5 November: On This Day In History | What Special Day Is Today?

5 November: In a year, 5^th November is the 309^th day as per the Georgian Calendar. In a leap year, it is the 310^th day of the year. This day has its distinctiveness and importance in history.

Let’s explore people who have carved a niche for themselves on 5^th November. We may also need to scan through the events that happened on this day.

What Happened Today? On This Day in History: 5 November

Art & Artists

- 1913 – Birth day of Vivien Leigh, the British Indian actress (born in India) who rose to fame with her leading roles in Blanche DuBois and Scarlett O’Hara
- 1930 – Sinclair Lewis won to win the Nobel Prize for Literature…became the first American to do so.
- 1955 – Vienna State Opera reopens after being damaged in the 2nd World War. Beethoven’s Fidelio was the first performance staged there.

Science & Technology

- 1998 – According to a report published in Nature (a British weekly scientific journal), a DNA test had confirmed about a Thomas Jefferson member fathered a child of the slave Sally Hemings.
- 2013 – Mars Orbiter Mission was launched by India. It’s India’s maiden interplanetary probe.
- 2007 – China launched its first lunar satellite Chang’e 1 enters lunar orbit.
- 2007 – Google launched the Android operating system for mobile.

Leaders & Politics

- 1556 – 2^nd Battle of Panipat was fought between the army of Vikramaditya (a Hindu king from Delhi) with the army of Akbar, the mighty Muslim emperor.
- 1917 – Lenin announced the Bolshevik Revolution or October Revolution in Russia
- 1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for a third term as the President of the USA (became the first and only President to do so).
- 1943 – Bombing of Vatican City by a fascist Italian aircraft (World War II)
- 1996 – Bill Clinton became the President of the USA for the second time.

People & Society

- 1956 – A hefty $574,658 won by Nellie McGrail with her paltry 2½ cent soccer game pool ticket.
- 2003 – Gary Ridgway, a serial killer pleads guilty. He was popularly known as the Green Valley Killer who had killed 48 women in the last two decades of the last century.

Disasters: Natural & Man-made

- 1530 – The Dutch city Reimerswaal is destroyed as St Felix Flood ruins the Netherland coast
- 2012 – Nigeria floods: 363 people killed and 2.1 million displaced because of a large-scale flood

Discoveries & Explorations

- 1492 – Christopher Columbus learned the growing and harvesting of maize (corn) from the indigenous population of Cuba.
- 1895 – George B. Selden got America’s first patent for an automobile.

Leisure & Sports

- 1886 – David Brown from Scotland beats compatriot Willie Campbell in Open Men’s Golf.
- 1937 – Death of Irish-American boxer Jack McAuliffe at 71. He was an undefeated World Lightweight champion boxer (1886-93).

Birth Anniversaries (5 November)

- 1813 – Vivien Leigh (British actress)
- 1855 – Eugene V. Debs (Social and labor leader from the USA)
- 1911 – Roy Rogers (Actor and singer from America)
- 1942 – Percy Hobson (High jumper from Australia)
- 1959 – Bryan Adams (Canadian actor and singer-songwriter)
- 1988 – Virat Kohli (Indian cricketer)

Death Anniversaries (5 November)

- 1923 – Jacques d’Adelsward Fersen (French Poet and author)
- 1971 – Sam Jones (American baseball player)
- 1981 – Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (Spiritual leader from Tibet)
- 1997 – Peter Jackson (Rugby player from Australia)
- 2011 – Bhupen Hazarika (Indian singer, poet, and songwriter)
- 2014 – Manitas de Plata (French guitarist)

What Special Day is Today: (5 November)

- World Tsunami Day
- Bank Transfer Day (USA)
- Colon Day (Panama)
- Cinco de Noviembre (Negros, Philippines)
- Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka, India)

Conclusion

5^th November. The factual story of the day covers the entire globe and a lot of well-known personalities. The day has remained a silent observer of what happened on this day.

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