What are the important events that happened on November 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 5: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 5 is the 310th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 56 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 23, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,846,080 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectadecagon’ day.
Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 85 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,337 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 5 Historical Events
- 1499 –Publication of the Catholicon in Tréguier (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.
- 1530 –The St. Felix’s Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
- 1688 –The Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham.
- 1757 –Seven Years’ War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
- 1838 –The Federal Republic of Central America begins to disintegrate when Nicaragua separates from the Federation.
- 1862 –Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
- 1895 –George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
- 1913 –King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
- 1916 –The 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.
- 2003 –Green River Killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of murder.
Who were born on November 5?
- 1615 –Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1648)
- 1900 –Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (d. 1972)
- 1922 –Cecil Underwood, American politician (d. 2008)
- 1940 –Ted Kulongoski, American politician
- 1943 –Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-born American TV chef (d. 2007)
- 1950 –Thorbjørn Jagland, Norwegian statesman
- 1963 –Tatum O'Neal, American actress
- 1980 –Eva González, Spanish model and beauty queen
- 1983 –Andrew Hayden-Smith, British TV presenter and actor
- 1984 –Tobias Enström, Swedish hockey player
Who died on November 5?
- 1752 –Carl Andreas Duker, German classical scholar (b. 1670)
- 1828 –Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia (b. 1759)
- 1923 –Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French novelist (b. 1880)
- 1933 –Walther von Dyck, German mathematician (b. 1856)
- 1971 –Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 1989 –Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (b. 1903)
- 1991 –Fred MacMurray, American actor (b. 1908)
- 2010 –Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, Mexican drug lord and co-leader (Gulf Cartel) (b. 1962)
- 2010 –Jill Clayburgh, American actress (b. 1944)
- 2011 –Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer, composer, lyricist, music director, and filmmaker from Assam (b. 1926)
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