman, American actor | |
| November 5th, 1949 (November 05 1949) | Birth | Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (died in 1984) | |
| November 5th, 1948 (November 05 1948) | Birth | Mel Ab-Owain, Welsh politician | |
| November 5th, 1948 (November 05 1948) | Birth | Peter Hammill, British musician | |
| November 5th, 1948 (November 05 1948) | Birth | Hridayananda dasa Goswami, ISKCON guru | |
| November 5th, 1948 (November 05 1948) | Birth | Bernard-Henri Levy, French public intellectual | |
| November 5th, 1948 (November 05 1948) | Birth | William Daniel Phillips, American physicist, Nobel laureate | |
| November 5th, 1947 (November 05 1947) | Birth | Peter Noone, English musician (Herman s Hermits) | |
| November 5th, 1946 (November 05 1946) | Birth | Herman Brood, Dutch musician and artist (died in 2001) | |
| November 5th, 1946 (November 05 1946) | Birth | Gram Parsons, American musician (died in 1973) | |
| November 5th, 1945 (November 05 1945) | Event | Colombia joins the United Nations. | |
| November 5th, 1945 (November 05 1945) | Birth | Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
| November 5th, 1945 (November 05 1945) | Birth | Aleka Papariga, Greek politician | |
| November 5th, 1944 (November 05 1944) | Death | Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1873) | Alexis Carrel Quotes |
| November 5th, 1943 (November 05 1943) | Birth | Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-born American TV chef (died in 2007) | |
| November 5th, 1943 (November 05 1943) | Birth | Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor | |
| November 5th, 1942 (November 05 1942) | Event | The Second Battle of El Alamein is won by the British in El Alamein, Egypt. | |
| November 5th, 1942 (November 05 1942) | Death | George M. Cohan, American musician, actor, writer, and composer (born in 1878) | |
| November 5th, 1941 (November 05 1941) | Birth | Art Garfunkel, American musician | Art Garfunkel Quotes |
| November 5th, 1941 (November 05 1941) | Death | Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (born in 1905) | |
| November 5th, 1940 (November 05 1940) | Event | Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to a third term as President of The United States of America. | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Quotes |
| November 5th, 1940 (November 05 1940) | Birth | Elke Sommer, German actress | |
| November 5th, 1938 (November 05 1938) | Birth | Joe Dassin, French-speaking American singer (died in 1980) | |
| November 5th, 1938 (November 05 1938) | Birth | Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer | |
| November 5th, 1938 (November 05 1938) | Birth | Jim Steranko, American graphic artist, comic book writer-artist-historian, publisher, and film production illustrator | |
| November 5th, 1937 (November 05 1937) | Event | World War II: Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| November 5th, 1937 (November 05 1937) | Birth | Harris Yulin, American actor | |
| November 5th, 1936 (November 05 1936) | Birth | Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (died in 2001) | |
| November 5th, 1935 (November 05 1935) | Birth | Lester Piggott, British jockey | |
| November 5th, 1935 (November 05 1935) | Birth | Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novellist | |
| November 5th, 1934 (November 05 1934) | Birth | Victor Argo, American actor (died in 2004) | |
| November 5th, 1933 (November 05 1933) | Death | Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (born in 1884) | |
| November 5th, 1931 (November 05 1931) | Birth | Ike Turner, American musician (died in 2007) | |
| November 5th, 1930 (November 05 1930) | Death | Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1858) | |
| November 5th, 1923 (November 05 1923) | Death | Jacques d Adelsward-Fersen, French novelist (born in 1880) | |
| November 5th, 1922 (November 05 1922) | Birth | Violet Barclay, American illustrator | |
| November 5th, 1921 (November 05 1921) | Birth | Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist (died in 1994) | |
| November 5th, 1921 (November 05 1921) | Birth | Fawzia of Egypt, Queen of Iran | |
| November 5th, 1920 (November 05 1920) | Birth | Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| November 5th, 1919 (November 05 1919) | Birth | Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher (died in 1978) | Philo Quotes |
| November 5th, 1919 (November 05 1919) | Birth | Myron Floren, American accordianist The Lawrence Welk Show (died in 2005) | |
