November 5 facts for kids

November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 56 days remain until the end of the year. November 5th is a day filled with many interesting events throughout history, from important discoveries and political changes to the birthdays of famous people. Let's explore some of the key moments that happened on this day!

History Highlights

Important Events from the Past

• 1138 – A two-year-old boy named Lý Anh Tông became the emperor of Vietnam. He ruled for 37 years!
• 1499 – The Catholicon was published. This was the first dictionary for the Breton language and also the first French dictionary.
• 1556 – The Second Battle of Panipat began in India. It was a big fight between the forces of the Hindu king Hem Chandra Vikramaditya and the Muslim emperor Akbar.
• 1605 – The famous Gunpowder Plot in England. Guy Fawkes was caught in the Houses of Parliament with gunpowder. He had planned to blow up the building and kill King James I of England.
• 1688 – Prince William III of Orange arrived in England with a Dutch fleet. He came to challenge King James II of England for the throne.
• 1757 – During the Seven Years' War, Frederick the Great and his army won a major victory against France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
• 1768 – The Treaty of Fort Stanwix was signed. This agreement changed the border between Native American lands and European settlements in the Thirteen Colonies.
• 1780 – French-American forces led by Colonel LaBalme were defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
• 1811 – In El Salvador, priest José Matías Delgado rang church bells to start the 1811 Independence Movement, calling for freedom.
• 1828 – The French Morea expedition ended. This meant the last Ottoman forces left the Peloponnese in Greece, helping the Greek War of Independence.
• 1834 – The Free University of Brussels was founded by Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen.
• 1862 – During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln removed George B. McClellan as the commander of the Army of the Potomac.
• 1872 – Women's suffrage pioneer Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time, even though it was against the law. She was later fined.
• 1881 – In New Zealand, armed forces marched on the peaceful Māori village of Parihaka. They forced over 2000 residents out and destroyed the settlement.
• 1895 – George B. Selden received the first U.S. patent for an automobile, a very early car design.
• 1898 – People in Negros revolted against Spanish rule and created the short-lived Republic of Negros.

Modern History Moments

• 1911 – Italy took control of Tripoli and Cyrenaica in North Africa after declaring war on the Ottoman Empire.
• 1912 – Woodrow Wilson was elected the 28th President of the United States.
• 1913 – King Otto of Bavaria was removed from power by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who became King Ludwig III.
• 1914 – World War I: France and the British Empire declared war on the Ottoman Empire.
• 1916 – The Kingdom of Poland was announced by Germany and Austria-Hungary.
• 1916 – The Everett massacre happened in Washington state. Political disagreements led to a shootout between workers' organizers and local police.
• 1917 – Lenin called for the start of the October Revolution in Russia.
• 1917 – Tikhon was chosen as the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church.
• 1925 – Secret agent Sidney Reilly, known as the first "super-spy," was executed by the Soviet secret police.
• 1940 – World War II: The British ship HMS Jervis Bay was sunk by the German battleship Admiral Scheer.
• 1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected U.S. President for a third term. He is the only president to do this.
• 1943 – World War II: The Bombing of the Vatican occurred.
• 1950 – Korean War: British and Australian forces stopped the Chinese army during the Battle of Pakchon.
• 1955 – The rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopened after being destroyed in World War II. It celebrated with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• 1956 – Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers landed in Egypt after a week of bombing.
• 1968 – Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States.
• 1970 – The U.S. military reported the lowest number of American soldier deaths in five years during the Vietnam War.
• 1983 – The Byford Dolphin diving bell accident happened, which was a very serious incident.
• 1986 – Three U.S. Navy ships visited Qingdao, China. This was the first time U.S. naval ships had visited China since 1949.
• 1990 – Rabbi Meir Kahane was shot and killed after a speech in New York City.
• 1991 – Tropical Storm Thelma caused terrible floods in the Philippine city of Ormoc, leading to many deaths.
• 1995 – André Dallaire tried to attack Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. The Prime Minister's wife stopped him by locking the door.
• 1996 – Pakistani President Farooq Leghari removed Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's government.
• 1996 – Bill Clinton was reelected President of the United States.
• 2006 – Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, was sentenced to death for his role in a massacre.
• 2007 – China launched its first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, which went into orbit around the Moon.
• 2007 – The Android mobile operating system was first shown by Google.
• 2013 – India launched its Mars Orbiter Mission, which was its first probe to another planet.
• 2015 – An iron ore tailings dam burst in Brazil. This caused a huge mudslide, flooding a village and causing deaths.
• 2015 – Rona Ambrose became the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
• 2021 – The Astroworld Festival crowd crush happened, leading to 10 deaths and many injuries.

