On This Day: 5 November

5 November in Indian history

• 2013The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe.India
• 1862American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to death. Thirty-eight are ultimately hanged and the others reprieved.India
• 1556At the Second Battle of Panipat, forces of the Mughal emperor Akbar captured Hemu, the Hindu emperor of north India.India

5 November in world history

• 2009U.S. Army major Nidal Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base, killing 13.
• 2006Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shia Muslims.
• 1996Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly.
• 1995Aline Chrétien thwarted André Dallaire's attempt to assassinate her husband, Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, by locking the bedroom door in 24 Sussex Drive, their official residence in Ottawa.
• 1991Tropical Storm Thelma causes flash floods in the Philippine city of Ormoc, killing more than 4,900 people.
• 1955After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• 1952An earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a major tsunami that affected the Kuril Islands and other parts of the Pacific Ocean.
• 1940World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
• 1925Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
• 1914World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
• 1881In New Zealand, 1600 armed volunteers and constabulary field forces led by Minister of Native Affairs John Bryce march on the pacifist Māori settlement at Parihaka, evicting upwards of 2000 residents, and destroying the settlement in the context of the New Zea
• 1862American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
• 1757Seven Years' War: Prussian forces led by Frederick the Great defeated the allied French and Habsburg armies at the Battle of Rossbach.
• 1605The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during a search of the Palace of Westminster, foiled the Gunpowder Plot, which planned to blow up the House of Lords.
• 1138Lý Anh Tông was enthroned as the emperor of Đại Việt at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.

Born on 5 November

• 1984Baruto Kaito, Estonian sumo wrestler
• 1955Karan Thapar, Indian journalist and authorIndia
• 1917James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general (died 2002)
• 1913Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress (died 1967)India
• 1892J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (died 1964)India
• 1818Benjamin Butler, American general, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1893)

Died on 5 November

• 2011Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, director, and poet (born 1926)India
• 1999Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic (born 1920)
• 1944Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873)
• 425Atticus, archbishop of Constantinople

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 5 November in history?

2013: The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe. 2009: U.S. Army major Nidal Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base, killing 13. 2006: Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shia Muslims. 1996: Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly.

What happened on 5 November in Indian history?

2013: The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe. 1862: American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to death. Thirty-eight are ultimately hanged and the others reprieved. 1556: At the Second Battle of Panipat, forces of the Mughal emperor Akbar captured Hemu, the Hindu emperor of north India.

Which famous people were born on 5 November?

Baruto Kaito, Estonian sumo wrestler (1984); Karan Thapar, Indian journalist and author (1955); James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general (died 2002) (1917); Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress (died 1967) (1913).

Which day is observed on 5 November?

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 (En; Cinco de noviembre (Negros, Philippines); Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka, India).