| November 5th, 1917 (November 05 1917) | Event | 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). | Julian Quotes |
| November 5th, 1917 (November 05 1917) | Event | St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church. | |
| November 5th, 1917 (November 05 1917) | Birth | Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (died in 2000) | |
| November 5th, 1917 (November 05 1917) | Birth | Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana (died in 2007) | |
| November 5th, 1916 (November 05 1916) | Event | The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary. | |
| November 5th, 1916 (November 05 1916) | Event | The Everett Massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between IWW organizers and local police. | |
| November 5th, 1914 (November 05 1914) | Birth | Alton Tobey, American artist (died in 2005) | |
| November 5th, 1913 (November 05 1913) | Event | The insane king Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III. | |
| November 5th, 1913 (November 05 1913) | Event | United Kingdom annexes Cyprus, and together with France declares war on the Ottoman Empire. | |
| November 5th, 1913 (November 05 1913) | Birth | Vivien Leigh, English actress (died in 1967) | |
| November 5th, 1911 (November 05 1911) | Event | After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica. | |
| November 5th, 1911 (November 05 1911) | Birth | Roy Rogers, American actor (died in 1998) | |
| November 5th, 1906 (November 05 1906) | Birth | Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (died in 2004) | |
| November 5th, 1906 (November 05 1906) | Birth | Endre Kabos, Hungarian Olympic champion fencer (died in 1944)) | |
| November 5th, 1905 (November 05 1905) | Birth | Joel McCrea, American actor (died in 1990) | |
| November 5th, 1904 (November 05 1904) | Birth | Cooney Weiland, Canadian hockey player (died in 1985) | |
| November 5th, 1900 (November 05 1900) | Birth | Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (died in 1972) | |
| November 5th, 1900 (November 05 1900) | Birth | Natalie Schafer, American actress (died in 1991) | |
| November 5th, 1895 (November 05 1895) | Event | George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. | |
| November 5th, 1895 (November 05 1895) | Birth | Walter Gieseking, French pianist (died in 1956) | |
| November 5th, 1895 (November 05 1895) | Birth | Charles MacArthur, American author (died in 1956) | |
| November 5th, 1892 (November 05 1892) | Birth | J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (died in 1964) | |
| November 5th, 1890 (November 05 1890) | Birth | Jan Zrzavy, Czech painter (died in 1977) | |
| November 5th, 1885 (November 05 1885) | Birth | Will Durant, American historian (died in 1981) | |
| November 5th, 1884 (November 05 1884) | Birth | James Flecker, English writer (died in 1915) | |
| November 5th, 1881 (November 05 1881) | Birth | George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (died in 1961) | |
| November 5th, 1879 (November 05 1879) | Death | James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (born in 1831) | |
| November 5th, 1873 (November 05 1873) | Birth | Teddy Flack, Australian athlete, double Olympic gold medallist in 1896. (died in 1935) | |
| November 5th, 1872 (November 05 1872) | Event | Women s suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100. | Susan B. Anthony Quotes |
| November 5th, 1862 (November 05 1862) | Event | American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time. | Abraham Lincoln Quotes |
| November 5th, 1862 (November 05 1862) | Event | Indian Wars: In Minnesota, more than 300 Santee Sioux are found guilty of rape and murder of white settlers and are sentenced to hang. | |
| November 5th, 1857 (November 05 1857) | Birth | Ida Tarbell, American journalist (died in 1944) | |
| November 5th, 1855 (November 05 1855) | Birth | Leon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (died in 1913) | |
| November 5th, 1855 (November 05 1855) | Birth | Eugene V. Debs, American socialist leader (died in 1926) | Eugene V. Debs Quotes |
| November 5th, 1854 (November 05 1854) | Event | The Battle of Inkerman is fought during the Crimean War. | |
| November 5th, 1854 (November 05 1854) | Birth | Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1941) | |
| November 5th, 1854 (November 05 1854) | Birth | Alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (died in 1920) | |
| November 5th, 1851 (November 05 1851) | Birth | Charles Dupuy, French prime minister (died in 1923) | |