Famous People Born Today

People from Earlier Times

• 1271 – Ghazan, a Mongol ruler.
• 1494 – Hans Sachs, a German poet and playwright.
• 1592 – Charles Chauncy, an English-American pastor and teacher.
• 1607 – Anna Maria van Schurman, a Dutch painter.
• 1615 – Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, an Ottoman Sultan.
• 1666 – Attilio Ariosti, an Italian musician and composer.
• 1701 – Pietro Longhi, a Venetian painter.
• 1715 – John Brown, an English writer.
• 1742 – Richard Cosway, an English painter.
• 1789 – William Bland, an Australian surgeon and politician.
• 1818 – Benjamin Butler, an American general and politician.
• 1850 – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, an American author and poet.
• 1854 – Paul Sabatier, a French chemist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1855 – Eugene V. Debs, an American union leader.
• 1857 – Ida Tarbell, an American journalist and reformer.
• 1873 – Edwin Flack, an Australian Olympic tennis player and runner.
• 1885 – Will Durant, an American historian and philosopher.
• 1892 – J. B. S. Haldane, an English-Indian geneticist.
• 1893 – Raymond Loewy, a famous French-American engineer and designer.
• 1895 – Walter Gieseking, a French-German pianist.

People from Recent Times

• 1905 – Joel McCrea, an American actor.
• 1911 – Roy Rogers, a famous American singer and actor.
• 1913 – Vivien Leigh, a well-known Indian-British actress.
• 1917 – Jacqueline Auriol, a French pilot.
• 1920 – Douglass North, an American economist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1921 – Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, an Egyptian princess.
• 1926 – John Berger, an English author and painter.
• 1931 – Ike Turner, an American singer and producer.
• 1935 – Lester Piggott, a famous English jockey.
• 1936 – Uwe Seeler, a German football player.
• 1938 – Joe Dassin, an American-French singer.
• 1941 – Art Garfunkel, an American singer and guitarist, famous for Simon & Garfunkel.
• 1941 – Yoshiyuki Tomino, a Japanese animator and director.
• 1943 – Sam Shepard, an American playwright and actor.
• 1945 – Peter Pace, an American general.
• 1947 – Peter Noone, an English singer and guitarist.
• 1948 – William Daniel Phillips, an American physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1952 – Oleh Blokhin, a Ukrainian football player.
• 1952 – Vandana Shiva, an Indian philosopher and author.
• 1952 – Bill Walton, an American basketball player.
• 1955 – Kris Jenner, an American talent manager and businesswoman.
• 1958 – Robert Patrick, an American actor.
• 1959 – Bryan Adams, a famous Canadian singer and guitarist.
• 1960 – Tilda Swinton, an English actress.
• 1962 – Abedi Pele, a Ghanaian football player.
• 1963 – Tatum O'Neal, an American actress.
• 1963 – Jean-Pierre Papin, a French football player.
• 1965 – Famke Janssen, a Dutch model and actress.
• 1967 – Judy Reyes, an American actress.
• 1968 – Sam Rockwell, an American actor.
• 1971 – Jonny Greenwood, an English guitarist from the band Radiohead.
• 1973 – Johnny Damon, an American baseball player.
• 1974 – Ryan Adams, an American singer and guitarist.
• 1974 – Dado Pršo, a Croatian football player.
• 1974 – Jerry Stackhouse, an American basketball player.
• 1975 – Lisa Scott-Lee, a Welsh singer.
• 1976 – Sebastian Arcelus, an American actor.
• 1978 – Bubba Watson, an American golfer.
• 1979 – Michalis Hatzigiannis, a Cypriot singer.
• 1980 – Luke Hemsworth, an Australian actor.
• 1980 – Christoph Metzelder, a German football player.
• 1982 – Rob Swire, an Australian singer and producer.
• 1983 – Alexa Chung, an English model and TV host.
• 1984 – Eliud Kipchoge, a Kenyan long-distance runner, known for marathons.
• 1986 – BoA, a South Korean singer.
• 1986 – Kasper Schmeichel, a Danish football goalkeeper.
• 1987 – Kevin Jonas, an American singer and actor from the Jonas Brothers.
• 1987 – Jason Kelce, an American football player.
• 1988 – Virat Kohli, a famous Indian cricketer.
• 1991 – Flume, an Australian DJ and producer.
• 1992 – Odell Beckham Jr., an American football player.
• 1992 – Marco Verratti, an Italian football player.

