November 5: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

November 5th marks the 309th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 310th in case of leap years). There are 56 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Scorpio. Famous birthdays on this day include Kris Jenner (1955), Vivien Leigh (1913) and Jean-Pierre Papin (1963). Holidays and observances around the world include: World Tsunami Awareness Day.
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Holidays

R.C. Saints - November 5th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints: St. Bertilia
St. Laetus
Pope Zachary
St. Sylvia
St. Magnus
St. Galation
St. Fibitius
St. Felix and Eusebius
St. Elizabeth
St. Dominator
Ancient Latvia - the festival Katrina
United Kingdom and New Zealand - Guy Fawkes night (also called Bonfire night; or Fireworks night): Failure of the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament in 1605 is celebrated with bonfires and fireworks.
St. Domninus
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Events

2018 Anglophone Crisis: At least seventy eight students and three staff members are kidnapped at Bamenda, capital of the North West region of Cameroon. Anglophone Crisis refers to a conflict between separatists in Cameroon and the government.
2017 Yemeni Civil War: Aden Unrest: At least five government soldiers are killed in a suicide bombing in Aden.
2016 Battle of Aleppo: Residents of Aleppo prepare to resume bombing after a brief ceasefire.
2015 Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that it is aware of reports that John Robert Gallagher (a Canadian citizen) was killed while fighting in Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights John Robert Gallagher was killed fighting alongside the Syrian Democratic Forces against Islamic State militants, in the northeast Al-Hasakah Governorate. Gallagher, a former member of the Canadian Forces, served with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
2014 Libyan Civil War: Nearly 400 people have been killed in battles between militias and loyalist forces in Libya in the last three weeks. There were at least 250 casualties in Benghazi, and another 140 in Tripoli.
2013 Rival militias fight each other in street battles in Tripoli after the civil war in Libya. Despite the use of anti-aircraft artillery and rocket-propelled weapons by combatants, no deaths have been reported.
2012 Syrian civil war: There is heavy fighting between rebels, government forces and civilians in southern Damascus. (The New York Times). 50 military personnel in Syria were killed when a suicide bomber attacks a car. This is the most serious attack against Bashar al-Assad's forces during the civil war.
2011 Boko Haram, an Islamist terrorist group, claims responsibility for the bombing and gun attack on Damaturu in north-eastern Nigeria that has claimed at least 63 lives.
2010 A suicide bomber injures at least 90 people in a mosque 30 km from Peshawar, capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.
2009 In the largest-ever mass shooting at an American military base, Major Nidal Malik Hazan of the US Army kills 13 people and injures 30 others at Fort Hood (Texas).
2008 Michael Crichton, best-selling author (The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park), dies in Los Angeles, at the age of 66, from complications caused by cancer.
2007 Chang'e 1, China's first moon satellite, is now orbiting around the Moon.
2006 Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, along with his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, and Awad Hmed al-Bandar, were sentenced to death for their roles in the 1982 massacre of the 148 Shi'as.
2005 400th anniversary of Guy Fawkes’ attempt to blow up Parliament with King James I. of England inside.
2004 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Two Palestinian children were killed in an explosion at Khan Yonis, a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Officials at the hospital believe it was caused by a tank shell hitting a house. According to Israeli spokespersons, there was no army fire in that area. According to them, it was caused by a misfired mortar from the Palestinians or by the explosion of a roadside bomb.
2003 Gary Ridgway, also known as the "Green River Killer", confesses to having murdered 48 women.
2002 The Republican Party retains control of US elections and regains control of United States Senate.
2000 Phil Goff, the Foreign Minister of New Zealand, offenly accuses Lieutenant Colonel Filipo Tarakinikini, of being involved in the November 2 Mutiny.
1999 US District Judge Thomas Jackson issues his 207-page Findings of Fact, ruling that Microsoft has monopoly power over personal computer operating systems, and uses that power to harm American consumers.
1998 Myra Hindley loses her second appeal in 11 months against her whole life tariff.
1997 2 hours after Davey Johnson resigns, he is named AL Manager of Year
1996 Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of
1995 1st NBA game at General Motors Place, Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minn Timberwolves 100-98 in OT
1994 George Foreman KOs Michael Moorer in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1993 1st NBA game in Alamodome, San Antonio Spurs beat Warriors 91-85
1992 Show Off opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1991 Kiichi Miyazawa elected Premier of Japan
1990 Disney's Yacht Club Resort hotel opens in Walt Disney World in Florida.
1989 Threepenny Opera opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 performances
1988 1st NBA game at Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons beat Hornets 94-85
1987 Into the Woods opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 764 performances
1986 USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China -- the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
1985 News opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 4 performances
1983 New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 seconds of 3rd period
1982 George Harrison releases Gone Troppo album
1979 Iran government of Bazargan resigns
1978 Khomeini followers attack British embassy / El Al office in Iran
1977 NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young).
1976 New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters
1975 British government sends troops to Belize
1974 Dmitri Sjotakovitch completes Michelangelo-liederen
1973 BART starts SF-Daly City train shuttle service
1972 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic
1971 Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping
1970 Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
1968 1st AL pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain
1967 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
1966 Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 yards gained
1965 Martial law is announced in Rhodesia. The UN General Assembly accepts British intent to use force against Rhodesia if necessary by a vote of 82–9.
1964 US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned.
1963 US VP Lyndon B Johnson visits Netherlands
1959 AFL announced with 8 teams
1958 Maria Golovin opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 5 performances
1956 Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized
1955 Montreal Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick
1954 Japan and Burma sign a separate peace treaty in Rangoon, to end their formal state of war.
1953 Nobel prize for physics awarded / appended on Frederik Zernicke
1950 Philippines President Quirino ends emergency crisis
1946 John F Kennedy (Democrat-Massachusetts) elected to US House of Representatives.
1945 Colombia joins the United Nations.
1944 Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren
1942 Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris
1941 Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki / Maejima leave Pearl Harbor
1940 Dutch submarine departs Dundee
1937 Hitler informs his military leader of his intentions of going to war
1935 Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of Maryland to admit (black) Donald Murray.
1933 Chicago Bears' 30-game unbeaten streak ends to Boston Redskins (10-0).
1932 Mussolini frees 16,000 criminals
1930 Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for Babbitt
1927 10th PGA Championship: Water Hagen at Cedar Crest Country Club - Dallas
1925 Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties
1922 Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent
1917 October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt 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).
1916 Emperor Wilhelm II and French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland
1914 Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey
1912 Arizona, Kansas andWisconsin vote for female suffrage
1911 Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing first transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, New York, Sept 17).
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