| November 5th, 1850 (November 05 1850) | Birth | Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (died in 1919) | Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes |
| November 5th, 1846 (November 05 1846) | Birth | Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (died in 1869) | |
| November 5th, 1838 (November 05 1838) | Event | The Federal Republic of Central America begins to disintegrate when Nicaragua separated from the federation. | |
| November 5th, 1836 (November 05 1836) | Death | Karel Hynek Macha, Czech poet (born in 1810) | |
| November 5th, 1835 (November 05 1835) | Birth | Moritz Szeps, Austrian journalist (died in 1902) | |
| November 5th, 1831 (November 05 1831) | Event | Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia. | Ted Turner Quotes |
| November 5th, 1828 (November 05 1828) | Death | Maria Fyodorovna of Russia, second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia (born in 1759) | |
| November 5th, 1818 (November 05 1818) | Birth | Benjamin Franklin Butler, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1893) | Benjamin Franklin Quotes |
| November 5th, 1780 (November 05 1780) | Event | French-American force under Colonel LaBalme is defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle. | |
| November 5th, 1768 (November 05 1768) | Event | Treaty of Fort StanwixThe 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. | |
| November 5th, 1758 (November 05 1758) | Death | Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (born in 1686) | |
| November 5th, 1757 (November 05 1757) | Event | Seven Years War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire in the Battle of Rossbach. | |
| November 5th, 1752 (November 05 1752) | Death | Carl Andreas Duker, German classical scholar (born in 1670) | |
| November 5th, 1743 (November 05 1743) | Event | Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury were organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle. | |
| November 5th, 1742 (November 05 1742) | Birth | Richard Cosway, English artist (died in 1821) | |
| November 5th, 1722 (November 05 1722) | Birth | William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English duelist (died in 1798) | |
| November 5th, 1715 (November 05 1715) | Birth | John Brown, English writer (died in 1766) | |
| November 5th, 1714 (November 05 1714) | Death | Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (born in 1633) | |
| November 5th, 1701 (November 05 1701) | Birth | Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (died in 1785) | |
| November 5th, 1701 (November 05 1701) | Death | Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician (bc. 1659) | |
| November 5th, 1688 (November 05 1688) | Event | Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham. | |
| November 5th, 1667 (November 05 1667) | Birth | Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (died in 1719) | |
| November 5th, 1660 (November 05 1660) | Death | Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (born in 1599) | |
| November 5th, 1660 (November 05 1660) | Death | Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (born in 1591) | |
| November 5th, 1615 (November 05 1615) | Birth | Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (died in 1648) | |
| November 5th, 1613 (November 05 1613) | Birth | Isaac de Benserade, French poet (died in 1691) | Isaac de Benserade Quotes |
| November 5th, 1605 (November 05 1605) | Event | 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. | Guy Fawkes Quotes |
| November 5th, 1592 (November 05 1592) | Birth | Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (died in 1672) | |
| November 5th, 1559 (November 05 1559) | Death | Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter (born in 1476) | |
| November 5th, 1549 (November 05 1549) | Birth | Philippe de Mornay, French writer (died in 1623) | |
| November 5th, 1530 (November 05 1530) | Event | St. Felix s Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands | |
| November 5th, 1515 (November 05 1515) | Death | Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (born in 1474) | |
| November 5th, 1499 (November 05 1499) | Event | 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. | |
| November 5th, 1494 (November 05 1494) | Birth | Hans Sachs, German mastersinger (died in 1576) | |
| November 5th, 1370 (November 05 1370) | Death | Casimir III the Great king of Poland | |
| November 5th, 1271 (November 05 1271) | Birth | Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (died in 1304) | |