Notable People Who Died Today

People from Earlier Times

• 425 – Atticus, a religious leader in Constantinople.
• 964 – Fan Zhi, a chancellor in China.
• 1370 – Casimir III the Great, a Polish king.
• 1459 – John Fastolf, an English soldier.
• 1559 – Kanō Motonobu, a Japanese painter.
• 1605 – Nyaungyan Min, a Burmese king.
• 1660 – Alexandre de Rhodes, a French missionary.
• 1714 – Bernardino Ramazzini, an Italian doctor.
• 1758 – Hans Egede, a Norwegian missionary.
• 1807 – Angelica Kauffman, a painter.
• 1872 – Thomas Sully, an English-American painter.
• 1879 – James Clerk Maxwell, a Scottish physicist and mathematician.

People from Recent Times

• 1930 – Christiaan Eijkman, a Dutch doctor who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1930 – Luigi Facta, an Italian politician and Prime Minister.
• 1933 – Texas Guinan, an American actress and businesswoman.
• 1942 – George M. Cohan, an American actor, singer, and composer.
• 1944 – Alexis Carrel, a French surgeon and biologist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1955 – Maurice Utrillo, a French painter.
• 1956 – Art Tatum, an American jazz pianist.
• 1960 – Ward Bond, an American actor.
• 1960 – Johnny Horton, an American singer.
• 1960 – Mack Sennett, a Canadian-American actor and director, known for early comedies.
• 1975 – Edward Lawrie Tatum, an American geneticist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1977 – René Goscinny, a French author and illustrator, co-creator of Asterix.
• 1977 – Guy Lombardo, a Canadian-American musician and bandleader.
• 1979 – Al Capp, an American cartoonist.
• 1989 – Vladimir Horowitz, a famous Ukrainian-American pianist.
• 1991 – Robert Maxwell, a Czech-English publisher.
• 1991 – Fred MacMurray, an American actor.
• 1992 – Jan Oort, a Dutch astronomer.
• 1997 – Isaiah Berlin, a Latvian-English historian and author.
• 2005 – John Fowles, an English novelist.
• 2005 – Link Wray, an American singer and guitarist.
• 2006 – Bülent Ecevit, a Turkish journalist and Prime Minister.
• 2007 – Nils Liedholm, a Swedish football player and manager.
• 2010 – Jill Clayburgh, an American actress.
• 2012 – Elliott Carter, an American composer.
• 2014 – Manitas de Plata, a French guitarist.
• 2015 – George Barris, an American car designer, famous for custom cars.
• 2020 – Geoffrey Palmer, an English actor.
• 2021 – Marília Mendonça, a Brazilian singer.
• 2022 – Aaron Carter, an American singer and actor.

Special Days and Celebrations

• Christian feast day:
  • All Jesuit Saints and Blesseds
  • Domninus
  • Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist
  • Galation
  • Guido Maria Conforti
  • Magnus
  • 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)

See also

In Spanish: 5 de noviembre para niños