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November 5: Day of the Week
November 5, 2024 is the 310th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 56 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
November 5 Historical Event(s)
1530
The St. Felix’s Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
1911
After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
1917
St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
1925
Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first “super-spy” of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
1950
Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
1983
Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
1987
Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason.
1990
Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
2006
Saddam Hussein, 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 the role in the massacre of the 148 Shi'as in 1982.
2007
China’s first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
Who were born on November 5?
1885
Will Durant, American historian (d. 1981)
1895
Charles MacArthur, American author (d. 1956)
1905
Joel McCrea, American actor (d. 1990)
1935
Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novellist
1938
César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer
1949
Armin Shimerman, American actor
1960
René Froger, Dutch singer
1971
Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead)
1976
Jeff Klein, American musician
1979
Colin Grzanna, German rugby player
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