November 5

November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining.

Events:

• 1556 - Mogul Army defeats Hindu force to ensure Akbar the throne of India
• 1605 - Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot as Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up the English Houses of Parliament
• 1688 - Glorious Revolution begins
• 1838 - Central American Federation[?] declares its independence from Spain
• 1862 - Abraham Lincoln replaces George McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac
• 1872 - Suffragist Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote
• 1911 - Italy attacks the Ottoman Empire, takes Tripoli and Cyrenaica
• 1913 - Ludwig III[?] becomes King of Bavaria
• 1914 - United Kingdom annexes Cyprus, declares war on the Ottoman Empire
• 1935 - Parker Brothers release Monopoly game

Births:

• 1855 - Eugene V. Debs, American socialist leader
• 1857 - Ida Tarbell, journalist
• 1863 - James Packard[?], automobile pioneer (+ 1928)
• 1885 - Will Durant[?], writer (+ 1981)
• 1892 - J. B. S. Haldane, geneticist
• 1895 - Charles MacArthur, author (+ 1956)
• 1905 - Joel McCrea[?], actor
• 1911 - Roy Rogers, actor (+ 1998)
• 1913 - Vivien Leigh, actress (+ 1967)
• 1931 - Ike Turner, musician
• 1941 - Art Garfunkel, musician
• 1943 - Sam Shepard, playwright, actor
• 1946 - Herman Brood, musician, artist
• 1946 - Gram Parsons, musician (+ 1973)
• 1947 - Peter Noone[?], musician, actor
• 1952 - Bill Walton[?], basketball star, commentator
• 1959 - Bryan Adams, musician
• 1963 - Tatum O'Neal[?], actress

Deaths:

• 1803 - Choderlos de Laclos[?], writer
• 1836 - Karel Hynek Macha, poet
• 1933 - Texas Guinan, actress, musician
• 1937 - Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1942 - George M. Cohan, musician, actor, writer, composer
• 1955 - Maurice Utrillo, a "Montmartre" artist
• 1956 - Art Tatum, musician
• 1960 - Mack Sennett, pioneer producer/director
• 1960 - Ward Bond[?], actor
• 1977 - Guy Lombardo, conductor
• 1979 - Al Capp, cartoonist
• 1982 - Jacques Tati, actor, director
• 1989 - Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
• 1990 - Meir Kahane, Jewish activist
• 1991 - Fred MacMurray, actor

Holidays:

• Ancient Latvia - the festival Katrina[?]

Annual Festivals:

• United Kingdom - Bonfire night[?] (also Guy Fawkes night; or Fireworks night): Failure of Guy Fawkes to blow up Parliament in 1605 is celebrated with bonfires[?] and fireworks.

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

November 4 - November 6 - October 5 - December 5 - more historical anniversaries