November 5 in history
Events on November 5
Notable events that happened on November 5 in past years.
- 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 article: Donald Trump - 2015
Rona Ambrose takes over after Stephen Harper as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Wikipedia article: Rona Ambrose - 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 article: Nidal Hasan - 1996
Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly.
Wikipedia article: President of Pakistan - 1990
Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
Wikipedia article: Meir Kahane - 1970
The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
Wikipedia article: Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - 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 article: Korean War - 1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
Wikipedia article: Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1916
The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Wikipedia article: Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918) - 1912
Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
Wikipedia article: Woodrow Wilson - 1895
George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
Wikipedia article: George B. Selden - 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 article: American Indian Wars - 1780
French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
Wikipedia article: Augustin de La Balme - 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.
- 1009
Berber forces led by Sulayman ibn al-Hakam defeat the Umayyad caliph Muhammad II of Córdoba in the Battle of Qantish.
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