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 309^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 56 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 23, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,371,680 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 ‘trihectaenneagon’ 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 104 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 4,702 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 5 Historical Events

• 1530 –
  The St. Felix’s Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
• 1605 –
  The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during a search of the Palace of Westminster, foils Robert Catesby’s plot to destroy the House of Lords and all within it.
• 1688 –
  The Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham.
• 1862 –
  American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.
• 1911 –
  After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
• 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.
• 1916 –
  The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
• 1967 –
  The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. Survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.
• 1995 –
  André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister’s wife locks the door.
• 1996 –
  President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Who were born on November 5?

• 1854 –
  Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
• 1935 –
  Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novellist
• 1936 –
  Uwe Seeler, German footballer
• 1958 –
  Robert Patrick, American actor
• 1960 –
  Tilda Swinton, English actress
• 1967 –
  Judy Reyes, Dominican American actress
• 1967 –
  Marcelo D2, Brazilian rapper
• 1971 –
  Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead)
• 1981 –
  Paul Chapman, Australian rules footballer
• 1984 –
  Nick Folk, American football player

Who died on November 5?

• 1559 –
  Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter (b. 1476)
• 1758 –
  Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686)
• 1933 –
  Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)
• 1941 –
  Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
• 1964 –
  Buddy Cole, American jazz pianist and orchestra leader (b. 1916)
• 1989 –
  Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (b. 1903)
• 1992 –
  Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (b. 1903)
• 2000 –
  Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b. 1926)
• 2003 –
  Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
• 2005 –
  John Rice, known as the shortest living twin with Greg Rice until his death, at 2 ft. 10 in. tall (b. 1951)